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Ghent
City in the province of East Flanders, Belgium
- Country
- Belgium(since 1830)
2
Sources- 1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-08-06
- 2.Stated in Global LEI IndexRetrieved 2024-09-17
- , United Kingdom of the Netherlands(1815–1830)
- , France(1794–1815)
- +5 more
- Belgium(since 1830)
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Ghent(since 1800)
- , County of Flanders(until 1795)
- , East Flanders(1795–1800)
- Population
- 272,657(January 1, 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2025”statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Bevolking_per_gemeente.xlsx
- , 265,086(January 1, 2022)
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Sources- 1.“Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2022”statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Bevolking_per_gemeente.xlsx
- , 263,614(2020)
- +4 more
- 272,657(January 1, 2025)
- Area
- 157.77 km²(2021)
- , 156.18 km²
- Head of government
- Mathias De Clercq(since 2018)
- , Daniël Termont(2007–2018)
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Sources- 1.“Daniel Termont in eerste ‘Wereldparlement van burgemeesters’”s-p-a.be/artikel/daniel-termont-in-eerste-wereldparlement-van-burge/
- Postal code
- 9000
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- , 9050
1
- , 9032
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- +10 more
- 9000
- Website
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
249 statements · 22% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Nottingham(since 1985)
3
Sources- 1.stad.gent/over-gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/stadsbestuur/wat-doet-het-bestuur/gent-internationaal/relaties-met-andere-steden/zustersteden/nottingham
- 2.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/information-for-business/business-information-and-support/business-support-and-finance/eu-funding/
- 3.stad.gent/nl/over-gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/stadsbestuur/wat-doet-het-bestuur/gent-internationaal/samen-internationaal-werken/zustersteden/nottingham
- Melle(since 1977)
- Brașov(since 1993)
- Kanazawa(since 1971)
3
Sources- 1.stad.gent/over-gent-en-het-stadsbestuur/stadsbestuur/wat-doet-het-bestuur/gent-internationaal/relaties-met-andere-steden/zustersteden/zusterstad-kanazawa
- 2.stad.gent/nl/over-gent-stadsbestuur/stadsbestuur/wat-doet-het-bestuur/gent-internationaal/samen-internationaal-werken/bilaterale-partnerschappen/zusterstad-kanazawa
- 3.www4.city.kanazawa.lg.jp/material/files/group/6/English2022.pdf
- Tallinn(since 1982)
- Saint-Raphaël(since 1958)
- Mohammedia(since 1982)
- Wiesbaden(since 1969)
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- Nottingham(since 1985)
- Capital of
- East Flanders(since 1815)
- Escaut(1795–1814)
- Shares border with
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- Native label
- Gent
- Official name
- Gent
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1997)
- Creative Cities Network(since 2009) subject has role: City of Music
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- Demonym
- Gentenaar
- Gantois
- gandavesi applies to part: masculine plural
- Gantenc
- gantenca
- Nickname
- Stroppendrager
- Portador de dogal
- Nominations
- Çavaria Campaign Award(January 12, 2018)
3
Sources- 1.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/01/12/ketnet-en-de-morgen-genomineerd-voor-cavaria-media-awards/Retrieved 2021-07-08
- 2.demorgen.be/nieuws/de-morgen-genomineerd-voor-cavaria-award~b8324259/Retrieved 2021-07-08
- 3.defederatie.org/nieuws/genomineerden-%C3%A7avaria-awards-zijn-bekendRetrieved 2021-07-08
- Çavaria Campaign Award(January 12, 2018)
- Named after
- Gontia
- confluence language: Celtic languages
- Awards
- Bonne Ville de l'Empire first class
- Erasmus Destination of the Year(2023)
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Sources- 1.“Ghent is the Erasmus Destination of the Year 2023 | ESN.org”esn.org/news/gent-erasmus-destination#:~:text=The%20Erasmus%20Destination%20of%20the%20Year%20initiative%2C%20started%20by%20ESN,mobility%20destinations%20and%20improving%20theRetrieved 2023-06-30
- City of Music(June 2009)
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Sources- 1.“Creative City of Music”visit.gent.be/en/good-know/practical-information/why-ghent/creative-city-musicRetrieved 2023-04-20
- Phone number
- +32-9-210-10-10
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- +32-9-210-10-10
- Internet TLD
- .gent(since 2014)
1
Sources- 1.“.gent Registry Agreement”icann.org/en/registry-agreements/details/gentRetrieved 2024-01-10
- .gent(since 2014)
- Commons Institution page
- Stad Gent
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 1,614,494(November 26, 2025) youtube channel id: UCmJLf8SFG0D0GTd6LSSTQLw · youtube handle: stadgentvideos
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- 1,614,494(November 26, 2025) youtube channel id: UCmJLf8SFG0D0GTd6LSSTQLw · youtube handle: stadgentvideos
On other databases
105 identifiers linking Ghent across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:1457
- ArchINFORM location ID74
- BBC Things ID797d64b2-98d6-48ad-94f7-faa441b98306
- BHCL UUID308b25ef-33ff-46dd-ab28-7e501ceafd95
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11949424z
- Biblissima authority IDQ27548
- BIBSYS ID98046368
- British Museum place IDx26853
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDgent
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Belgium/Regions/Flanders/Oost-Vlaanderen/Localities/Ghent/
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q1296
- De Agostini IDGand
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--493142
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDfd92ebe0-5001-4ae6-908f-3b29b3c9327e
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0010839
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale IDgand
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Ghent
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDgand
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID204102
- Enterprise number (Belgium)0207451227
- European Unique IdentifierBEKBOBCE.0207.451.227
- Facebook location ID102155463159279
- Facebook usernamestadsbestuurgent
- FactGrid item IDQ23277
- FAST ID1204545
- Freebase ID/m/037n3
- GADM IDBEL.2.3.4.7_1
- GeoNames ID2797657
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7007887
- GitHub accountStadGent
- GitHub topicghent-area
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDGhent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)
- GND ID4020176-4
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDgant
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0028974
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDGent
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5672466
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID21652
- IdRef ID027457443
- INaturalist place ID14972
- Instagram usernamestadgent
- Interlingual Index IDi83335
- ISNI0000000406127942
- J9U entity ID987007554809405171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID6652
- Joconde location IDT84-686
- KSW place ID87450
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID7200
- Larousse IDville/wd/120770
- Latin Place Names IDg/gandaui
- Legal Entity Identifier549300HJ1DDDKEOO9B33
- Lex IDGent
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79021344
- LinkedIn company or organization IDstad-gent
- Museum-digital place ID1553
- MusicBrainz area ID45125c6a-db29-4300-bd26-9ff9ed24a3e7
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/203cb6ea-b3b8-4788-a6ea-4ecc263738c7
- National Library of Brazil ID000098710
- National Library of Greece ID183173
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001135981
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX451131
- National Library of Wales Authority IDghent-belgium
- NE.se IDgent
- NIS/INS code44021
- NL CR AUT IDge221887
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3903891
- OpenCorporates organization IDbe/0207451227
- OpenStreetMap node ID1668655163
- OpenStreetMap relation ID897671
- OpenWeatherMap city ID2797657
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadgent-0e66f7
- OVO IDOVO002067
- PACTOLS thesaurus IDpcrttytX5nQNoX
- Pinakes city ID714
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID23030
- Quora topic IDGhent-Belgium
- Resistance in Belgium IDQ307
- RKD thesaurus ID480
- SBN place IDBVEL001236
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID2526
- SNARC IDQ45168
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202273
- SubredditGent
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDGE7A7L25RNFWZMESUPHPVWPE24
- Threads usernamestadgent
- TikTok usernamestad_gent
- Treccani IDgent
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Dantesca IDgand
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDgand
- Trismegistos Geo ID2847