Kortrijk

Kortrijk is a locality in , , and has about 73,900 residents. Kortrijk is situated nearby to the region , as well as near the locality .
  • Type: Locality with 73,900 residents
  • Description: city in Kortrijk municipality, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Courtrai”, “Courtrais”, and “Courtray”
  • Postal code: 8500

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guldensporen Stadion and Kortrijk railway station.

Stadium
Photo: KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-use in , Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of K.V. Kortrijk.

Railway station
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is the main railway station in , , Belgium. The station was first inaugurated on 22 September 1839. With around 10,000 passengers per day, Kortrijk is the fifteenth-busiest railway station in Belgium, and the second in West Flanders.

Protected area
Photo: Lamadude, Public domain.
is a protected area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harelbeke and Kuurne.

Town
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is a municipality and city located in the province of . The municipality comprises the city of proper and the towns of and . is situated 4½ km northeast of Kortrijk.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises only the town of proper. On January 1, 2006, had a total population of 12,591.

Village
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is a submunicipality of the city of in the Belgian province of . The first notion of this settlement dates of the year 1111.

Kortrijk

Latitude
50.828° or 50° 49′ 41″ north
Longitude
3.2649° or 3° 15′ 54″ east
Population
73,900
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
IATA airport code
KJK
United Nations Location Code
BE KJK
Open location code
9F25R7H7+6W
Geo­Names ID
2794055
Wiki­data ID
Q21767298
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Western Frisian—“Kortrijk” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Contrai”
  • Asturian: “Cortrique”
  • Asturian: “Kortrijk”
  • Belarusian: “Кортрэйк”
  • Bulgarian: “Кортрейк”
  • Catalan: “Kortrijk”
  • Cebuano: “Kortrijk (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Kortrijk”
  • Chinese: “科特赖克”
  • Dutch: “Kortrijk”
  • Esperanto: “Kortrejko”
  • French: “Courtrai”
  • French: “Kortrijk”
  • Galician: “Courtrai”
  • German: “Kortrijk”
  • Hebrew: “קורטרייק”
  • Irish: “Kortrijk”
  • Italian: “Courtrai”
  • Japanese: “コルトレイク”
  • Korean: “코르트레이크”
  • Latin: “Corteriacum”
  • Latin: “Cortoracum”
  • Latin: “Cortoriacum”
  • Latin: “Cortracum”
  • Latin: “Curtracum”
  • Latvian: “Kortreika”
  • Lithuanian: “Kortreikas”
  • Lombard: “Courtrai”
  • Low German: “Kortrijk”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kortrijk”
  • Norwegian: “Kortrijk”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Courtrai”
  • Persian: “کورتریک”
  • Polish: “Kortrijk”
  • Portuguese: “Courtrai”
  • Russian: “Кортрейк”
  • Serbian: “Кортрајк”
  • Spanish: “Courtrai”
  • Swedish: “Kortrijk (kommun i Belgien)”
  • Thai: “คอร์ทไรค์”
  • Ukrainian: “Кортрейк”
  • Vietnamese: “Courtrai”
  • Vlaams: “Kortryk”
  • Western Frisian: “Kortrik”

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