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Gentbrugge (Dutch pronunciation: [ɣɛndˈbrʏɣə]; lit. 'Ghent Bridge') is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent. [1]
Its capital is Bruges (Brugge). Other important cities are Kortrijk in the south and Ostend (Oostende) on the coast, Roeselare and Ypres (Ieper). The province has an area of 3,197 km 2 (1,234 sq mi) which is divided into eight administrative districts (arrondissementen) containing 64 municipalities. As of January 2024, West Flanders has a ...
The Gent-Oostende canal is one of the oldest shipping routes in Belgium. A natural watercourse between the towns of Bruges and Beernem was adapted for this shipping route. It was this piece of canal that caused the conflict between the Bruges and Ghent people. To force Ghent to surrender, the Count of Flanders had blockaded the access roads to ...
www.oostende.be. Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, pronounced [ˌoːstˈɛndə] ⓘ; French: Ostende [ɔstɑ̃d]; West Flemish: Ostende, literally "East End") [ 2 ] is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and ...
Bruges. Bruges (/ bruːʒ / ⓘ BROOZH; French: [bʁyʒ] ⓘ; Dutch: Brugge [ˈbrʏɣə] ⓘ; German: Brügge [ˈbʁʏɡə] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the sixth most populous city in the country. The area of the whole city amounts ...
The university college was created by the fusion of the Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen and the Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende. KATHO and KHBO signed a declaration of intent for cooperation on 23 June 2010. The fusion and the name were announced on 21 December 2012 and became effective in September 2013. [4]
Ghent. Ghent (Dutch: Gent [ɣɛnt] ⓘ; French: Gand [ɡɑ̃] ⓘ; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. [2]
Ostend–Bruges International Airport[a] (IATA: OST, ICAO: EBOS), commonly known simply as Ostend Airport, [b] is an international airport located 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south southwest [1] of Ostend, Belgium, near the coast and about 25 km (16 mi) from central Bruges. Although freight transport is the focus of a large proportion ...