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<span>Neighbouring municipalities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Neighbouring_municipalities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li 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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-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-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Гент – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</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-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-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-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-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-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 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</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-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-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-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-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 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" 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-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent" title="Gent – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</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-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gante" title="Gante – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gante" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><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-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-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-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-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-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 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Gent" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish 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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%98" title="גנט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גנט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</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-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-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-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 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Gandavum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gente" title="Gente – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gente" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</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-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentas" title="Gentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</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-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-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-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-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-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="გენტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გენტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandawa" title="Gandawa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gandawa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</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 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.infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Ghent</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Gent</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Gand</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gent%2C_de_Graslei_vanaf_de_Korenlei_met_oeg24758tm61%2B25159_IMG_0447_2021-08-13_18.37.jpg/500px-Gent%2C_de_Graslei_vanaf_de_Korenlei_met_oeg24758tm61%2B25159_IMG_0447_2021-08-13_18.37.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Gent%2C_de_Graslei_vanaf_de_Korenlei_met_oeg24758tm61%2B25159_IMG_0447_2021-08-13_18.37.jpg/960px-Gent%2C_de_Graslei_vanaf_de_Korenlei_met_oeg24758tm61%2B25159_IMG_0447_2021-08-13_18.37.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5467" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Graslei" title="Graslei">Graslei</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:131px;max-width:131px"><div style="height:97px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG/129px-Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG" decoding="async" width="129" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG/194px-Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG/258px-Gent_Vrijdag_002.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Vrijdagmarkt,_Ghent" title="Vrijdagmarkt, Ghent">Vrijdagmarkt</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:137px;max-width:137px"><div style="height:97px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg/135px-Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg/203px-Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg 1.5x, 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title="Ghent"><img alt="Ghent" 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="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Ghent</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Belgium <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843" /><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-top:2px; border:1px solid grey;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="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 of East Flanders</div><div class="hidden-content 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.geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ghent&params=51_03_13_N_03_43_31_E_region:BE-VLG_type:city(260,300)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°03′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">03°43′31″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">51.05361°N 3.72528°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.05361; 3.72528</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/60px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Community" title="Flemish Community">Flemish Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Ghent" title="Arrondissement of Ghent">Ghent</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Ghent" title="List of mayors of Ghent">Mayor (list)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mathias_De_Clercq" title="Mathias De Clercq">Mathias De Clercq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Open_VLD" class="mw-redirect" title="Open VLD">Open VLD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data">Voor Gent (<a href="/wiki/Forward_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (Belgium)">Vooruit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open VLD</a>) - <a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">157.77 km<sup>2</sup> (60.92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-354c41bf74d0f15c07c40ab0a8c1dd9bfadc1f49-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-354c41bf74d0f15c07c40ab0a8c1dd9bfadc1f49-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">265,086</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,700/km<sup>2</sup> (4,400/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">9000–9052</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">44021</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">09</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gent.be/">www.gent.be</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Gent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Logo_of_Gent.svg/120px-Logo_of_Gent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Logo_of_Gent.svg/250px-Logo_of_Gent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="529" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div class="center"><a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">Logo</a> of Ghent</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ghent</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Gent</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ɣɛnt]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/8\/8a\/Nl-Gent.ogg\/Nl-Gent.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Nl-Gent.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8a/Nl-Gent.ogg/Nl-Gent.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Gent.ogg" title="File:Nl-Gent.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Gand</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ɡɑ̃]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-2" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/f6\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-Gand.wav\/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-Gand.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"LL-Q150 (fra)-J\u00e9r\u00e9my-G\u00fcnther-Heinz J\u00e4hnick-Gand.wav"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-Gand.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-Gand.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-Gand.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Gand.wav">ⓘ</a></sup></span>; historically known as <i>Gaunt</i> in English) is a <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">city</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. It is the capital and largest city of the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a>, and the third largest in the country, after <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Ghent" title="Port of Ghent">port</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ghent_University" title="Ghent University">university</a> city. </p><p>The city originally started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers <a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leie" class="mw-redirect" title="Leie">Leie</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a> Ghent became one of the largest and richest cities of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Europe" title="Northern Europe">northern Europe</a>, with some 50,000 people in 1300. After the late 16th century Ghent became a less important city, resulting in an extremely well-preserved historic centre, that now makes Ghent an important destination of tourism. </p><p>The municipality comprises the city of Ghent proper and the surrounding suburbs of <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> and <a href="/wiki/Zwijnaarde" title="Zwijnaarde">Zwijnaarde</a>. With 270,473 inhabitants at the end of 2024, Ghent is Belgium's second largest municipality by number of inhabitants. The <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_in_Belgium" title="Metropolitan areas in Belgium">metropolitan area</a>, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,205 km<sup>2</sup> (465 sq mi) and had a total population of 560,522 as of 1 January 2018, which ranks it as the fourth most populous 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> The current <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Ghent" title="List of mayors of Ghent">mayor of Ghent</a> is <a href="/wiki/Mathias_De_Clercq" title="Mathias De Clercq">Mathias De Clercq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Vld</a>). </p><p>The ten-day-long Ghent Festival (<i><a href="/wiki/Gentse_Feesten" title="Gentse Feesten">Gentse Feesten</a></i>) is held every year and attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors. </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&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a chronological guide, see <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Ghent" title="Timeline of Ghent">Timeline of Ghent</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ghent" title="Special:EditPage/Ghent">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2013</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Archaeological evidence shows human presence around the confluence of the Scheldt and the Leie going back as far as the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</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> </p><p>Most historians believe that the older name for Ghent, 'Ganda', is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celtic</a> word <i>ganda</i>, which means '<a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a>',<sup id="cite_ref-gent.be-history_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gent.be-history-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 'river mouth', referring to the <a href="/wiki/Lys_(river)" title="Lys (river)">Leie</a> river debouching into the <a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a>. Other sources connect its name with an obscure deity named <a href="/wiki/Gontia_(deity)" title="Gontia (deity)">Gontia</a>.<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> </p><p>There are no written records of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> period, but archaeological research confirms that the Ghent area continued to be inhabited. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Franks</a> invaded the Roman territories from the end of the 4th century and well into the 5th century, they brought their language with them, and Celtic and Latin were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Old_Dutch" title="Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Ages">Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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>Buildings along the river <a href="/wiki/Leie" class="mw-redirect" title="Leie">Leie</a> in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <p>Around 650, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Amand" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Amand">Saint Amand</a> founded two <a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">abbeys</a> in Ghent: <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Abbey,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent">St. Peter's</a> (<a href="/wiki/Blandijnberg" title="Blandijnberg">Blandinium</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Bavo%27s_Abbey" title="Saint Bavo's Abbey">St. Bavo's Abbey</a>. Around 800, <a href="/wiki/Louis_the_Pious" title="Louis the Pious">Louis the Pious</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Einhard" title="Einhard">Einhard</a>, the biographer of Charlemagne, abbot of both abbeys. The city grew from several nuclei, the abbeys, and a commercial centre. However, in 851 and 879 the city was plundered by <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Vikings</a>. </p><p>Under the protection of the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Flanders" title="County of Flanders">County of Flanders</a> the city recovered and flourished from the 11th century, growing to become a small <a href="/wiki/City-state" title="City-state">city-state</a>. By the 13th century, Ghent was the biggest city in Europe north of the Alps after <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>; it was bigger than <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> or <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>.<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> Up to 65,000 people lived within the city walls. The <a href="/wiki/Belfry_of_Ghent" title="Belfry of Ghent">belfry</a> and the towers of the <a href="/wiki/St_Bavo%27s_Cathedral,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent">St. Bavo's Cathedral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Church,_Ghent" title="Saint Nicholas Church, Ghent">St. Nicholas' Church</a> are just a few examples of the skyline of the period. </p><p>The rivers flowed in an area where much land was periodically flooded. These rich grass 'meersen' ("<a href="/wiki/Water-meadows" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-meadows">water-meadows</a>": a word related to the English '<a href="/wiki/Marsh" title="Marsh">marsh</a>') were ideally suited for herding sheep, the wool of which was used to make cloth. Ghent was the leading city for <a href="/wiki/Cloth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloth">cloth</a> during the Middle Ages. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wool#History" title="Wool">wool industry</a>, originally established at <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a>, created the first European industrialized zone in Ghent in the <a href="/wiki/High_Middle_Ages" title="High Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a>. The mercantile zone was so highly developed that wool had to be imported from Scotland and England, which led to Flanders' good relationship with them. However, during the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>, trade with England suffered significantly. Ghent was the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/John_of_Gaunt,_1st_Duke_of_Lancaster" class="mw-redirect" title="John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster">John of Gaunt</a>, Duke of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Lancaster" title="Duchy of Lancaster">Lancaster</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_modern_period">Early modern period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early modern period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city recovered in the 15th century when Flanders was united with neighbouring provinces under the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Burgundy" title="Duchy of Burgundy">Dukes of Burgundy</a>. High taxes <a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_Ghent_(1449%E2%80%931453)" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453)">led to a rebellion</a> and eventually to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gavere" title="Battle of Gavere">Battle of Gavere</a> in 1453, in which Ghent suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Good" title="Philip the Good">Philip the Good</a>. Around this time the centre of political and social importance in the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> started to shift from Flanders (Bruges–Ghent) to <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Brabant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>–<a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>), although Ghent continued to play an important role. With Bruges, the city led two <a href="/wiki/Flemish_revolts_against_Maximilian_of_Austria" title="Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria">revolts against Maximilian of Austria</a>, the first monarch of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" title="House of Habsburg">House of Habsburg</a> to rule Flanders. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg/250px-Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg/375px-Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg/500px-Lucas_de_Heere_-_View_of_the_city_of_Ghent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="16544" data-file-height="7968" /></a><figcaption><i>View on the city of Ghent in 1540</i> by <a href="/wiki/Lucas_de_Heere" title="Lucas de Heere">Lucas de Heere</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_working_02.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Joseph_working_02.gif/220px-Joseph_working_02.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Joseph_working_02.gif/330px-Joseph_working_02.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Joseph_working_02.gif 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="369" /></a><figcaption>15th-century Ghent miniature of the Biblical <a href="/wiki/Joseph" title="Joseph">Joseph</a>, showing daily life there</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1500, <a href="/wiki/Juana_of_Castile" class="mw-redirect" title="Juana of Castile">Juana of Castile</a> gave birth to <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a> and King of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Spain">Spain</a>. Although native to Ghent, he punished the city after the 1539 <a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_Ghent_(1539)" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolt of Ghent (1539)">Revolt of Ghent</a> and obliged the city's nobles to walk in front of the Emperor barefoot with a noose (Dutch: <i>"strop"</i>) around the neck; since this incident, the people of Ghent have been called "<i>Stroppendragers</i>" (noose bearers). St. Bavo's Abbey (not to be confused with the nearby St. Bavo's Cathedral) was abolished, torn down, and replaced with a fortress for <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Spain">Royal Spanish</a> troops. Only a small portion of the abbey was spared demolition. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg/250px-Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg/375px-Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg/500px-Engelbert_Van_Siclers_-_De_Kouter_in_Ghent_in_1763.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="982" /></a><figcaption><i>De Kouter in Ghent in 1763</i> by <a href="/wiki/Engelbert_van_Siclers" title="Engelbert van Siclers">Engelbert van Siclers</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" 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="250" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg/500px-Ghent%2C_Ferraris_Map%2C_1775.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="606" /></a><figcaption>Ghent in 1775 on the <a href="/wiki/Ferraris_map" title="Ferraris map">Ferraris map</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The late 16th and 17th centuries brought devastation because of the <a href="/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War" title="Eighty Years' War">Eighty Years' War</a>. The war ended the role of Ghent as a centre of international importance. In 1745, the city <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Ghent" title="Fall of Ghent">was captured</a> by French forces during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a> before being returned to the <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Empire of Austria</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Habsburgs" class="mw-redirect" title="Habsburgs">House of Habsburg</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle</a> in 1748. This part of <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> became known as the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a> until the exile of the French Emperor <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon Bonaparte">Napoleon I</a>, the end of the French Revolutionary and later <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, and the peace treaties arrived at by the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a> in 1815. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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>The Palace of Justice in Ghent, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1895</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 18th and 19th centuries, Ghent's textile industry flourished again. <a href="/wiki/Lieven_Bauwens" title="Lieven Bauwens">Lieven Bauwens</a>, having smuggled the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">industrial</a> and factory machine plans out of England, introduced the first mechanical <a href="/wiki/Weaving_machines" class="mw-redirect" title="Weaving machines">weaving machine</a> on the <a href="/wiki/European_continent" class="mw-redirect" title="European continent">European continent</a> in 1800. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghent" title="Treaty of Ghent">Treaty of Ghent</a>, negotiated here and adopted on Christmas Eve 1814, formally ended the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> between Great Britain and the United States (the North American phase of the Napoleonic Wars). After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>, Ghent and <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>, previously ruled from the House of Habsburg in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> as the Austrian Netherlands, became a part of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="United Kingdom of the Netherlands">United Kingdom of the Netherlands</a> with the northern Dutch for 15 years. In this period, Ghent established its own <a href="/wiki/Ghent_University" title="Ghent University">university</a> (1816)<sup id="cite_ref-visit.gent.be_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visit.gent.be-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Ghent%E2%80%93Terneuzen_Canal" title="Ghent–Terneuzen Canal">new connection to the sea</a> (1824–27). </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a>, with the loss of port access to the sea for more than a decade, the local economy collapsed, and the first Belgian trade union originated in Ghent. In 1913 there was a <a href="/wiki/Exposition_universelle_et_internationale_(1913)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)">world exhibition in Ghent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-visit.gent.be_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-visit.gent.be-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a preparation for these festivities, the <a href="/wiki/Sint-Pieters_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint-Pieters railway station">Sint-Pieters railway station</a> was completed in 1912. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ghent was occupied by the Germans in both world wars but escaped severe destruction. The life of the people and the German invaders in Ghent during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> is described by H. Wandt in "etappenleven te Gent".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the city was liberated by the British <a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th "Desert Rats" Armoured Division</a> and local Belgian fighters on 6 September 1944, with the northern suburbs and the industrial area cleared over the following days by the <a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish) Infantry Division</a>. </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&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" 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/300px-GentMap.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GentMap.svg/450px-GentMap.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/GentMap.svg/600px-GentMap.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="439" data-file-height="445" /></a><figcaption>Municipalities</figcaption></figure> <p>After the fusions of municipalities in 1965 and 1977, the city is made up of following <a href="/wiki/Deelgemeente" title="Deelgemeente">sub-municipalities</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Neighbouring_municipalities">Neighbouring municipalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Neighbouring municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 12em;"> <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/Lievegem" title="Lievegem">Lievegem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergem" title="Evergem">Evergem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelzate" title="Zelzate">Zelzate</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> system, Ghent has a <a href="/wiki/Marine_west_coast_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine west coast climate">marine west coast climate</a>, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.<sup id="cite_ref-weatherbase_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weatherbase-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Ghent (1981–2010 normals, sunshine 1984–2013) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF3E7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2<br />(43.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.7<br />(2.78) </td> <td style="background: #A3FFA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.2<br />(2.21) </td> <td style="background: #A3FFA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.5<br />(2.42) </td> <td style="background: #B1FFB1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.6<br />(1.99) </td> <td style="background: #A0FFA0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.1<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.3<br />(2.93) </td> <td style="background: #8BFF8B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.4<br />(3.05) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.2<br />(3.31) </td> <td style="background: #8CFF8C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.2<br />(2.92) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.7<br />(3.22) </td> <td style="background: #7FFF7F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.7<br />(3.26) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.2<br />(3.24) </td> <td style="background: #92FF92; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">858.8<br />(33.81) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.0 </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">136.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #6F6F6F; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #9E9E9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #B7B757; color:#000000;" class="notheme">123 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">204 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">209 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">196 </td> <td style="background: #C3C311; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144 </td> <td style="background: #B5B565; color:#000000;" class="notheme">118 </td> <td style="background: #7C7C7C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #5B5B5B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #BEBE30; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,618 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Meteorological_Institute" title="Royal Meteorological Institute">Royal Meteorological Institute</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nationalities">Nationalities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nationalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,white); color: var(--color-base,black)"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:none"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Ethnic background (2020)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Belgian</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#3BC4E9; width:64.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">64.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Asian</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#CE3D77; width:12.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">12.6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Eastern European</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:9.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">9.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other Western European</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#33cc33; width:5.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">North African</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gold; width:3.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Sub-Saharan African</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:3.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:grey; width:1.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Total non-Belgian</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#cc33ff; width:35.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">35.5%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>Ghent is home to many people of foreign origin and immigrants. The 2020 census<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> revealed that 35.5% of the inhabitants had roots outside of Belgium and 15.3% had a non-Belgian nationality. Many neighbourhoods already have a minority-majority population, primarily in the north, east, and west of the city and some pockets in the south. Some examples are Brugse Poort, Dampoort, Rabot, Ledeberg, Nieuw Gent/UZ and the area around Sleepstraat (known for its many Turkish restaurants). </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Group of origin </th> <th colspan="2">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">2023<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Belgians with Belgian background </th> <td>165,164 </td> <th>61.6% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Belgians with foreign background </th> <td>56,990 </td> <th>21.26% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neighboring country </td> <td>5,523 </td> <td>2.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td>EU27 (excluding neighboring country) </td> <td>5,354 </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outside EU 27 </td> <td>46,113 </td> <td>17.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Non-Belgians </th> <td>45,968 </td> <th>17.14% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Neighboring country </td> <td>4,691 </td> <td>1.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td>EU27 (excluding neighboring country) </td> <td>20,355 </td> <td>7.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Outside EU 27 </td> <td>20,922 </td> <td>7.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <td><b>268,122</b> </td> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The composition of the 2018 – 2024 city council: </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">party </th> <th>seats </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Vld</a></td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#01796F; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a></td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF2900; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vooruit_(political_party)" title="Vooruit (political party)">Vooruit</a></td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FF6200; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">CD&V</a></td> <td><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F9CE19; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">N-VA</a></td> <td><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#8B0000; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">PVDA</a></td> <td><b>3</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFE500; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a></td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Independents</td> <td><b>2</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_tourism">Culture and tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Culture and tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belfry_of_Ghent_(DSCF0247,DSCF0249).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg/170px-Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg/255px-Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg/340px-Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3498" data-file-height="5935" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Belfry_of_Ghent" title="Belfry of Ghent">Belfry of Ghent</a>, a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gent%2C_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG/250px-Gent%2C_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gent%2C_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG/330px-Gent%2C_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Gent%2C_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG/500px-Gent%2C_de_Graslei6_foto1_2010-10-10_15.30.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Graslei" title="Graslei">Graslei</a>, in the old city centre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG/250px-NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG/330px-NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG/500px-NTG_24-06-2008_11-42-13.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Theatre_(Ghent)" title="Royal Dutch Theatre (Ghent)">Royal Dutch Theatre</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg/220px-Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg/330px-Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg/440px-Gent_Gravensteen_R01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4088" data-file-height="2945" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Gravensteen_castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravensteen castle">Gravensteen</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149,_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149%2C_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg/220px-Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149%2C_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149%2C_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg/330px-Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149%2C_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149%2C_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg/440px-Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149%2C_en_op_de_achtergrond_het_Belfort_oeg24555_en_de_Sint-Baafskathedraal_oeg25743_IMG_0814_2021-08-15_16.54.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3120" /></a><figcaption>Historical centre of Ghent – from left to right: Old post office, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Church,_Ghent" title="Saint Nicholas Church, Ghent">St. Nicholas' Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfry_of_Ghent" title="Belfry of Ghent">Belfry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/St_Bavo%27s_Cathedral,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent">St. Bavo's Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent,_Belgium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent%2C_Belgium.jpg/250px-Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent%2C_Belgium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent%2C_Belgium.jpg/330px-Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent%2C_Belgium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent%2C_Belgium.jpg/500px-Sunset_over_a_canal_in_Ghent%2C_Belgium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5183" data-file-height="3454" /></a><figcaption>Sunset over the river <a href="/wiki/Leie" class="mw-redirect" title="Leie">Leie</a> in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <p>Much of the city's <a href="/wiki/Medieval" class="mw-redirect" title="Medieval">medieval</a> architecture remains intact and is remarkably well preserved and restored. Its centre is a <a href="/wiki/Pedestrian_zone" title="Pedestrian zone">carfree area</a>. Highlights are <a href="/wiki/St_Bavo%27s_Cathedral,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent">St. Bavo's Cathedral</a> with the <i><a href="/wiki/Ghent_Altarpiece" title="Ghent Altarpiece">Ghent Altarpiece</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Belfry_of_Ghent" title="Belfry of Ghent">belfry</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gravensteen_castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravensteen castle">Gravensteen castle</a>, and the splendid architecture along the old <a href="/wiki/Graslei" title="Graslei">Graslei</a> harbour. Ghent has established a blend between comfort of living and history; it is not a city-museum. The city of Ghent also houses three <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9guinage" class="mw-redirect" title="Béguinage">béguinages</a> and numerous churches including St. Jacob's Church, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Church,_Ghent" title="Saint Nicholas Church, Ghent">St. Nicholas' Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Michael%27s_Church,_Ghent" title="Saint Michael's Church, Ghent">St. Michael's Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Stefanus,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Stefanus, Ghent">St. Stefanus' Church</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lamgods_open.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Lamgods_open.jpg/250px-Lamgods_open.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Lamgods_open.jpg/330px-Lamgods_open.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Lamgods_open.jpg/500px-Lamgods_open.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6265" data-file-height="4581" /></a><figcaption>The well-known <i><a href="/wiki/Ghent_Altarpiece" title="Ghent Altarpiece">Ghent Altarpiece</a></i>, a 15th-century painting by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck in <a href="/wiki/St_Bavo%27s_Cathedral,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent">St. Bavo's Cathedral</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 19th century Ghent's most famous architect, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Roelandt" title="Louis Roelandt">Louis Roelandt</a>, built the university hall Aula, the opera house, and the main courthouse. Highlights of modern architecture are the university buildings (the <i><a href="/wiki/Boekentoren" title="Boekentoren">Boekentoren</a></i> or Book Tower) by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Van_de_Velde" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Van de Velde">Henry Van de Velde</a>. There are also a few theatres from diverse periods. </p><p>The beguinages, as well as the belfry and adjacent cloth hall, were recognized by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> as <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites">World Heritage Sites</a> in 1998 and 1999. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Zebrastraat" title="Zebrastraat">Zebrastraat</a>, a social experiment in which an entirely renovated site unites living, economy, and culture, can also be found in Ghent. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Campo_Santo,_Ghent" title="Campo Santo, Ghent">Campo Santo</a> is a famous Catholic burial site of the nobility and artists. </p><p>One of the more notable pieces of <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_architecture" title="Contemporary architecture">contemporary architecture</a> in Ghent is <a href="/wiki/De_Krook" title="De Krook">De Krook</a>, the new central library and media center, a collaboration between local firm Coussée and Goris and Catalan firm RCR Arquitectos. </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&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Important museums in Ghent are the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Ghent" title="Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent">Museum voor Schone Kunsten</a> (Museum of Fine Arts), with paintings by <a href="/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch" title="Hieronymus Bosch">Hieronymus Bosch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens" title="Peter Paul Rubens">Peter Paul Rubens</a>, and many Flemish masters; the <a href="/wiki/Stedelijk_Museum_voor_Actuele_Kunst" title="Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst">SMAK</a> or Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (City Museum for Contemporary Art), with works of the 20th century, including <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Beuys" title="Joseph Beuys">Joseph Beuys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Design_Museum_Gent" title="Design Museum Gent">Design Museum Gent</a> with masterpieces of <a href="/wiki/Victor_Horta" title="Victor Horta">Victor Horta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Le_Corbusier" title="Le Corbusier">Le Corbusier</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Huis_van_Alijn" title="Huis van Alijn">Huis van Alijn</a> (House of the Alijn family) was originally a <a href="/wiki/Beguinage" title="Beguinage">beguinage</a> and is now a museum for folk art where theatre and puppet shows for children are presented. The <i>Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel</i> or MIAT displays the industrial strength of Ghent with recreations of workshops and stores from the 1800s and original spinning and weaving machines that remain from the time when the building was a weaving mill. The <a href="/wiki/Ghent_City_Museum" title="Ghent City Museum">Ghent City Museum</a> (Stadsmuseum, abbreviated STAM), is committed to recording and explaining the city's past and its inhabitants, and to preserving the present for future generations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/NTGent" title="NTGent">NTGent</a> is the city theatre of Ghent, a public institution known for its radical productions. The theatre company's home base is in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Dutch_Theatre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Dutch Theatre (page does not exist)">Royal Dutch Theatre</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijke_Nederlandse_Schouwburg_(Gent)" class="extiw" title="nl:Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg (Gent)">nl</a>]</span> (Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg, or KNS), with a secondary location in the city at Minnemeers. The company also tours extensively.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restaurants_and_culinary_traditions">Restaurants and culinary traditions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Restaurants and culinary traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Ghent and other regions of <a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a>, bakeries sell a donut-shaped bun called a "mastel" (plural "mastellen"), which is basically a bagel. "Mastellen" are also called "<a href="/wiki/Saint_Hubert" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Hubert">Saint Hubert</a> bread", because, on the Saint's feast day, which is 3 November, the bakers bring their batches to the early Mass to be blessed. Traditionally, it was thought that blessed mastellen immunized against <a href="/wiki/Rabies" title="Rabies">rabies</a>. </p><p>Other local delicacies are the praline chocolates from local producers such as <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_(chocolate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonidas (chocolate)">Leonidas</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cuberdon" title="Cuberdon">cuberdons</a> or 'neuzekes' ('noses'), cone-shaped purple jelly-filled candies (a four-year feud between two local vendors made international news),<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 'babelutten' ('babblers'), hard butterscotch-like candy, and of course, on the more fiery side, the famous 'Tierenteyn', a hot but refined mustard that has some affinity to French 'Dijon' mustard. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Carbonade_flamande" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbonade flamande">Stoverij</a> is a classic Flemish meat stew, preferably made with a generous addition of brown <a href="/wiki/Trappist_beer" title="Trappist beer">'Trappist'</a> (strong abbey beer) and served with French fries. '<a href="/wiki/Waterzooi" title="Waterzooi">Waterzooi</a>' is a local stew originally made from freshwater fish caught in the rivers and creeks of Ghent, but nowadays often made with chicken instead of fish. It is usually served nouvelle-cuisine-style and supplemented by a large pot on the side. </p><p>The city promotes a meat-free day on Thursdays called <i>Donderdag Veggiedag</i><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a> food being promoted in public canteens for civil servants and elected councillors, in all city-funded schools, and promotion of vegetarian eating options in town (through the distribution of "veggie street maps"). This campaign is linked to the recognition of the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_effects_of_meat_production#Fossil_fuel_consumption_and_greenhouse_gas_emissions" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental effects of meat production">detrimental environmental effects of meat production</a>, which the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>' <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> has established to represent nearly one-fifth of global <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals_and_other_events">Festivals and other events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Festivals and other events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is host to some big cultural events such as the <a href="/wiki/Gentse_Feesten" title="Gentse Feesten">Ghent Festival</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Flanders_International_Film_Festival_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanders International Film Festival Ghent">International Film Festival of Ghent</a> (with the <a href="/wiki/World_Soundtrack_Awards" title="World Soundtrack Awards">World Soundtrack Awards</a>) and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gent_Festival_van_Vlaanderen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gent Festival van Vlaanderen (page does not exist)">Gent Festival van Vlaanderen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gent_Festival_van_Vlaanderen" class="extiw" title="nl:Gent Festival van Vlaanderen">nl</a>]</span>. Also, every five years, an extensive botanical exhibition (<i>Gentse Floraliën</i>) takes place in <a href="/wiki/Flanders_Expo" title="Flanders Expo">Flanders Expo</a> in Ghent, attracting numerous visitors to the city. </p><p>The Ghent Festival (<i>Gentse Feesten</i> in Dutch) is an annual festival that lasts for ten days. It has been held for more than 50 years (since 1969) and is attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors. It did not take place in 2020 and 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Belgium" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium">COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium</a>, being held again in the summer of 2022, after a two-year break. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Flanders" title="Festival of Flanders">Festival of Flanders</a> had its 50th celebration in 2008. In Ghent, it opens with the OdeGand City festivities that take place on the second Saturday of September. Some 50 concerts take place in diverse locations throughout the medieval <a href="/wiki/Inner_city" title="Inner city">inner city</a> and some 250 international artists perform. </p><p>Ghent co-hosted the 2021 <a href="/wiki/World_Choir_Games" title="World Choir Games">World Choir Games</a> together with <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Organised by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Interkultur_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Interkultur Foundation (page does not exist)">Interkultur Foundation</a>, the World Choir Games is the biggest choral competition and festival in the world. </p><p>Ghent has been chosen as the 2024 <a href="/wiki/European_Youth_Capital" title="European Youth Capital">European Youth Capital</a> by the <a href="/wiki/European_Youth_Forum" title="European Youth Forum">European Youth Forum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks">Parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The numerous parks in the city can also be considered tourist attractions. Most notably, Ghent boasts a <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen" title="Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen">Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen</a>, 230 hectares (570 acres)<sup id="cite_ref-nature_reserve_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nature_reserve-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and a recreation park (Blaarmeersen, 87 hectares; 215 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-inyourpocket_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inyourpocket-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Ghent" title="Port of Ghent">port of Ghent</a>, in the north of the city, is the third-largest port of Belgium. It is accessed by the <a href="/wiki/Ghent%E2%80%93Terneuzen_Canal" title="Ghent–Terneuzen Canal">Ghent–Terneuzen Canal</a>, which ends near the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> port of <a href="/wiki/Terneuzen" title="Terneuzen">Terneuzen</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Scheldt" title="Western Scheldt">Western Scheldt</a>. The port houses, among others, large companies like <a href="/wiki/ArcelorMittal" title="ArcelorMittal">ArcelorMittal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Cars" title="Volvo Cars">Volvo Cars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Trucks" title="Volvo Trucks">Volvo Trucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volvo_Parts" class="mw-redirect" title="Volvo Parts">Volvo Parts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Honda" title="Honda">Honda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Motor" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamaha Motor">Yamaha Motor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stora_Enso" title="Stora Enso">Stora Enso</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ghent_University" title="Ghent University">Ghent University</a> and several research-oriented companies, such as Ablynx, Innogenetics, Cropdesign, and Bayer Cropscience, are situated in the central and southern part of the city. </p><p>As the largest city in East Flanders, Ghent has four large hospitals, numerous schools, and shopping streets. <a href="/wiki/Flanders_Expo" title="Flanders Expo">Flanders Expo</a>, the biggest event hall in Flanders and the second biggest in Belgium, is also located in Ghent. Tourism is becoming a major employer in the local area.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As one of the largest cities in Belgium, Ghent has a highly developed transport system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg/220px-R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg/330px-R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg/440px-R4_gezien_vanuit_de_Beekstraat_-_Gent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>The R4 ringroad</figcaption></figure> <p>By car the city is accessible via two motorways: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/European_route_E40" title="European route E40">E40</a> connects Ghent with <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> to the west, and with <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> to the east.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/European_route_E17" title="European route E17">E17</a> connects Ghent with <a href="/wiki/Sint-Niklaas" title="Sint-Niklaas">Sint-Niklaas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> to the north, and with <a href="/wiki/Kortrijk" title="Kortrijk">Kortrijk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a> to the south.</li></ul> <p>In addition, Ghent also has two ringways: </p> <ul><li>The R4 connects the outskirts of Ghent with each other and the surrounding villages, and also leads to the <a href="/wiki/European_route_E40" title="European route E40">E40</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_route_E17" title="European route E17">E17</a> roads.</li> <li>The R40 connects the different downtown quarters with each other and provides access to the main avenues.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sint-Pietersstation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sint-Pietersstation.jpg/250px-Sint-Pietersstation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sint-Pietersstation.jpg/330px-Sint-Pietersstation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Sint-Pietersstation.jpg/500px-Sint-Pietersstation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gent-Sint-Pieters_railway_station" title="Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station">Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station</a>, Ghent</figcaption></figure> <p>Five <a href="/wiki/Railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway station">railway stations</a> can be found in the municipality of Ghent: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gent-Sint-Pieters_railway_station" title="Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station">Gent-Sint-Pieters Station</a>: an international railway station with connections to Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Kortrijk, other Belgian towns, and Lille. The station also offers a direct connection to <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gent-Dampoort_railway_station" title="Gent-Dampoort railway station">Gent-Dampoort Station</a>: an intercity railway station with connections to Sint-Niklaas, Antwerp, Kortrijk and <a href="/wiki/Eeklo" title="Eeklo">Eeklo</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge_railway_station" title="Gentbrugge railway station">Gentbrugge Station</a>: a regional railway station in between the two main railway stations, Sint-Pieters and Dampoort.</li> <li>Wondelgem Station: a regional railway station with connections to Eeklo once an hour.</li> <li>Drongen Station: a regional railway station in the village of <a href="/wiki/Drongen" title="Drongen">Drongen</a> with connections to <a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> once an hour.</li> <li>Gent-Zeehaven station: a regional railway station in the port of Ghent with connections to <a href="/wiki/Gent-Sint-Pieters_railway_station" title="Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station">Gent-Sint-Pieters Station</a> and the town of <a href="/wiki/Terneuzen" title="Terneuzen">Terneuzen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">The Netherlands</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_transport">Public transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Public transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ghent has an extensive network of public transport lines, operated by <i><a href="/wiki/De_Lijn" title="De Lijn">De Lijn</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trams">Trams</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Trams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG/250px-HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG/330px-HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG/500px-HermeLijn_Korenmarkt.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>A HermeLijn <a href="/wiki/Low-floor_tram" title="Low-floor tram">low-floor tram</a> in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Trams_in_Ghent" title="Trams in Ghent">Trams in Ghent</a></div> <p>Since 6/01/2024, the network contains 4 lines: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Line</th> <th>Route </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFD700; color:white; font-size:150%;"><b>T1</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flanders_Expo" title="Flanders Expo">Flanders Expo</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gent-Sint-Pieters_railway_station" title="Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station">Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station</a> – Kouter – Zuid – Gentbrugge Stelplaats </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#008000; color:white; font-size:150%;"><b>T2</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evergem" title="Evergem">Evergem</a>;– Wondelgem – Korenmarkt – Zuid – <a href="/wiki/Melle,_Belgium" title="Melle, Belgium">Melle</a> Leeuw </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#38C6BD; color:white; font-size:150%;"><b>T3</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zwijnaarde" title="Zwijnaarde">Zwijnaarde</a> Bibliotheek – Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station – Kouter – Zuid – Moscou </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white; font-size:150%;"><b>T4</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghent_University" title="Ghent University">Gent UZ</a> – Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station – Rabot – Muide – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lange_Steenstraat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lange Steenstraat (page does not exist)">Lange Steenstraat</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Before 6/01/2024, the network contained 3 lines: </p> <ul><li>Line 1: <a href="/wiki/Flanders_Expo" title="Flanders Expo">Flanders Expo</a> – Sint-Pieters-Station – Korenmarkt (city centre) – Wondelgem – <a href="/wiki/Evergem" title="Evergem">Evergem</a></li> <li>Line 2: Zwijnaarde Bibliotheek – Sint-Pieters-Station – Zonnestraat (city centre) – Brabantdam – Zuid – <a href="/wiki/Melle,_Belgium" title="Melle, Belgium">Melle Leeuw</a> (fuse of line 21 and 22 as of May 2017<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li>Line 4: UZ – Sint-Pieters-Station – Muide – Korenmarkt (city centre) – Zuid – <a href="/wiki/Moscou_(Ghent)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscou (Ghent)">Moscou</a></li> <li>Line 21: Zwijnaarde Bibliotheek – Sint-Pieters-Station – Zonnestraat (city centre) – Zuid – <a href="/wiki/Melle,_Belgium" title="Melle, Belgium">Melle Leeuw</a> (fused into line 2)</li> <li>Line 22: Kouter – Bijlokehof – Sint-Pieters-Station – Zonnestraat (city centre) – Zuid – <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a> (fused into line 2)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Buses">Buses</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 6/01/2024, the city bus network contains 11 lines: </p> <ul><li>Line 5a: Nieuw Gent – Heuvelpoort - Zuid - Sint-Jacobs - Van Beverenplein - <a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a> Station</li> <li>Line 5b: Nieuw Gent – Heuvelpoort - Zuid - Sint-Jacobs - Meulestede (<i>- <a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a> Station, not serviced until 2026 due to road works</i>)</li> <li>Line 6: P+R Muide – Sint-Jacobs - Zuid</li> <li>Line 9a: <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ledeberg" title="Ledeberg">Ledeberg</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sint-Pieters_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint-Pieters railway station">Sint-Pieters railway station</a> - <a href="/wiki/Malem,_Ghent" title="Malem, Ghent">Malem</a> - <a href="/wiki/Mariakerke,_East_Flanders" title="Mariakerke, East Flanders">Mariakerke</a> (Kolegem) - <a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a> Station</li> <li>Line 9b: <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ledeberg" title="Ledeberg">Ledeberg</a> - <a href="/wiki/Sint-Pieters_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint-Pieters railway station">Sint-Pieters railway station</a> - <a href="/wiki/Malem,_Ghent" title="Malem, Ghent">Malem</a> - <a href="/wiki/Mariakerke,_East_Flanders" title="Mariakerke, East Flanders">Mariakerke</a> (Center) - <a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a> Station</li> <li>Line 10: <a href="/wiki/Mariakerke,_East_Flanders" title="Mariakerke, East Flanders">Mariakerke</a> – <a href="/wiki/Korenmarkt,_Ghent" title="Korenmarkt, Ghent">Korenmarkt</a> - Sint-Jacobs - <a href="/wiki/Dampoort,_Ghent" title="Dampoort, Ghent">Dampoort</a> - Snellaertplein</li> <li>Line 11: <a href="/wiki/Gentbrugge" title="Gentbrugge">Gentbrugge</a> - <a href="/wiki/Dampoort,_Ghent" title="Dampoort, Ghent">Dampoort</a> - Sint-Jacobs - <a href="/wiki/Korenmarkt,_Ghent" title="Korenmarkt, Ghent">Korenmarkt</a> - Blaarmeersen</li> <li>Line 12a: Achtendries - <a href="/wiki/Dampoort,_Ghent" title="Dampoort, Ghent">Dampoort</a> - Sint-Jacobs - <a href="/wiki/Korenmarkt,_Ghent" title="Korenmarkt, Ghent">Korenmarkt</a> - <a href="/wiki/Drongen" title="Drongen">Drongen</a> - Leerne</li> <li>Line 12b: <a href="/wiki/Oostakker" title="Oostakker">Oostakker</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dampoort,_Ghent" title="Dampoort, Ghent">Dampoort</a> - Sint-Jacobs - <a href="/wiki/Korenmarkt,_Ghent" title="Korenmarkt, Ghent">Korenmarkt</a> - <a href="/wiki/Drongen" title="Drongen">Drongen</a> Varendries</li> <li>Line 16: Zuid - Sint-Baafskouter</li> <li>Line 19: <a href="/wiki/Arteveldestadion" class="mw-redirect" title="Arteveldestadion">Arteveldestadion</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sint-Pieters_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sint-Pieters railway station">Sint-Pieters railway station</a> - Blaarmeersen</li></ul> <p>Before 6/01/2024, the city bus network contained 9 lines: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Van_Hool_articulated.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Van_Hool_articulated.JPG/220px-Van_Hool_articulated.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Van_Hool_articulated.JPG/330px-Van_Hool_articulated.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Van_Hool_articulated.JPG/440px-Van_Hool_articulated.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Van_Hool" title="Van Hool">Van Hool</a> <a href="/wiki/Articulated_bus" title="Articulated bus">articulated bus</a> in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Line 3: <a href="/wiki/Mariakerke_(East_Flanders)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mariakerke (East Flanders)">Mariakerke</a> – Korenmarkt (city centre) – Dampoort – Gentbrugge (formerly a <a href="/wiki/Trolleybus" title="Trolleybus">trolleybus</a> line; see picture below)</li> <li>Line 5: Van Beverenplein – Sint-Jacobs (city centre) – Zuid – Heuvelpoort – Nieuw-Gent</li> <li>Line 6: Watersportbaan – Zuid – Dampoort – Meulestede – Wondelgem – Mariakerke</li> <li>Line 8: AZ Sint-Lucas – Sint-Jacobs (city centre) – Zuid – Heuvelpoort – Arteveldepark</li> <li>Line 9: Mariakerke – <a href="/wiki/Malem,_Ghent" title="Malem, Ghent">Malem</a> – Sint-Pieters-Station – Ledeberg – Gentbrugge</li> <li>Line 17/18: Drongen – Malem – Korenmarkt (city centre) – Dampoort – <a href="/wiki/Oostakker" title="Oostakker">Oostakker</a></li> <li>Line 38/39: Blaarmeersen – Ekkergem – Korenmarkt (city centre) – Dampoort – <a href="/wiki/Sint-Amandsberg" title="Sint-Amandsberg">Sint-Amandsberg</a></li></ul> <p>Apart from the city buses mentioned above, Ghent also has numerous regional bus lines connecting it to towns and villages across the province of East Flanders. All of these buses stop in at least one of the city's regional bus hubs at either Sint-Pieters Station, Dampoort Station, Zuid or Rabot. </p><p>International buses connecting Ghent to other European destinations are usually found at the Dampoort Station. A couple of private bus companies such as Eurolines, Megabus and Flixbus operate from the Dampoort bus hub. </p><p>Buses to and from Belgium's first (<a href="/wiki/Brussels_Airport" title="Brussels Airport">Brussels Airport</a>) and second airport (<a href="/wiki/Brussels_South_Charleroi_Airport" title="Brussels South Charleroi Airport">Brussels South Charleroi Airport</a>) are operated by Flibco, and can be found at the rear exit of the Sint-Pieters Station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cycling">Cycling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Cycling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ghent has the largest designated cyclist area in Europe, with nearly 400 kilometres (250 mi) of cycle paths and more than 700 one-way streets, where bikes are allowed to go against the traffic. It also boasts Belgium's first <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_boulevard" title="Bicycle boulevard">bicycle boulevard</a>, where cars are considered 'guests' and must stay behind cyclists.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2013, it began doing on-street surveys of bicycles, adding bicycle parking racks in neighbourhoods where they were needed. In 2017, the city changed traffic circulation patterns to favour cycling. The switch was done over the course of a single weekend, changing traffic circulation on over 80 streets and 2500 road signs. It expanded the car-free zone in the historic city center more than twofold. It also put in radial barriers to car traffic, thus shifting it onto the inner ring road.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More cyclists means a higher demand for <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_parking_station" title="Bicycle parking station">bicycle parking stations</a>. In 2010, the plans to renovate Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station included 10,000 bicycle parking spots.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, several sections of the underground parking facilities have been built, and the targets have been adjusted to a total of 17,000 parking spots.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghelamcoarena05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ghelamcoarena05.jpg/220px-Ghelamcoarena05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ghelamcoarena05.jpg/330px-Ghelamcoarena05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ghelamcoarena05.jpg/440px-Ghelamcoarena05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1003" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Planet_Group_Arena" title="Planet Group Arena">Planet Group Arena</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_First_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian First Division">Belgian first football division</a> Ghent is represented by <a href="/wiki/K.A.A._Gent" title="K.A.A. Gent">K.A.A. Gent</a>, who became <a href="/wiki/Belgian_football_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian football champions">Belgian football champions</a> for the first time in its history in 2015. Another Ghent football club is <a href="/wiki/KRC_Gent-Zeehaven" class="mw-redirect" title="KRC Gent-Zeehaven">KRC Gent-Zeehaven</a>, playing in the Belgian fourth division. A football match at the <a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Summer Olympics</a> was held in Ghent.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Six_Days_of_Ghent" title="Six Days of Ghent">Six Days of Ghent</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Six-day_racing" title="Six-day racing">six-day track cycling race</a>, is held annually, taking place in the <a href="/wiki/Kuipke" title="Kuipke">Kuipke</a> velodrome in Ghent. In road cycling, the city hosts the start and finish of the <span title="Dutch-language text"><span lang="nl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Omloop_Het_Nieuwsblad" title="Omloop Het Nieuwsblad">Omloop Het Nieuwsblad</a></span></span>, the traditional opening race of the <a href="/wiki/Cobbled_classics" title="Cobbled classics">cobbled classics</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also lends its name to another cobbled classic, <a href="/wiki/Gent%E2%80%93Wevelgem" title="Gent–Wevelgem">Gent–Wevelgem</a>, although the race now starts in the nearby city of <a href="/wiki/Deinze" title="Deinze">Deinze</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city hosts an annual <a href="/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics (sport)">athletics</a> <a href="/wiki/IAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="IAAF">IAAF</a> event in the <a href="/wiki/Flanders_Sports_Arena" title="Flanders Sports Arena">Flanders Sports Arena</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Indoor_Flanders_meeting" class="mw-redirect" title="Indoor Flanders meeting">Indoor Flanders meeting</a> where two-time Olympic champion <a href="/wiki/Hicham_El_Guerrouj" title="Hicham El Guerrouj">Hicham El Guerrouj</a> set an indoor <a href="/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_athletics" title="List of world records in athletics">world record</a> of 3:48.45 in the <a href="/wiki/Mile_run" title="Mile run">mile run</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Flanders Sports Arena was host to the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Davis_Cup" title="Davis Cup">Davis Cup</a> Final between <a href="/wiki/Belgium_Davis_Cup_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgium Davis Cup Team">Belgium</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Davis_Cup_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="British Davis Cup Team">Great Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg/180px-Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg/270px-Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg/360px-Geertgen_Sint-Bavo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1551" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_Bavo" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Bavo">Saint Bavo</a>, patron saint of Ghent</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg/180px-Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg/270px-Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg/360px-Titian_-_Portrait_of_Charles_V_Seated_-_WGA22964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1771" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Emperor Charles V</a> was born in Ghent in 1500</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johnofgaunt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Johnofgaunt.jpg/180px-Johnofgaunt.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Johnofgaunt.jpg/270px-Johnofgaunt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Johnofgaunt.jpg/360px-Johnofgaunt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_of_Gaunt" title="John of Gaunt">John of Gaunt</a>, born in Ghent in 1340</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JacobVAGent.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/JacobVAGent.JPG" decoding="async" width="179" height="233" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="233" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/wiki/Jacob_van_Artevelde" title="Jacob van Artevelde">Jacob van Artevelde</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Vrijdagmarkt,_Ghent" title="Vrijdagmarkt, Ghent">Vrijdagmarkt</a> in Ghent</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Ghent" title="List of people from Ghent">List of people from Ghent</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frans_Ackerman" title="Frans Ackerman">Frans Ackerman</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1330</span>–1387), Flemish statesmen and military leader.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Adig%C3%A9ry" title="Charlotte Adigéry">Charlotte Adigéry</a> (born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1995</span>), Belgian-Caribbean musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Agricola" title="Alexander Agricola">Alexander Agricola</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1445</span>–1506), <a href="/wiki/Franco-Flemish" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Flemish">Franco-Flemish</a> composer of the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Baekeland" title="Leo Baekeland">Leo Baekeland</a> (1863–1944), chemist and inventor of <a href="/wiki/Bakelite" title="Bakelite">Bakelite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Bavo" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Bavo">Saint Bavo</a> (589–654), <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of Ghent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marthe_Bo%C3%ABl" class="mw-redirect" title="Marthe Boël">Marthe Boël</a> (1877–1956), feminist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josse_Boutmy" title="Josse Boutmy">Josse Boutmy</a> (1697–1779), composer, organist and harpsichordist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Canis" title="Cornelius Canis">Cornelius Canis</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1505</span>–1562), composer, music director for the chapel of Charles V</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor</a> (1500–1558), <i>Karel V, Charles Quint</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willy_De_Clercq" title="Willy De Clercq">Willy De Clercq</a> (1927–2011), liberal politician and European Commissioner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspar_de_Crayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Caspar de Crayer">Caspar de Crayer</a> (1582–1669), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_de_Gante" title="Pedro de Gante">Pedro de Gante</a> (ca.1480–1572), Franciscan missionary in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frans_de_Potter" title="Frans de Potter">Frans de Potter</a> (1834–1904), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_De_Vigne" title="Emma De Vigne">Emma De Vigne</a> (1850–1898), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_de_Vigne" title="Paul de Vigne">Paul de Vigne</a> (1843–1901), sculptor.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Vriendt_brothers" title="De Vriendt brothers">De Vriendt brothers</a> Juliaan Joseph (1842–1935), & Albrecht François Lieven (1843–1900), painters.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_de_Witte" title="Charlotte de Witte">Charlotte de Witte</a> (born 1992), DJ and record producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Guislain" title="Joseph Guislain">Joseph Guislain</a> (1797–1860), physician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Heinsius" title="Daniel Heinsius">Daniel Heinsius</a> (1580–1655), scholar of the Dutch <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_of_Ghent" title="Henry of Ghent">Henry of Ghent</a> (ca.1217–1293), <a href="/wiki/Scholasticism" title="Scholasticism">scholastic</a> philosopher.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corneille_Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Heymans" class="mw-redirect" title="Corneille Jean François Heymans">Corneille Jean François Heymans</a> (1892–1968), physiologist and recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Horta" title="Victor Horta">Victor Horta</a> (1861–1947), <a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a> architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Gaunt" title="John of Gaunt">John of Gaunt</a> (1340–1399), English royal prince, military leader and statesman.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Lilar" title="Suzanne Lilar">Suzanne Lilar</a> (1901–1992), essayist, novelist, and playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Livinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Livinus">Saint Livinus</a> of Ghent (580–657), saint and martyr</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVIII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVIII of France">Louis XVIII of France</a> (1755–1824), was exiled in Ghent in 1815 during the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Days" title="Hundred Days">Hundred Days</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Lou%C3%BFs" title="Pierre Louÿs">Pierre Louÿs</a> (1870–1925), poet and romantic writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck" title="Maurice Maeterlinck">Maurice Maeterlinck</a> (1862–1949), poet & playwright, won the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize in Literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippolyte_Metdepenningen" title="Hippolyte Metdepenningen">Hippolyte Metdepenningen</a> (1799–1881), lawyer and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Mortier" title="Gerard Mortier">Gerard Mortier</a> (born 1943), Belgian opera director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Obrecht" title="Jacob Obrecht">Jacob Obrecht</a> (ca.1457–1505), composer of the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet" title="Adolphe Quetelet">Adolphe Quetelet</a> (1796–1874), astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frans_Rens" title="Frans Rens">Frans Rens</a> (1805–1874), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_R%C3%ADos" title="Gabriel Ríos">Gabriel Ríos</a> (born 1978), musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_John_Seghers" title="Charles John Seghers">Charles John Seghers</a> (1839–1886), <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> clergyman and missionary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soulwax" title="Soulwax">Soulwax</a> (formed 1995), electronic/rock band headed by David and Stephen Dewaele</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_van_Artevelde" title="Jacob van Artevelde">Jacob van Artevelde</a> (ca.1290–1345), statesman and political leader.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustave_Van_de_Woestijne" title="Gustave Van de Woestijne">Gustave Van de Woestijne</a> (1881–1947), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karel_van_de_Woestijne" title="Karel van de Woestijne">Karel van de Woestijne</a> (1878–1929), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugo_van_der_Goes" title="Hugo van der Goes">Hugo van der Goes</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1440</span>–1482), painter.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck" title="Jan van Eyck">Jan van Eyck</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1385</span>–1441), painter.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geo_Verbanck" title="Geo Verbanck">Geo Verbanck</a> (1881–1961), sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seppe_Gebruers" title="Seppe Gebruers">Seppe Gebruers</a> (born 1990), the first quartertone jazzpianist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swen_Vincke" title="Swen Vincke">Swen Vincke</a> (born 1972), video game director and the head of <a href="/wiki/Larian_Studios" title="Larian Studios">Larian Studios</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Frans_Willems" title="Jan Frans Willems">Jan Frans Willems</a> (1793–1846), writer.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg/140px-14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg/210px-14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg/280px-14-01-10-tbh-263-jacques-rogge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4492" data-file-height="6427" /></a><figcaption>Jacques Rogge, 2014</figcaption></figure> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tiesj_Benoot" title="Tiesj Benoot">Tiesj Benoot</a> (born 1994), cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_De_Bruyne" title="Kevin De Bruyne">Kevin De Bruyne</a> (born 1991), professional footballer for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester City">Manchester City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Henry" title="Xavier Henry">Xavier Henry</a> (born 1991), <a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">shooting guard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">small forward</a> for the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelle_Mys" title="Gaelle Mys">Gaelle Mys</a> (born 1991), Olympic gymnast</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Rogge" title="Jacques Rogge">Jacques Rogge</a> (1942–2021), former president of the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">IOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sercu" title="Patrick Sercu">Patrick Sercu</a> (1944–2019), Belgian track cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9dric_Van_Branteghem" title="Cédric Van Branteghem">Cédric Van Branteghem</a> (born 1979), athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins" title="Bradley Wiggins">Bradley Wiggins</a> (born 1980), British cyclist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Belgium" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium">List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ghent is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <ul><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/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/40px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/60px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kanazawa,_Ishikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanazawa, Ishikawa">Kanazawa</a>, Japan<sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" 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> <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/en/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/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/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> <a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a>, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wiesbaden_twinning_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wiesbaden_twinning-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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/en/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/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/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> <a href="/wiki/Melle,_Germany" title="Melle, Germany">Melle</a>, Germany<sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/40px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/60px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint-Rapha%C3%ABl,_Var" title="Saint-Raphaël, Var">Saint-Raphaël</a>, France<sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>, England, United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nottingham_twinnings_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nottingham_twinnings-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco"><img alt="Morocco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mohammedia" title="Mohammedia">Mohammedia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ghent_twinnings_47-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghent_twinnings-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ghent&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 87.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 85.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sint-Baafskathedraal_(St._Bavo%27s_Cathedral)_Ghent_Belgium_October.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Bavo's Cathedral"><img alt="St. Bavo's Cathedral" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sint-Baafskathedraal_%28St._Bavo%27s_Cathedral%29_Ghent_Belgium_October.jpg/250px-Sint-Baafskathedraal_%28St._Bavo%27s_Cathedral%29_Ghent_Belgium_October.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sint-Baafskathedraal_%28St._Bavo%27s_Cathedral%29_Ghent_Belgium_October.jpg/330px-Sint-Baafskathedraal_%28St._Bavo%27s_Cathedral%29_Ghent_Belgium_October.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="3528" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/St_Bavo%27s_Cathedral,_Ghent" class="mw-redirect" title="St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent">St. Bavo's Cathedral</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 78.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 76.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Sint-Niklaaskerk"><img alt="The Sint-Niklaaskerk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg/115px-Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg" decoding="async" width="77" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg/173px-Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg/230px-Gent%2C_de_Sint-Niklaaskerk_oeg25149_IMG_0686_2021-08-15_10.40.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="5472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Sint-Niklaaskerk</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 72.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 70.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belfry_of_Ghent_(DSCF0247,DSCF0249).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Belfry"><img alt="Belfry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg/106px-Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="71" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg/159px-Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg/212px-Belfry_of_Ghent_%28DSCF0247%2CDSCF0249%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3498" data-file-height="5935" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Belfry_of_Ghent" title="Belfry of Ghent">Belfry</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 153.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oud_Postkantoor,_Ghent_(DSCF0257-DSCF0261).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Old Post Office on Korenmarkt Square"><img alt="Old Post Office on Korenmarkt Square" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Oud_Postkantoor%2C_Ghent_%28DSCF0257-DSCF0261%29.jpg/230px-Oud_Postkantoor%2C_Ghent_%28DSCF0257-DSCF0261%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Oud_Postkantoor%2C_Ghent_%28DSCF0257-DSCF0261%29.jpg/345px-Oud_Postkantoor%2C_Ghent_%28DSCF0257-DSCF0261%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Oud_Postkantoor%2C_Ghent_%28DSCF0257-DSCF0261%29.jpg/460px-Oud_Postkantoor%2C_Ghent_%28DSCF0257-DSCF0261%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6800" data-file-height="5321" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Old Post Office on <a href="/wiki/Korenmarkt,_Ghent" title="Korenmarkt, Ghent">Korenmarkt Square</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gravensteen Castle"><img alt="Gravensteen Castle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg/270px-25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg/405px-25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg/540px-25890_Gravensteen_bij_zonsondergang_vanuit_de_Sint-Widostraat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5227" data-file-height="3485" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gravensteen" title="Gravensteen">Gravensteen Castle</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 181.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 179.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Graslei Quay"><img alt="Graslei Quay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg/269px-Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg/404px-Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg/538px-Graslei_gent_avondlicht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6488" data-file-height="4341" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Graslei" title="Graslei">Graslei Quay</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Korenlei"><img alt="Korenlei" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Gent%2C_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg/270px-Gent%2C_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Gent%2C_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg/405px-Gent%2C_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Gent%2C_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg/540px-Gent%2C_de_Korenlei_met_oeg25136-40_vanaf_de_Graslei_IMG_0592_2021-08-15_09.12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Korenlei" title="Korenlei">Korenlei</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 179.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 177.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="De Lingtworm en Krocht"><img alt="De Lingtworm en Krocht" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Gent%2C_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg/330px-Gent%2C_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg" decoding="async" width="178" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Gent%2C_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg/500px-Gent%2C_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Gent%2C_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg/960px-Gent%2C_De_Lingtworm_en_Krocht_oeg25148_IMG_0609_2021-08-15_09.27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5277" data-file-height="3570" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">De Lingtworm en Krocht</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Entrance gate of Oude Vismijn ("Old Fish Market")"><img alt="Entrance gate of Oude Vismijn ("Old Fish Market")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG/135px-Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG/202px-Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG/270px-Gent_Veerleplein_006.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Entrance gate of <i>Oude Vismijn</i> ("Old Fish Market")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rabot_14.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Rabot Gate"><img alt="The Rabot Gate" 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202px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vrijdagmarkt Square with statue of Jacob van Artevelde"><img alt="Vrijdagmarkt Square with statue of Jacob van Artevelde" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg/330px-Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="202" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg/500px-Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg/960px-Jacob_van_Artevelde_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4811" data-file-height="2857" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vrijdagmarkt Square with statue of Jacob van Artevelde</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 88.666666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 86.666666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_standbeeld_Lieven_Bauwens_IMG_0647_2021-08-15_10.11.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue Lieven Bauwens"><img alt="Statue Lieven Bauwens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Gent%2C_standbeeld_Lieven_Bauwens_IMG_0647_2021-08-15_10.11.jpg/250px-Gent%2C_standbeeld_Lieven_Bauwens_IMG_0647_2021-08-15_10.11.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Gent%2C_standbeeld_Lieven_Bauwens_IMG_0647_2021-08-15_10.11.jpg/330px-Gent%2C_standbeeld_Lieven_Bauwens_IMG_0647_2021-08-15_10.11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="4836" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue Lieven Bauwens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent,_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Geeraard de Duivelsteen"><img alt="Geeraard de Duivelsteen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Gent%2C_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg/226px-Gent%2C_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Gent%2C_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg/339px-Gent%2C_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Gent%2C_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg/452px-Gent%2C_Geeraard_de_Duivelsteen_oeg24673_IMG_0656_2021-08-15_10.18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4581" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Geeraard de Duivelsteen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 92px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 90px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Vooruit Arts Center"><img alt="Vooruit Arts Center" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG/135px-Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG/202px-Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG/270px-Vooruitvoorgevel.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Vooruit" title="Vooruit">Vooruit Arts Center</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 214.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 212.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gent_-_Hotel_d%27Hane-Steenhuyse_11-9-2016_11-18-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hotel d'Hane-Steenhuyse"><img alt="Hotel 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style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Populated_places_in_Ghent" title="Template:Populated places in Ghent"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Populated_places_in_Ghent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Populated places in Ghent (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Populated_places_in_Ghent" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Populated places in Ghent"><abbr 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title="Mendonk">Mendonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oostakker" title="Oostakker">Oostakker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint-Amandsberg" title="Sint-Amandsberg">Sint-Amandsberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint-Denijs-Westrem" title="Sint-Denijs-Westrem">Sint-Denijs-Westrem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sint-Kruis-Winkel" title="Sint-Kruis-Winkel">Sint-Kruis-Winkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wondelgem" title="Wondelgem">Wondelgem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zwijnaarde" title="Zwijnaarde">Zwijnaarde</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_Gent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Logo_of_Gent.svg/60px-Logo_of_Gent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Logo_of_Gent.svg/120px-Logo_of_Gent.svg.png 1.5x" 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Ghent" title="Arrondissement of Ghent">Ghent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aalter" title="Aalter">Aalter</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Deinze" title="Deinze">Deinze</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destelbergen" title="Destelbergen">Destelbergen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergem" title="Evergem">Evergem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavere" title="Gavere">Gavere</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ghent</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lievegem" title="Lievegem">Lievegem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochristi" title="Lochristi">Lochristi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merelbeke-Melle" title="Merelbeke-Melle">Merelbeke-Melle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazareth-De_Pinte" title="Nazareth-De Pinte">Nazareth-De Pinte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oosterzele" title="Oosterzele">Oosterzele</a></li> <li><a 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