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East Flanders
Arrondissement of Ghent

Ghent

Ghent is a city in in . Ghent is a city with a population of 265,000 in 2020, with rich history. During the Middle Ages, Ghent was one of the richest and most powerful cities in Europe.
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  • Type: City with 237,000 residents
  • Description: city in the province of East Flanders, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Gand” and “Gent”
  • Postal code: 9000
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

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

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, in . The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353.

Museum
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The an art museum in Ghent, Belgium, is situated at the East side of the Citadelpark. The museum's collection consists of some 9000 artworks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Church
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Saint Bavo's Cathedral, also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The 89-metre-tall Gothic building is the seat of the Diocese of Ghent and is named for Saint Bavo of Ghent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Amandsberg and Gentbrugge.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the , Flemish Region, . The municipality of was formed in 1872, when it was detached from the municipality of .

Town
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is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent.

Suburb
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is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent.

Ghent

Latitude
51.0538° or 51° 3′ 14″ north
Longitude
3.725° or 3° 43′ 30″ east
Population
237,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
GNE
United Nations Location Code
BE GNE
Open location code
9F353P3G+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1668655163
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2797656
Wiki­data ID
Q1296
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zeeuws—“Ghent” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Гент”
  • Afrikaans: “Gent”
  • Albanian: “Gent”
  • Arabic: “خنت”
  • Arabic: “غنت”
  • Arabic: “غينت”
  • Arabic: “قنط”
  • Aragonese: “Gant”
  • Armenian: “Գենտ”
  • Asturian: “Gand”
  • Asturian: “Gante”
  • Asturian: “Gent”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gent”
  • Basque: “Gante”
  • Bavarian: “Gent”
  • Belarusian: “Гент”
  • Bengali: “গেন্ট”
  • Bengali: “ঘেন্ট”
  • Bengali: “জেন্ট”
  • Breton: “Gand”
  • Breton: “Gent”
  • Breton: “Ghent”
  • Bulgarian: “Гент”
  • Burmese: “ဂင့်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Gant”
  • Cebuano: “Gent”
  • Chavacano: “Gent”
  • Chechen: “Гент”
  • Chinese: “岡城”
  • Chinese: “根特”
  • Corsican: “Gent”
  • Croatian: “Gent”
  • Czech: “Gent”
  • Danish: “Gent”
  • Dutch: “Arteveldestad”
  • Dutch: “Gent”
  • Dutch: “Stad Gent”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنت”
  • Esperanto: “Gento”
  • Estonian: “Gent”
  • Extremaduran: “Ganti”
  • Finnish: “Gent”
  • French: “Gand”
  • Galician: “Gand”
  • Galician: “Gante”
  • Galician: “Gent”
  • Georgian: “გენტი”
  • German: “Blumenstadt”
  • German: “Gand”
  • German: “Gent”
  • Gothic: “𐌲𐌴𐌽𐍄”
  • Gothic: “𐍇𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍄”
  • Greek: “Γάνδη”
  • Gujarati: “ઘેન્ટ”
  • Hebrew: “גנט”
  • Hindi: “खेंट”
  • Hungarian: “Gent”
  • Icelandic: “Gent”
  • Ido: “Gent”
  • Indonesian: “Gent”
  • Indonesian: “Ghent”
  • Interlingue: “Gent”
  • Irish: “Gent”
  • Italian: “Gand”
  • Italian: “Gent”
  • Italian: “Ghent”
  • Italian: “Guanto”
  • Japanese: “ヘント”
  • Kannada: “ಘೆಂಟ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Гент”
  • Kölsch: “Jänt (Shtadt)”
  • Kölsch: “Jänt”
  • Korean: “헨트”
  • Latin: “Ganda”
  • Latin: “Gandavum”
  • Latvian: “Gāna”
  • Latvian: “Gente”
  • Latvian: “Ģente”
  • Limburgan: “Gent”
  • Lithuanian: “Gentas”
  • Lombard: “Gant”
  • Low German: “Gent”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gent”
  • Macedonian: “Гент”
  • Malagasy: “Gent”
  • Malay: “Gent”
  • Maltese: “Gand”
  • Maltese: “Gent”
  • Maltese: “Ghent”
  • Marathi: “गेंट”
  • Mingrelian: “გენტი”
  • Moksha: “Гэнт”
  • Mongolian: “Гент”
  • Narom: “Gent”
  • Nauru: “Ghent”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gent”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gent”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gent”
  • Norwegian: “Gent”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gant”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gænt”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gent”
  • Ossetian: “Гент”
  • Papiamento: “Gent”
  • Persian: “خنت”
  • Persian: “گنت”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Gent”
  • Picard: “Gand”
  • Piemontese: “Gent”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Ghent”
  • Polish: “Gandawa”
  • Polish: “Gent”
  • Portuguese: “Gande”
  • Portuguese: “Gante”
  • Portuguese: “Gent”
  • Portuguese: “Ghent”
  • Romanian: “Gent”
  • Russian: “Гент”
  • Rusyn: “Гент”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱷᱮᱱᱴ”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱷᱮᱸᱴ”
  • Scots: “Ghent”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gent”
  • Serbian: “Гент”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gent”
  • Sicilian: “Gent”
  • Silesian: “Gent”
  • Sinhala: “ඝෙන්ට්”
  • Slovak: “Gent”
  • Slovenian: “Gent”
  • Spanish: “Gand”
  • Spanish: “Gante”
  • Spanish: “Gent”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Gent”
  • Swahili: “Gent”
  • Swedish: “Gand”
  • Swedish: “Gent”
  • Swiss German: “Gent”
  • Tagalog: “Gante”
  • Tamil: “ஜிஹெண்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Гент”
  • Telugu: “ఘెంట్”
  • Thai: “เกนต์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gent”
  • Turkish: “Gand”
  • Turkish: “Gent-Gand”
  • Turkish: “Gent”
  • Turkish: “Ghent”
  • Uighur: “Gant”
  • Ukrainian: “Гент”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґент”
  • Urdu: “غینٹ”
  • Urdu: “گینٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Gent”
  • Venetian: “Gand”
  • Veps: “Gent”
  • Vietnamese: “Gent”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghent”
  • Vlaams: “Gend” (historical)
  • Vlaams: “Gent”
  • Volapük: “Gent”
  • Volapük: “Ghent”
  • Võro: “Gent”
  • Walloon: “Gant”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ghent”
  • Welsh: “Gent”
  • Western Armenian: “Կենթ”
  • Western Frisian: “Gint”
  • Western Panjabi: “غینٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “根特”
  • Yakut: “Гент”
  • Yue Chinese: “岡城”
  • Zeeuws: “Gent”
  • “Gent”

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