Drongen

Drongen is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977.
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  • Type: Village with 13,000 residents
  • Description: section of Ghent, Belgium
  • Postal code: 9031

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Gerolf church and Drongen Abbey.

Church
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Monastery
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, or the Old Abbey, Drongen, is a monastic complex on the River Leie in Drongen, a part of the city of in , . Formerly a Premonstratensian abbey, since 1837 the premises have belonged to the Jesuits.

Bridge
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is a bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Assels and Malem.

Locality
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is a locality.

Quarter
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is a garden-city neighbourhood in the city of , . The neighbourhood was built between 1948 and 1953 in a very homogeneous garden-city idea, with uniform white houses, that were designed to house victims of World War II.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977.

Drongen

Latitude
51.05046° or 51° 3′ 2″ north
Longitude
3.66392° or 3° 39′ 50″ east
Population
13,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE DGN
Open location code
9F353M27+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2428595512
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2799108
Wiki­data ID
Q1260195
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Drongen” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Дронген”
  • Bulgarian: “Дронген”
  • Cebuano: “Drongen”
  • Chinese: “德龍恩”
  • Chinese: “德龙恩”
  • Dutch: “Drongen (Gent)”
  • Dutch: “Drongen-Centrum”
  • Dutch: “Drongen”
  • Dutch: “Tronchiennes”
  • Esperanto: “Drongen”
  • French: “Drongen”
  • French: “Dronghem”
  • French: “Tronchiennes”
  • German: “Drongen”
  • Greek: “Ντρόνγκεν”
  • Hebrew: “דרונחן”
  • Hungarian: “Drongen”
  • Irish: “Drongen”
  • Italian: “Drongen”
  • Japanese: “ドロンゲン”
  • Latin: “Trunchinium”
  • Latin: “Truncinium”
  • Nauru: “Drongen”
  • Persian: “درونگن”
  • Polish: “Drongen”
  • Portuguese: “Drongen”
  • Romanian: “Drongen”
  • Russian: “Дронген”
  • Scots: “Drongen”
  • Spanish: “Drongen”
  • Swedish: “Drongen”

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