Arrondissement of Ghent

The Arrondissement of Ghent is the largest of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of , . It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement.
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  • Type: Locality with 554,000 residents
  • Description: 1 of 43 administrative arrondissements of Belgium
  • Also known as: “دائرة غنت”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Museum of Fine Arts and Castle of the Counts.

Museum
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The an art museum in …

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The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of , in .

Church
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Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghent and Sint-Martens-Latem.

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is a city in in .

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is a village just southwest of the…

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of . is situated 7 km north of Arrondissement of Ghent.

Arrondissement of Ghent

Latitude
51.0491° or 51° 2′ 57″ north
Longitude
3.6884° or 3° 41′ 18″ east
Population
554,000
Open location code
9F352MXQ+J9
Geo­Names ID
2797655
Wiki­data ID
Q90948
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vlaams—“Arrondissement of Ghent” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دائرة خنت”
  • Armenian: “Գենտ”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Гент”
  • Breton: “Arondisamant Gent”
  • Bulgarian: “Гент”
  • Catalan: “districte de Gant”
  • Cebuano: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • Chinese: “根特區”
  • Czech: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • Dutch: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • Dutch: “Gent”
  • Esperanto: “Arondismento Gento”
  • Estonian: “Genti ringkond”
  • French: “arrondissement administratif de Gand”
  • French: “Arrondissement administratif de Gand”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Gand”
  • French: “Gand”
  • German: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • German: “Bezirk Gent”
  • Greek: “Διαμέρισμα της Γκεντ”
  • Irish: “Arrondissement Ghent”
  • Italian: “Arrondissement di Gand”
  • Japanese: “ヘント行政区”
  • Latin: “Circumdarium administrativum Gandavense”
  • Limburgan: “Gent”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • Persian: “شهرستان گان”
  • Polish: “Gandawa (okręg)”
  • Polish: “Gandawa”
  • Russian: “Гент”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gent (arondisman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gent”
  • Spanish: “Arrondissement de Gante”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Gante”
  • Swedish: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • Turkish: “Arrondissement Gent”
  • Ukrainian: “Гент”
  • Urdu: “گینت کا ارونڈسمینٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Gent”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyện Ghent”
  • Vlaams: “Arroundissement Gent”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sleewagen and Ekkergem.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Universiteit Gent / Fac. Psychologie En Pedagogische Wetenschappen and Universiteit Gent / Fac. Bio-Ingenieurswetenschappen.

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