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Ghent

Ghent (/ˈɡɛnt/; Dutch: Gent, pronounced [ɣ̟ɛn̪t̪]; French: Gand, pronounced: [ɡɑ̃]) is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Leie and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe with some 60,000 people in 1300 AD, 70,000 in 1400 growing to 175,000 shortly after 1500 AD. Today it is a busy city with a port and a university.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent

Recent city comments:

  • St. George lock, slarionoff wrote 6 years ago:
    Now it is under reconstruction - lower gates are being changed.
  • Ghent, contrarian (guest) wrote 10 years ago:
    Ghent is the second largest Belgian city after Antwerp.
  • Power Plant Langerbrugge, berbiers jean marie (guest) wrote 11 years ago:
    the history has to be completed .What of Gandcharbon coal storage company subsidary not longer on the map?
  • Simon says, AinarsM wrote 14 years ago:
    To citrus: Thanks for comment, will You help to identify the right building for "Simon says"? Home page gives us adress: "Sluizeken 8, 9000 Gent". Included map is too rough to be guide in our case. Tnx in advance!
  • Simon says, citrus (guest) wrote 14 years ago:
    the house indicated on this map is not Simon Says
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51°5'30"N   3°43'53"E
Ghent on the map.

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