Torhout
Torhout is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Torhout proper, the villages of Wijnendale and Sint-Henricus, and the hamlet of De Driekoningen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 20,400 residents
- Description: municipality in West Flanders, Belgium
- Also known as: “31033”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wijnendale Castle and Ravenhof Castle.
Wijnendale Castle
Public building
Photo: Wim Bladt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wijnendale Castle is a historic residence in Wijnendale, West Flanders in Belgium which was once a medieval castle. The present buildings largely date to a nineteenth century restoration, though parts of the north wing still date to the fifteenth century.
Ravenhof Castle
Castle
Photo: Barbry geert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ravenhof Castle is a castle in the center of Torhout, West Flanders, Belgium. The city's park surrounds the castle which now serves as a museum and tourist center.
Sint-Pietersbandenkerk
Church
Photo: Barbry geert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Pietersbandenkerk is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kortemark and Wijnendale.
Kortemark
Village
Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kortemark, also previously Cortemarck, is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Handzame, Kortemark, Werken and Zarren. Kortemark is situated 6 km southwest of Torhout.
Wijnendale
Village
Veldegem
Village
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veldegem is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Torhout.
Torhout
- Categories: Belgian municipality with the title of city, municipality of Belgium, and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Bruges, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.0648° or 51° 3′ 53″ northLongitude
3.1016° or 3° 6′ 6″ eastPopulation
20,400Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
9F353472+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 73747411OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2785365Wikidata ID
Q270633
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Torhout” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տորհոուտ”
- Basque: “Torhout”
- Breton: “Torhout”
- Bulgarian: “Торхаут”
- Catalan: “Torhout”
- Cebuano: “Torhout”
- Chinese: “托尔豪特”
- Chinese: “托爾豪特”
- Czech: “Torhout”
- Danish: “Torhout”
- Dutch: “Torhout”
- Esperanto: “Torhout”
- Estonian: “Torhout”
- French: “Thourout”
- French: “Torhout”
- Galician: “Torhout”
- Georgian: “ტორუ”
- German: “Torhout”
- Hungarian: “Torhout”
- Irish: “Torhout”
- Italian: “Torhout”
- Japanese: “トルホウト”
- Latin: “Turholt”
- Limburgan: “Torhout”
- Lithuanian: “Torhautas”
- Luxembourgish: “Torhout”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torhout”
- Norwegian: “Torhout”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Torhout”
- Persian: “ترو”
- Polish: “Torhout”
- Portuguese: “Torhout”
- Romanian: “Torhout”
- Russian: “Тору”
- Russian: “Торхаут”
- Slovak: “Torhout”
- Spanish: “Torhout”
- Swedish: “Torhout”
- Turkish: “Thourout”
- Turkish: “Torhout”
- Vietnamese: “Torhout”
- Vlaams: “Toeroet”
- Vlaams: “Torhout”
- Vlaams: “Toroet”
- Vlaams: “Tourhout”
- Vlaams: “Tourout”
- Volapük: “Thourout”
- Volapük: “Torhout”
- Waray (Philippines): “Torhout”
- Western Frisian: “Torhout”
- Zeeuws: “Toerout”
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Notable Places Nearby
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