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title="Gent – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gant_(Flandres)" title="Gant (Flandres) – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Gant (Flandres)" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A6nt" title="Gænt – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Gænt" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%AA" title="خنت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="خنت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AA" title="جنت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جنت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Bulgairien" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgairien" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F" title="গেন্ট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গেন্ট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gant" title="Gant – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gant" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent_(parokya)" title="Gent (parokya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Gent (parokya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Dens" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Dens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B7" title="Γάνδη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γάνδη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent – Inglis" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Ghent" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Inglis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featurt airticles"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gento_(urbo)" title="Gento (urbo) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gento (urbo)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Spainish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spainish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Eastlands" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Eastlands" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganti" title="Ganti – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Ganti" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%AA" title="خنت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="خنت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gand" title="Gand – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gand" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent_(Belgien)" title="Gent (Belgien) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Gent (Belgien)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gint_(st%C3%AAd)" title="Gint (stêd) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Gint (stêd)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Scots Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scots Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B2%F0%90%8C%B4%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8D%84" title="𐌲𐌴𐌽𐍄 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌲𐌴𐌽𐍄" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%98" title="גנט – Ebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גנט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Ebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F" title="खेंट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="खेंट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BF" title="Գենտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գենտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A9" title="Կենթ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Կենթ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gand" title="Gand – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gand" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88" title="ヘント – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヘント" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="გენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%98%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" title="ಘೆಂಟ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಘೆಂಟ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A8%ED%8A%B8" title="헨트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="헨트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4nt_(Shtadt)" title="Jänt (Shtadt) – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Jänt (Shtadt)" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandavum" title="Gandavum – Laitin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Gandavum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Laitin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gant" title="Gant – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Gant" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentas" title="Gentas – Lithuanie" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanie" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gente" title="Gente – Letts" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gente" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Letts" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F" title="गेंट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गेंट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%82%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဂင့်မြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဂင့်မြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gant_(Flandra)" title="Gant (Flandra) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Gant (Flandra)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gand" title="Gand – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Gand" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pfl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Palatine German" lang="pfl" hreflang="pfl" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Pälzisch" data-language-local-name="Palatine German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pälzisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandawa" title="Gandawa – Polls" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gandawa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polls" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9" title="غینٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="غینٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Roumains" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Roumains" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Roushien" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Roushien" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ghent" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Slovein" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovein" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Albainien" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albainien" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Swaidish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swaidish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="เกนต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เกนต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gant" title="Gant – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="Gant" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9" title="غینٹ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="غینٹ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li 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style="text-align:center;background-color:#cddeff; font-weight:bold;"><div class="category"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Municipalities_o_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Municipalities o Belgium (page disna exeest)">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BelfortGent.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Belfry o Ghent. Ahint it the Saunt Nicholas church is visible."><img alt="Belfry o Ghent. Ahint it the Saunt Nicholas church is visible." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BelfortGent.jpg/250px-BelfortGent.jpg" decoding="async" width="157" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BelfortGent.jpg/330px-BelfortGent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span><div style="padding:0.4em 0 0 0;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfry_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belfry o Ghent (page disna exeest)">Belfry o Ghent</a>. Ahint it the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas%27_Church,_Ghent" class="extiw" title="en:Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent">Saunt Nicholas church</a> is visible.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="maptable" style="text-align:center"><div style="display:table; width:100%; background:none;"> <div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GentseVlag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Banner o Ghent Gent (in Dutch)"><img alt="Banner o Ghent Gent (in Dutch)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/GentseVlag.svg/120px-GentseVlag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="67" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/GentseVlag.svg/250px-GentseVlag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="585" /></a></span><div style="padding:0.2em 0 0.2em 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Belgium_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Belgium_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Belgium_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Belgium_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1136" data-file-height="988" /></a></span><div class="od" style="top:28.846%;left:32.617%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Ghent Gent (in Dutch)"><img alt="Ghent Gent (in Dutch)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;left:4px"><div>Ghent<br />Gent <span class="languageicon">(in Dutch)</span></div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Belgium <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;font-size:95%;padding:4px;border:none;margin-top:2px; border:1px solid grey;"><div style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.6;font-weight:bold;background:transparent;text-align:center;;font-size:115%; text-align: left; height:auto; padding:0.2em; padding-left:0.6em; padding-right:2em;">Ghent in the province o East Flanders</div><div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;;text-align: center;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GemGentLocation.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/GemGentLocation.png/250px-GemGentLocation.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/GemGentLocation.png/500px-GemGentLocation.png 1.5x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="462" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r840235">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ghent&params=51_3_N_3_44_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°3′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°44′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.050°N 3.733°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.050; 3.733</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r840235" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ghent&params=51_3_N_3_44_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°3′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°44′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.050°N 3.733°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.050; 3.733</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Kintra</th><td><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Communities,_regions_an_leid_areas_o_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Communities, regions an leid areas o Belgium (page disna exeest)">Community</a></th><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flemish_Community&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flemish Community (page disna exeest)">Flemish Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Communities,_regions_an_leid_areas_o_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Communities, regions an leid areas o Belgium (page disna exeest)">Region</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Provinces_of_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Provinces of Belgium (page disna exeest)">Province</a></th><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Flanders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Flanders (page disna exeest)">East Flanders</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arrondissements_o_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arrondissements o Belgium (page disna exeest)">Arrondissement</a></th><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arrondissement_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arrondissement o Ghent (page disna exeest)">Ghent</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Govrenment<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet_o_mayors_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leet o mayors o Ghent (page disna exeest)">Mayor (leet)</a></th><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathias_De_Clercq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mathias De Clercq (page disna exeest)">Mathias De Clercq</a> <small>(<a href="/w/index.php?title=Flemish_Leeberals_an_Democrats&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flemish Leeberals an Democrats (page disna exeest)">Open VLD</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Govrenin pairty/ies</th><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Socialist_Pairty_%E2%80%93_Differently&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Socialist Pairty – Differently (page disna exeest)">sp.a</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flemish_Leeberals_an_Democrats&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flemish Leeberals an Democrats (page disna exeest)">Open VLD</a>, Pro Gent</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Area<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Total</th><td>157.77 km<sup>2</sup> (60.92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Population<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(1 January 2017)<sup id="cite_ref-pop-town_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-town-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Total</th><td>259,083</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Density</th><td>1,600/km<sup>2</sup> (4,300/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet_o_postal_codes_in_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leet o postal codes in Belgium (page disna exeest)">Postal codes</a></th><td class="adr"><div class="postal-code">9000–9052</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Telephone_nummers_in_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telephone nummers in Belgium (page disna exeest)">Area codes</a></th><td>09</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Website</th><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gent.be/">www.gent.be</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ghent</b> (<small>Inglis pronunciation: </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Inglis" title="Help:IPA for Inglis">/ˈɡɛnt/</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_leid" title="Dutch leid">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Gent</i>, <small>pronounced </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/IPA" class="mw-redirect" title="IPA">[ʝɛnt]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/French_leid" title="French leid">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Gand</i>, <small>pronounced </small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ɡɑ̃]</a></span>; an umwhile <i>Gaunt</i> in Inglis; frae the Classic <a href="/wiki/Laitin_leid" class="mw-redirect" title="Laitin leid">Laitin</a> term <i>Candia</i> or <i>Gandia</i> meanin landlock bi the confluence o rivers bi the union o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Celts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Celts (page disna exeest)">Celtic</a> term "Cand" an Laitin "ia" land) is a ceity an a <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a> locatit in the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> o <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. It is the caipital an biggest ceity o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Flanders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Flanders (page disna exeest)">East Flanders</a> province. The ceity stairtit as a dounset at the confluence o the Rivers <a href="/w/index.php?title=Scheldt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scheldt (page disna exeest)">Scheldt</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lys_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lys River (page disna exeest)">Lys</a> an in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> became ane o the lairgest an richest ceities o northren Europe. The day it is a busy ceity wi a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port o Ghent (page disna exeest)">port</a> an a <a href="/w/index.php?title=University_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="University o Ghent (page disna exeest)">universite</a>. Awtho mony o Belgium's visitors owerleuk Ghent, its beauty is aften compared tae the mair well-kent <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruges&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruges (page disna exeest)">Bruges</a>. </p><p>The municipality comprises the ceity o Ghent proper an the touns o <a href="/wiki/Afsnee" title="Afsnee">Afsnee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Desteldonk" title="Desteldonk">Desteldonk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drongen" title="Drongen">Drongen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ledeberg" title="Ledeberg">Ledeberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariakerke,_East_Flanders" title="Mariakerke, East Flanders">Mariakerke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mendonk" title="Mendonk">Mendonk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oostakker" title="Oostakker">Oostakker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint-Amandsberg" title="Sint-Amandsberg">Sint-Amandsberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint-Denijs-Westrem" title="Sint-Denijs-Westrem">Sint-Denijs-Westrem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint-Kruis-Winkel" title="Sint-Kruis-Winkel">Sint-Kruis-Winkel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a> an <a href="/wiki/Zwijnaarde" title="Zwijnaarde">Zwijnaarde</a>. Wi 262,219 indwallers in the beginnin o 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-BelMun2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BelMun2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ghent is Belgium's seicont lairgest municipality bi nummer o indwallers. The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_aurie" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan aurie">metropolitan aurie</a>, includin the ooter commuter zone, covers an aurie o 1,205 km2 (465 sq mi) an haes a tot population o 594,582 as o 1 Januar 2008, which ranks it as the fowert maist muckle in Belgium.<sup id="cite_ref-BelMun2008_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BelMun2008-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BelMetr_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BelMetr-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Eedit section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghent,_Ferraris_Map,_1775.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg/250px-Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg/330px-Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg/500px-Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="606" /></a><figcaption>Ghent in 1775</figcaption></figure> <p>Airchaeological evidence shows human presence in the region o the confluence o Scheldt an Lys goin back as far as the <a href="/wiki/Stane_Age" title="Stane Age">Stane Age</a> an the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a>. Maist historians believe that the aulder name for Ghent, 'Ganda', is derived frae the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Celts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Celts (page disna exeest)">Celtic</a> wird 'ganda' which means <a href="/w/index.php?title=Confluence_(geography)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Confluence (geography) (page disna exeest)">confluence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gent.be-history_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gent.be-history-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thare are nae written records o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Auncient_Roum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Auncient Roum (page disna exeest)">Roman</a> period but airchaeological research confirms that the region o Ghent wis further inhabitit. </p><p>When the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Franks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Franks (page disna exeest)">Franks</a> invadit the Roman territories (frae the end o the 4t century an well intae the 5t century) thay brocht thair leid wi them an Celtic an Laitin wur replaced bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Auld_Dutch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Auld Dutch (page disna exeest)">Auld Dutch</a>. </p><p>Aroond 650 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Amand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Amand (page disna exeest)">Saunt Amand</a> foondit twae <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abbey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abbey (page disna exeest)">abbeys</a> in Ghent: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Peter_Abbey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Peter Abbey (page disna exeest)">Saunt Peter Abbey</a> an the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Bavo_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Bavo Cathedral (page disna exeest)">St. Bavo's Abbey</a>. The ceity grew frae several nuclei, the abbeys an a commercial centre. Aroond 800 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_the_Pious&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis the Pious (page disna exeest)">Louis the Pious</a>, son o <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a>, appointit <a href="/w/index.php?title=Einhard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Einhard (page disna exeest)">Einhard</a>, the biographer o Charlemagne, as abbot o baith abbeys. In 851 an 879 the ceity wis housomeivver attacked an plundered twice bi the <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Vikings</a>. </p><p>The ceity recovered an flourished frae the 11t century on. Till the 13t century Ghent wis the biggest ceity in Europe efter <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>; it wis bigger than <a href="/wiki/Lunnon" title="Lunnon">Lunnon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> or <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. Athin the ceity waws lived up tae 65,000 fowk. The day, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfry_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belfry o Ghent (page disna exeest)">belfry</a> an the touers o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Bavo_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Bavo Cathedral (page disna exeest)">Saunt Bavo Cathedral</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Nicholas%27_Kirk,_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Nicholas' Kirk, Ghent (page disna exeest)">Saunt Nicholas' Kirk</a> are juist a few ensaumples o the skyline o the period. </p><p>The rivers flowed in an aurie whaur a lot o land wis periodically inundatit. Thir richly grassed 'meersen' ("<a href="/w/index.php?title=Water-meadows&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Water-meadows (page disna exeest)">water-meadows</a>": a wird relatit tae the Inglis '<a href="/w/index.php?title=Marsh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marsh (page disna exeest)">marsh</a>', but no meanin exactly the same: a 'meers' is no permanently unner water) wur ideally suitit for herdin <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a>, the oo o which wis uised for makkin cloth. In fact, Ghent wis, durin the Middle Ages, the maist important ceity for <a href="/wiki/Cloth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloth">cloth</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Oo#History" title="Oo">oo industry</a>, orieeginally established at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruges&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruges (page disna exeest)">Bruges</a>, creatit the first European industrialized zone in Ghent in the Heich <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>. The mercantile zone wis sae heichlie developed that oo haed tae be importit frae <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> an <a href="/wiki/Ingland" title="Ingland">Ingland</a>. This wis ane o the reasons for Flanders' guid relationship wi <a href="/wiki/Scotland#Medieval_period" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=History_o_Ingland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History o Ingland (page disna exeest)">Ingland</a>. Ghent wis the birthplace o <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_o_Gaunt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John o Gaunt (page disna exeest)">John o Gaunt</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duke_o_Lancaster&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duke o Lancaster (page disna exeest)">Duke o Lancaster</a>. The tred wi Ingland (but no Scotland) suffered significantly durin the <a href="/wiki/Hunder_Years%27_War" title="Hunder Years' War">Hunder Years' War</a>. </p><p>The ceity recovered in the 14t century, while Flanders wis unitit wi neighbourin provinces unner the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_o_Burgundy" title="Duchy o Burgundy">Dukes o Burgundy</a>. Heich taxes <a href="/w/index.php?title=Revolt_o_Ghent_(1449%E2%80%931453)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revolt o Ghent (1449–1453) (page disna exeest)">led tae a rebellion</a> an eventually the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_o_Gavere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle o Gavere (page disna exeest)">Battle o Gavere</a> in 1453, in which Ghent suffered a terrible defeat at the haunds o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philip_the_Guid&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philip the Guid (page disna exeest)">Philip the Guid</a>. Aroond this time the centre o poleetical an social importance in the Law Kintras stairtit tae shift frae Flanders (Bruges–Ghent) tae <a href="/w/index.php?title=Duchy_o_Brabant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duchy o Brabant (page disna exeest)">Brabant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>–<a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>), awtho Ghent wad continue tae play an important role. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg/220px-Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg/330px-Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg/440px-Ghent_hist_centrum_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Biggins alang the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leie (page disna exeest)">Leie</a> river in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis,_Ghent,_Belgium,_ca._1895.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis%2C_Ghent%2C_Belgium%2C_ca._1895.jpg/220px-Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis%2C_Ghent%2C_Belgium%2C_ca._1895.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis%2C_Ghent%2C_Belgium%2C_ca._1895.jpg/330px-Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis%2C_Ghent%2C_Belgium%2C_ca._1895.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis%2C_Ghent%2C_Belgium%2C_ca._1895.jpg/440px-Flickr_-_%E2%80%A6trialsanderrors_-_Justitiepaleis%2C_Ghent%2C_Belgium%2C_ca._1895.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3222" data-file-height="2360" /></a><figcaption>Justitiepaleis, Ghent, ca. 1895</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1500 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juana_o_Castile&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juana o Castile (page disna exeest)">Juana o Castile</a> gae birth tae <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keeng_o_Spain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keeng o Spain (page disna exeest)">Keeng o Spain</a>. Awtho native tae Ghent, he punished the ceity efter the 1539 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Revolt_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revolt o Ghent (page disna exeest)">Revolt o Ghent</a> an obliged the ceity's nobles tae walk in front o the emperor barefuit wi a noose (Dutch: <i>strop</i>) aroond the neck; syne this incident, the fowk o Ghent hae been cried "<i>Stroppendragers</i>" (noose bearers). The Saunt Bavo Abbey wis abolished, torn doun, an replaced wi a fortress for Spainyie troops. Anerlie a sma portion o the abbey wis spared demolition. </p><p>The late 16t an the 17t century brocht devastation acause o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Releegious_wars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Releegious wars (page disna exeest)">Releegious wars</a>. At ane time Ghent wis a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Calvinism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Calvinism (page disna exeest)">Calvinistic</a> republic, but eventually the Spainyie airmy reinstatit <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>. The wars endit the role o Ghent as a centre o internaitional importance. In 1745 the ceity <a href="/w/index.php?title=Faw_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Faw o Ghent (page disna exeest)">wis captured</a> bi French forces durin the <a href="/w/index.php?title=War_o_the_Austrian_Succession&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="War o the Austrian Succession (page disna exeest)">War o the Austrian Succession</a> afore bein returned tae <a href="/wiki/Austrick" title="Austrick">Austrick</a> follaein the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treaty_o_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treaty o Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) (page disna exeest)">Treaty o Aix-la-Chapelle</a>. </p><p>In the 18t an 19t century the textile industry flourished again in Ghent. In 1800 <a href="/wiki/Lieven_Bauwens" title="Lieven Bauwens">Lieven Bauwens</a>, haein smuggled the plans oot o Ingland, introduced the first mechanical <a href="/w/index.php?title=Weavin_machines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weavin machines (page disna exeest)">weavin machine</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European continent</a>. </p><p>Ghent wis the steid o the signin o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Treaty_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Treaty o Ghent (page disna exeest)">Treaty o Ghent</a> which formally endit the <a href="/wiki/War_o_1812" title="War o 1812">War o 1812</a> atween Breetain an the Unitit States an aw. Efter the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_o_Waterloo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle o Waterloo (page disna exeest)">battle o Waterloo</a> Ghent became a pairt o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Unitit_Kinrick_o_the_Netherlands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Unitit Kinrick o the Netherlands (page disna exeest)">Unitit Kinrick o the Netherlands</a> for 15 years. In this period Ghent established its awn <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghent University (page disna exeest)">universite</a> (1817) an a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent-Terneuzen_Canal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (page disna exeest)">new connection tae the sea</a> (1824–27). </p><p>Efter the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_Revolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belgian Revolution (page disna exeest)">Belgian Revolution</a>, wi the loss o port access tae the sea for mair nor a decade, the local economy collapsed an the first Belgian tred-union oreeginatit in Ghent. In 1913 thare wis a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Exposition_universelle_et_internationale_(1913)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Exposition universelle et internationale (1913) (page disna exeest)">Warld exhibition in Ghent</a>. As a preparation for thir festivities, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sint-Pieters_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sint-Pieters railway station (page disna exeest)">Sint-Pieters railway station</a> wis completit in 1912. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Eedit section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Municipality">Municipality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Eedit section: Municipality" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Municipality"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GentMap.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GentMap.svg/240px-GentMap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GentMap.svg/360px-GentMap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GentMap.svg/480px-GentMap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Municipalities</figcaption></figure> <p>Efter the 1965 an 1977 fusions the ceity is made up o: </p> <ul><li>I Ghent</li> <li>II <a href="/wiki/Mariakerke,_East_Flanders" title="Mariakerke, East Flanders">Mariakerke</a></li> <li>III <a href="/wiki/Drongen" title="Drongen">Drongen</a></li> <li>IV <a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a></li> <li>V <a href="/wiki/Sint-Amandsberg" title="Sint-Amandsberg">Sint-Amandsberg</a></li> <li>VI <a href="/wiki/Oostakker" title="Oostakker">Oostakker</a></li> <li>VII <a href="/wiki/Desteldonk" title="Desteldonk">Desteldonk</a></li> <li>VIII <a href="/wiki/Mendonk" title="Mendonk">Mendonk</a></li> <li>IX <a href="/wiki/Sint-Kruis-Winkel" title="Sint-Kruis-Winkel">Sint-Kruis-Winkel</a></li> <li>X <a href="/wiki/Ledeberg" title="Ledeberg">Ledeberg</a></li> <li>XI <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a></li> <li>XII <a href="/wiki/Afsnee" title="Afsnee">Afsnee</a></li> <li>XIII <a href="/wiki/Sint-Denijs-Westrem" title="Sint-Denijs-Westrem">Sint-Denijs-Westrem</a></li> <li>XIV <a href="/wiki/Zwijnaarde" title="Zwijnaarde">Zwijnaarde</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighbourin_municipalities">Neighbourin municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Eedit section: Neighbourin municipalities" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Neighbourin municipalities"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wachtebeke" title="Wachtebeke">Wachtebeke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochristi" title="Lochristi">Lochristi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destelbergen" title="Destelbergen">Destelbergen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melle,_Belgium" title="Melle, Belgium">Melle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merelbeke" title="Merelbeke">Merelbeke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Pinte" title="De Pinte">De Pinte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint-Martens-Latem" title="Sint-Martens-Latem">Sint-Martens-Latem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deinze" title="Deinze">Deinze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevele" title="Nevele">Nevele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovendegem" title="Lovendegem">Lovendegem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergem" title="Evergem">Evergem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelzate" title="Zelzate">Zelzate</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Eedit section: Tourism" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Tourism"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent.graslei.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gent.graslei.jpg/800px-Gent.graslei.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gent.graslei.jpg/1200px-Gent.graslei.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gent.graslei.jpg/1600px-Gent.graslei.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8913" data-file-height="2201" /></a><figcaption>The Graslei is ane o the maist scenic places in Ghent's aild ceity centre. The brig tae the richt is the <i>Sint-Michielsbrug</i>, the biggin on the corner is the umwhile postal office an in the distance tae the richt the three touers o Ghent can be seen.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airchitectur">Airchitectur</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Eedit section: Airchitectur" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Airchitectur"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> |</p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gent.jpg/250px-Gent.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gent.jpg/375px-Gent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gent.jpg/500px-Gent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3999" data-file-height="2629" /></a><figcaption>The Gravensteen</figcaption></figure> <p>|- </p><p> |</p><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghent_canal,_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ghent_canal%2C_night.jpg/250px-Ghent_canal%2C_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ghent_canal%2C_night.jpg/375px-Ghent_canal%2C_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Ghent_canal%2C_night.jpg/500px-Ghent_canal%2C_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1370" /></a><figcaption>Ghent at Nicht</figcaption></figure> <p>|- </p><p> |</p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riverside_at_Ghent_at_noon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Riverside_at_Ghent_at_noon.jpg/250px-Riverside_at_Ghent_at_noon.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Riverside_at_Ghent_at_noon.jpg/500px-Riverside_at_Ghent_at_noon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Riverside in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <p>|} Hintle o the cety's <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Airchitectur" title="Airchitectur">airchitectur</a> remains intact an is remarkably well preserved an restored. Its centre is the lairgest <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pedestrian_zone&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pedestrian zone (page disna exeest)">carfree aurie</a> in Belgium. Interestin heichlichts are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Bavo_Cathedral&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Bavo Cathedral (page disna exeest)">Saint Bavo Cathedral</a> wi the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent_Altarpiece&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghent Altarpiece (page disna exeest)">Ghent Altarpiece</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfry_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belfry o Ghent (page disna exeest)">belfry</a>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gravensteen_castle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gravensteen castle (page disna exeest)">Gravensteen castle</a>, an the splendid airchitectur alang the auld Graslei harbour. Ghent established a nice blend atween comfort o livin an history – it is no a ceity-museum. The ceity o Ghent hooses three <a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%A9guinage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Béguinage (page disna exeest)">béguinages</a> an numerous kirks an aw, amang which the Saunt-James' kirk, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Nicholas%27_Kirk,_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Nicholas' Kirk, Ghent (page disna exeest)">Saunt-Nicolas' kirk</a> an the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Michael%27s_Kirk,_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Michael's Kirk, Ghent (page disna exeest)">Saunt Michael's Kirk</a> are the maist bonnie ensaumples. </p><p>In the nineteent century Ghent's maist famous airchitect, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Roelandt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis Roelandt (page disna exeest)">Louis Roelandt</a>, biggit the universite haw <i>Aula</i>, the opera hoose an the main courthoose. Heichlichts o modren airchitectur are the universite biggins (the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boekentoren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boekentoren (page disna exeest)">Boekentoren</a></i> or Beuk Touer) bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Van_de_Velde&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Van de Velde (page disna exeest)">Henry Van de Velde</a>. Thare are an' a' a few theatres frae diverse periods. </p><p>The beguinages, as well as the belfry an adjacent cloth haw, wur recognised bi <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> as <a href="/wiki/Warld_Heritage_Steids" class="mw-redirect" title="Warld Heritage Steids">Warld Heritage Steids</a> in 1998 an 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Eedit section: Museums" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Museums"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Important museums in Ghent are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Museum_voor_Schone_Kunsten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Museum voor Schone Kunsten (page disna exeest)">Museum voor Schone Kunsten</a> (Museum o Fine Airts), wi paintins bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hieronymus_Bosch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hieronymus Bosch (page disna exeest)">Hieronymus Bosch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens" title="Peter Paul Rubens">Peter Paul Rubens</a>, an mony Flemish maisters; the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stedelijk_Museum_voor_Actuele_Kunst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (page disna exeest)">SMAK</a> or Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ceity Museum for Contemporary Airt), wi wirks o the 20t century, includin <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Beuys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Beuys (page disna exeest)">Joseph Beuys</a> an <a href="/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>; an the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Design_Museum_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Design Museum Ghent (page disna exeest)">Design Museum</a> wi maisterpieces o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Victor_Horta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victor Horta (page disna exeest)">Victor Horta</a> an <a href="/wiki/Le_Corbusier" title="Le Corbusier">Le Corbusier</a>. The Huis van Alijn (Hoose o the Alijn faimily) wis oreeginally a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beguinage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beguinage (page disna exeest)">beguinage</a> an is nou a museum for fowk airt whaur theatre an puppet shows for childer are presentit. The Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Museum_voor_Industri%C3%ABle_Archeologie_en_Textiel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel (page disna exeest)">MIAT</a> displays the industrial strength o Ghent wi recreations o wirkshops an stores frae the 1800s an oreeginal spinnin an weavin machines that remain frae the time when the biggin wis a weavin mill. <a href="/w/index.php?title=STAM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="STAM (page disna exeest)">STAM</a>, the new Ghent Ceity Museum, is committit tae recordin an explainin the past o the ceity an its indwallers, an tae preserve the present for futur generations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restaurants_an_culinary_traditions">Restaurants an culinary traditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Eedit section: Restaurants an culinary traditions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Restaurants an culinary traditions"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As wi maist <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> ceities, Ghent affers a rich variety o local an foreign cuisine. The ceity centre an quarter cried "Patershol" haes a huge concentration o restaurants. The "Sleepstraat" a little bit further north hooses a nummer o Turkis restaurants an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuid_bars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fuid bars (page disna exeest)">fuid bars</a>. Bi contrast, restaurants are rather spairse ayont the "historic centre". </p><p>In Ghent an ither regions o <a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Flanders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="East Flanders (page disna exeest)">East Flanders</a>, bakeries sell a donut-shaped bun cried a "mastel" (plural "mastellen"), which is basically a bagel. "Mastellen" are cried "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Saunt_Hubert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saunt Hubert (page disna exeest)">Saunt Hubert</a> bread" an aw, acause on the Saunt's feast day, which is 3 November, the bakers bring thair batches tae the early Mass tae be blessed. Tradeetionally, it is thocht that blessed mastellen immunize against <a href="/wiki/Rabies" title="Rabies">rabies</a>. </p><p>As wi mony auries o northren Belgium the diet centres aroond herty stews an soups. Flemish beef stew (stoverij) is available amaist aawhere as is "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Waterzooi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waterzooi (page disna exeest)">Waterzooi</a>", a local stew oreeginally made frae freshwater fish caught in the rivers an creeks o Ghent, but nouadays aften made wi chicken insteid o fish. It is uisually served nouvelle-cuisine-style, an will be supplemented bi a lairge pot on the side. </p><p>The ceity promotes a meat-free day on Thursdays cried <i>Donderdag Veggiedag</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> wi <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a> fuid bein promotit in public canteens for ceevil servants an electit cooncillors, in aw ceity fundit schuils, an promotion o vegetarian eatin options in toun (throu the distribution o "veggie street maps"). This campaign is linked tae the recognition o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Environmental_effects_o_meat_production&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Environmental effects o meat production (page disna exeest)">detrimental environmental effects o meat production</a>, which the <a href="/wiki/Unitit_Naitions" title="Unitit Naitions">Unitit Naitions</a>' <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuid_an_Agricultur_Organization&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fuid an Agricultur Organization (page disna exeest)">Fuid an Agricultur Organization</a> haes established tae represent nearly ane-fift o global <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greenhoose_gas_emissions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greenhoose gas emissions (page disna exeest)">greenhoose gas emissions</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivities">Festivities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Eedit section: Festivities" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Festivities"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ceity is host tae some big cultural events sic as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gentse_Feesten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gentse Feesten (page disna exeest)">Gentse Feesten</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=I_Love_Techno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="I Love Techno (page disna exeest)">I Love Techno</a>, "10 Days Off" muisical festival, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Internationaal_filmfestival_van_Vlaanderen-Gent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Internationaal filmfestival van Vlaanderen-Gent (page disna exeest)">Flanders Internaitional Film Festival Ghent</a> (wi the <a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Soundtrack_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="World Soundtrack Awards (page disna exeest)">World Soundtrack Awards</a>) an the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gent_Festival_van_Vlaanderen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gent Festival van Vlaanderen (page disna exeest)">Gent Festival van Vlaanderen</a>. Ivery five years, a huge botanical exhibition (<i>Gentse Floraliën</i>) takes place in Ghent an aw, attractin numerous visitors tae the ceity. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Festival_o_Flanders&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Festival o Flanders (page disna exeest)">Festival o Flanders</a> haed its 50t celebration in 2008. In Ghent it opens wi the OdeGand Ceity festivities that takes place on the seicont Seturday o September. Some 50 concerts tak place in diverse locations throughoot the medieval inner-ceity an some 250 internaitional artists performs. Ither major Flemish ceities haud seemilar events, aw o which form pairt o the Festival o Flanders (Antwerp wi <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laus_Polyphoniae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laus Polyphoniae (page disna exeest)">Laus Polyphoniae</a></i>; Bruges wi <i>MAfestival</i>; Brussels wi <i>KlaraFestival</i>; Limburg wi <i>Basilica</i>, Mechelen an Brabant wi <i>Novecento</i> an <i>Transit</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Eedit section: Economy" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Economy"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Port_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Port o Ghent (page disna exeest)">port o Ghent</a>, in the north o the ceity, is the third lairgest <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">port</a> o Belgium. It is accessed bi the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent-Terneuzen_Canal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghent-Terneuzen Canal (page disna exeest)">Ghent-Terneuzen Canal</a>, which ends near the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">port</a> o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Terneuzen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Terneuzen (page disna exeest)">Terneuzen</a> on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wastren_Scheldt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wastren Scheldt (page disna exeest)">Wastren Scheldt</a>. The port hooses, amang ithers, big companies lik <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arcelor-Mittal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arcelor-Mittal (page disna exeest)">Arcelor-Mittal</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Volvo_Cars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volvo Cars (page disna exeest)">Volvo Cars</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Volvo_Trucks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volvo Trucks (page disna exeest)">Volvo Trucks</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Volvo_Parts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volvo Parts (page disna exeest)">Volvo Parts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honda" title="Honda">Honda</a>, an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stora_Enso&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stora Enso (page disna exeest)">Stora Enso</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghent University (page disna exeest)">Ghent University</a> an a nummer o research orientit companies are situatit in the central an soothren pairt o the ceity, sic as Ablynx, Innogenetics, Cropdesign, Bayer Cropscience. </p><p>As the biggest ceity o East-Flanders, Ghent haes mony hospitals, schuils an shoppin streets. </p><p>Tourism is increasingly becomin a major employer in the local aurie. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Eedit section: Transport" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Transport"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As ane o the lairgest ceities in Belgium, Ghent haes a heichlie developed transportation system. </p> <ul><li>Bi caur the ceity is accessible bi twa o the kintra's main roads: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/European_route_E40" title="European route E40">E40</a>: connects Ghent wi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruges&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruges (page disna exeest)">Bruges</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ostend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ostend (page disna exeest)">Ostend</a> tae the wast, an wi <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leuven&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leuven (page disna exeest)">Leuven</a> an <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> tae the east.</li> <li>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=European_route_E17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="European route E17 (page disna exeest)">E17</a>: connects Ghent wi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sint-Niklaas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sint-Niklaas (page disna exeest)">Sint-Niklaas</a> an <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> tae the north, an wi <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a> an <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a> tae the sooth.</li></ul></li> <li>In addition Ghent haes twa ringways an aw: <ul><li>The R4: connects the ouotskirts o Ghent wi ilk ither an the surroondin veelages, an an' a' leads tae the <a href="/wiki/European_route_E40" title="European route E40">E40</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=European_route_E17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="European route E17 (page disna exeest)">E17</a> roads.</li> <li>The R40: connects the different dountoun quarters wi ilk ither, an provides access tae the main avenues.</li></ul></li> <li>The municipality o Ghent comprises five train stations: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gent-Sint-Pieters_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station (page disna exeest)">Gent-Sint-Pieters Station</a>: an internaitional train station wi connections tae Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Kortrijk, ither Belgian touns an Lille. The station affers a direct connection tae <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a> an aw.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gent-Dampoort_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gent-Dampoort railway station (page disna exeest)">Gent-Dampoort Station</a>: an interceity train station wi connections tae Sint-Niklaas, Antwerp, Kortrijk an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eeklo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eeklo (page disna exeest)">Eeklo</a>.</li> <li>Gentbrugge Station: a regional train station in atween the twa main train stations, Sint-Pieters an Dampoort.</li> <li>Wondelgem Station: a regional train station wi connections tae Eeklo ance an oor.</li> <li>Drongen Station: a regional train station in the veelage o <a href="/wiki/Drongen" title="Drongen">Drongen</a> wi anerlie a leemitit nummer o trains a day.</li></ul></li> <li>Ghent haes an extensive wab o public transport lines, operatit bi <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=De_Lijn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="De Lijn (page disna exeest)">De Lijn</a></i>: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent_Tram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ghent Tram (page disna exeest)">Ghent Tram</a> (see picturs belaw): <ul><li>Line 1: Flanders Expo - Sint-Pieters-Station - Korenmarkt (ceity centre) - <a href="/wiki/Evergem" title="Evergem">Evergem</a></li> <li>Line 21: Zwijnaardebrug - UZ - Sint-Pieters-Station - Zonnestraat (ceity centre) - Zuid - <a href="/wiki/Melle,_Belgium" title="Melle, Belgium">Melle Leeuw</a></li> <li>Line 22: Zwijnaardebrug - UZ - Sint-Pieters-Station - Zonnestraat (ceity centre) - Zuid - <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a></li> <li>Line 4: Sint-Pieters-Station - Muide - Korenmarkt (ceity centre) - Zuid - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Moscou,_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moscou, Ghent (page disna exeest)">Moscou</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ceity buses (see pictur belaw): <ul><li>Line 3: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mariakerke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mariakerke (page disna exeest)">Mariakerke</a> - Korenmarkt (ceity centre) - Dampoort-Station - Gentbrugge (umwhile Trolleybus (see pictur belaw))</li> <li>Line 5: Van Beverenplein - Sint-Jacobs (ceity centre) - Zuid - UZ - <a href="/wiki/Zwijnaarde" title="Zwijnaarde">Zwijnaarde</a></li> <li>Line 6: Watersportbaan - Zuid - Dampoort-Station - Wondelgem - Mariakerke</li> <li>Line 8: Zuid - University - Sint-Pieters-Station - Blaarmeersen</li> <li>Line 9: Mariakerke - <a href="/wiki/Malem,_Ghent" title="Malem, Ghent">Malem</a> - Sint-Pieters-Station - Gentbrugge</li> <li>Line 17/18: Drongen - Korenmarkt (ceity centre) - Dampoort-Station - <a href="/wiki/Oostakker" title="Oostakker">Oostakker</a></li> <li>Line 38/39: Blaarmeersen - Korenmarkt (ceity centre) - Dampoort-Station - <a href="/wiki/Sint-Amandsberg" title="Sint-Amandsberg">Sint-Amandsberg</a></li></ul></li> <li>At Sint-Pieters-Station an the Zuid bus station thare are several regional buses as well.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>When arrivin in Ghent, it is best tae leave caurs in Pairk & Ride zones next tae the road. The actual ceity centre is a caur free aurie, an pairkin is difficult an expensive in the ceity. On weekends, nicht buses provide free transportation throu the nicht. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Law floor tram vehicle (type: HermeLijn)"><img alt="Law floor tram vehicle (type: HermeLijn)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG/120px-HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG/250px-HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Law floor tram vehicle (type: HermeLijn)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trolley_wacht1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Umwhile trolleybus"><img alt="Umwhile trolleybus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Trolley_wacht1.JPG/120px-Trolley_wacht1.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Trolley_wacht1.JPG/250px-Trolley_wacht1.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Umwhile trolleybus</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Regional bus"><img alt="Regional bus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG/120px-Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG/180px-Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG/240px-Vanhool_gent_27-01-06.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Regional bus </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Eedit section: Sports" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Sports"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgian_First_Diveesion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belgian First Diveesion (page disna exeest)">Belgian first fitbaa diveesion</a> Ghent is representit bi <a href="/wiki/K.A.A._Gent" title="K.A.A. Gent">K.A.A. Gent</a>. Anither Ghent fitbaa club is <a href="/w/index.php?title=KRC_Gent-Zeehaven&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="KRC Gent-Zeehaven (page disna exeest)">KRC Gent-Zeehaven</a>, playin in the Belgian fowert diveesion. </p><p>Ivery year the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sax_Days_o_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sax Days o Ghent (page disna exeest)">Sax Days o Flanders</a>, a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sax-day_racin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sax-day racin (page disna exeest)">sax-day track cyclin race</a>, is held in Ghent. It takes place in the <i>Kuipke</i> velodrome. </p><p>The ceity hosts an annual <a href="/w/index.php?title=Track_an_field&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Track an field (page disna exeest)">track an field</a> meet at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flanders_Sports_Arena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flanders Sports Arena (page disna exeest)">Flanders Sports Arena</a> an aw: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Indoor_Flanders_meetin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indoor Flanders meetin (page disna exeest)">Indoor Flanders meetin</a>. It is ane o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=IAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IAAF (page disna exeest)">IAAF</a>'s foremaist indoor track an field events an twa-time Oleempic champion <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hicham_El_Guerrouj&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hicham El Guerrouj (page disna exeest)">Hicham El Guerrouj</a> set a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leet_o_warld_records_in_athletics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leet o warld records in athletics (page disna exeest)">warld record</a> at the event in 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Internaitional_relations">Internaitional relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Eedit section: Internaitional relations" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-5%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-5%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a></b>, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonie" title="Estonie"><img alt="Estonie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Estonie" title="Estonie">Estonie</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a></b>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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id="cite_note-pop-town-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-pop-town_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls">Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017</a> (XLS; 397 KB)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BelMun2009-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-BelMun2009_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/binaries/Pop%20Bevolk%2001012009_tcm325-109882.xls">Statistics Belgium; <i>Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2009</i> (<b>excel-file</b>)</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span title=" since January 2021" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Link_rot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia:Link rot (page disna exeest)">deid airtin</a></i>]</span></sup> Population of all municipalities in Belgium, as of 1 January 2009. Retrieved on 2010-11-28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BelMun2008-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-BelMun2008_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090126165629/http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200801com.xls">Statistics Belgium; <i>Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2008</i> (<b>excel-file</b>)</a> Population o aw municipalities in Belgium, as o 1 Januar 2008. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BelMetr-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-BelMetr_4-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081029020131/http://www.statbel.fgov.be/pub/d0/p009n014_nl.pdf">Statistics Belgium; <i>De Belgische Stadsgewesten 2001</i> (<b>pdf-file</b>)</a> Definitions o metropolitan auries in Belgium. The metropolitan aurie o Ghent is dividit intae three levels. First, the central agglomeration (<i>agglomeratie</i>) wi 278,457 inhabitants (2008-01-01). Addin the closest surroondins (<i>banlieue</i>) gives a total o 423,320, includin the ooter commuter zone (<i>forensenwoonzone</i>) the population is 594,582. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gent.be-history-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-gent.be-history_5-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050818043547/http://www.gent.be/gent/english/history/gesch01.htm">"History of Gent"</a>. www.gent.be. Archived frae <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gent.be/gent/english/history/gesch01.htm">the original</a> on 18 August 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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