Kortrijk

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Kortrijk
For the Dutch village, see Kortrijk (Netherlands).
Kortrijk
Municipality of Belgium
Broel Towers along the river Lys in Kortrijk
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 5050N 0316E
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Coordinates: 5050N 0316E
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Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province West Flanders
Arrondissement Kortrijk
Government
Mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD)
Governingparty/ies Open VLD, NVa, SPa
Area
Total
80.02km
2
(30.90sqmi)
Population (1 January 2012)
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Total 75,219
Density
940/km
2
(2,400/sqmi)
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Postal codes 85xx (8500, 8501, 8510, 8511)
Area codes 056
Website
www.kortrijk.be
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Kortrijk (in English also Courtrai or Courtray; official name in Dutch: Kortrijk, pronounced[krtrk]; French:
Courtrai, pronounced:[kut]; Latin: Cortoriacum) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province
West Flanders. It is the capital and biggest city of the arrondissement of Kortrijk, which is both a judicial and an
administrative arrondissement. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the villages of
Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke, and Rollegem.
The city is situated on the Leie, 42km (26mi) southwest of Ghent and 25km (16mi) northeast of Lille in France.
Both Kortrijk and Lille are part of the same transnational Eurodistrict urban area with around 1,900,000
inhabitants.
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As the biggest city of southern West Flanders, Kortrijk has many schools, hospitals and shopping
streets.
Beguinage of Kortrijk
Kortrijk originated from a Gallo-Roman town, called Cortoriacum at a
crossroads near the Leie river and two Roman roads. During the
Middle Ages, Kortrijk grew significantly thanks to the flax and wool
industry with France and England and became one of the biggest and
richest cities in Flanders. The city is often referred to as City of
Groeninge or City of the Golden Spurs, referring to the Battle of
Courtrai or the Battle of the Golden Spurs which took place on 11 July
1302 on the Fields of Groeninge in Kortrijk. In 1820, the Treaty of
Kortrijk was signed, which laid out the current borders between France
and Belgium. Throughout the 19th and 20th century, Kortrijk became a
center of the flax industry and remains an important region within the
Belgian textile industry today.
Today, Kortrijk is the largest city in southern West-Flanders with several hospitals, colleges and a university.
Kortrijk was the first city in Belgium with a pedestrian shopping street, called the Korte Steenstraat. Nowadays, a
big part of the historical city center is a complete pedestrian area with lots of shops and shopping malls such as the
new covered K Shopping Centre and the Ring Shopping Kortrijk Noord centre).
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History
Origins to the 13th century
Saint Martin's Tower
Cortoriacum was a typical Gallo-Roman vicus at an important
crossroads near the Leie river. It was situated on the crossroads of
the Roman roads linking Tongeren and Cassel and Tournai and
Oudenburg. In the 9th century, Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
established fortifications against the Vikings. The town gained its
city charter in 1190 from Philip, Count of Flanders. The population
growth required new defensive walls, part of which can still be
seen today (the Broeltorens).
In the 13th century, the battles between Fernando of Portugal,
Count of Flanders and his first cousin, King Louis VIII of France,
led to the destruction of the city. The Counts of Flanders had it
rebuilt soon after. To promote industry and weaving in the town,
Joan, Countess of Flanders exempted settlers in Kortrijk from
property tax. From that time, Kortrijk gained great importance as a
centre of linen production.
The second castle of Kortrijk
Battle of the Golden Spurs
In 1302, the population of Bruges started a successful uprising against
the French, who had annexed Flanders a couple of years earlier. On
May 18, the French population in that city was massacred, an event
that could not go unpunished. The famous ensuing Battle of Courtrai or
the Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch: Guldensporenslag) between the
Flemish people, mostly commoners and farmers, and Philip the Fairs
knights took place near Kortrijk on July 11, resulting in a victory for
Flanders. This date is now remembered as a national holiday by the
whole Flemish community.
Following a new uprising by the Flemish in 1323, but this time against
their own Count Louis I, the French invaded again. These Flemish
acquisitions were consolidated by the French at the Battle of Cassel (1328). Louis Is son, Louis II, then Philip van
Artevelde briefly regained the city in 1381 but lost it again the following year at the Battle of Roosebeke, resulting in
a new wave of plundering and destruction.
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15th century to modern times
Most of the 15th century was prosperous under the Dukes of Burgundy, until the death of the Burgundian heiress,
Mary of Burgundy, in 1482, which ushered in renewed fighting with France.
The 16th century was marked by the confrontations engendered by the Reformation and the uprising of the
Netherlands against Spain.
Louis XIVs reign saw Kortrijk occupied by the French five times in sixty years and its former fortifications razed.
The Treaty of Utrecht finally assigned the whole area to Austria.
After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, the textile industry, based on flax, and the general economy of
the city could finally prosper again.
Kortrijk was heavily bombed in the summer of 1917, but even more damaged by the allied bombing in 1944. The
city was an important railway hub for the German army, and for this reason was the target of several allied
air-strikes. On July 21, 1944 (the Belgian National Day) around 300 Avro Lancasters dropped over 5,000 bombs on
the city centre.
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Many historical buildings on the central square, as well as the old railway station, were destroyed.
Geography
Municipality
After the 1977 fusion the city is made up of:
I Kortrijk
II Heule
III Bissegem
IV Marke
V Aalbeke
VI Rollegem
VII Bellegem
VIII Kooigem
Neighbouring municipalities
The medieval city hall.
The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone,
also consists of Kuurne, Wevelgem, Zwevegem and
Harelbeke. Although these municipalities have strong
morphologic ties with Kortrijk, they aren't officially part of
the city.
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a. Kuurne (municipality Kuurne)
b. Harelbeke (municipality Harelbeke)
c. Zwevegem (municipality Zwevegem)
d. Sint-Denijs (municipality Zwevegem)
e. Spiere (municipality Spiere-Helkijn)
f. Dottenijs (city of Moeskroen)
g. Luingne (city of Moeskroen)
h. Moeskroen (city of Moeskroen)
i. Rekkem (city of Menen)
j. Lauwe (city of Menen)
k. Wevelgem (municipality Wevelgem)
l. Gullegem (municipality Wevelgem)
m. Sint-Eloois-Winkel (municipality Ledegem)
n. Lendelede, with Sint-Katharina (municipality Lendelede)
Map
Municipalities
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Main sights
The Theatre Square (Schouwburgplein) is one of the most scenic places in Kortrijk's old city centre (picture taken during the annual Summer Carnival
in August)
Old streets in the Bguinage.
Architecture
Much of the city's medieval architecture remains intact and is
remarkably well preserved and restored. The city center is one
of the largest carfree areas in Belgium. The bguinage, as well
as the belfry, were recognized by UNESCO as World
Heritage Sites in 1998 and 1999. Interesting highlights are:
Civil
Medieval City Hall (on the main square, the Grote Markt).
The faade of the late-Gothic, early Renaissance city hall is
adorned with the statues of the Counts of Flanders.
The belfry is surmounted by a statue of Mercury, god of the merchants. The belfry is classified by UNESCO as a
World Heritage Site.
Near-identical medieval Broel Towers with the bridge in between that spans the river Leie. (the Speyetower and
the Ingelburgtower)
Artillerytower (Artillerietoren)
Mont de Pit (Berg van Barmhartigheid or house of Mercy)
Weigh house (Stadswaag) on the St.Michael-square
Our Lady Hospital (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwehospitaal), founded in 12001204.
Baggaertshof, often called Kortrijk's second Beguinage, contains a Botanical garden
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Old houses in the historical citycentre
the Counts of Flanders in the Counts chapel.
Groeningekouter contains the Groeningegate and the
Groeninge Monument, to commemorate the 600th
anniversary of the famous Battle of the Golden Spurs
Religious
The Saint-Martin church dates from the 13th century but
was mostly rebuilt after a fire in the 15th century. It now
houses a 48-bell carillon. Its 83 meter (272feet) tower
remains the highest building in the city.
The beguinage is one of the quaintest sites in the city. It
too, was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) was
where the golden spurs taken from the battlefield in 1302
were hung. It houses a famous van Dyck painting.
the Counts chapel (Gravenkapel), built after the example
of la Sainte Chapelle in Paris as shrine for Louis II of
Flanders.
Saint-Michaelschurch; a church of the Society of Jesus
Saint-Johnschurch in the St.-Johnsquarter; a neogotic
basilica
Groeninge Abbey
Saint Eligiuschurch
Saint-Pius X-church
Saint-Rochchurch
Saint-Elisabethchurch
Saint-Anthonychurch or Toontjes kerk with the pilgrimage
of Isidore of Saint Joseph
Saint-Annechurch
Saint-Theresiachurch
Father Damienchurch
Museums
Museums in Kortrijk include:
Kortrijk 1302: seven centuries in one day, a historic museum about the famous Battle of the Golden Spurs, which
gave Flanders its official holiday (July 11)
Broelmuseum (Museum of Fine Arts and archaeological museum), with paintings by Roelant Savery and
international Ceramic.
National Flax Museum in honour of the plant that once was the main driver of Kortrijks economy. This museum
will be relocated.
Groeninge Abbey with the Groeningemuseum. This museum gives you an overview of Kortrijk's history.
Beguinage museum located in the old town, in the bguinage.
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Interior of the Saint-Anthony church
Medieval houses downtown
Flemish Film museum and archive
Bakery- and Millmuseum, located in an old windmill.
Museum of Agriculture
International Rose gardens, located in the park of the
Castle t Hooghe, in the Hoog-Kortrijk quarter just in front
of Kortrijk Xpo.
Transport
Road
Kortrijk lies at the intersection of three highways:
The E17: connects Kortrijk with Ghent, Sint-Niklaas and
Antwerp to the northeast, and with Lille and Paris to the
south-west.
The E403: connects Kortrijk with Bruges and Ostend to the
north, and with Tournai, Mons and Charleroi to the
south-east.
The Belgian highway A19: connects Kortrijk with Ypres
and the Belgian coast.
In addition Kortrijk also has two ringways:
The R8: connects the outskirts of Kortrijk with each
other and the surrounding villages, and also leads to the
A19, E403 and E17 roads.
The R36: connects the different downtown quarters with each other, and provides access to the main avenues.
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Railway
To municipality of Kortrijk comprises two train stations:
Kortrijk main railway station: an international railway station with direct connections to Brugge Centraal
(Bruges), Brussel Zuid, Antwerp, Ghent, Ieper (Ypres), Oudenaarde, other Belgian towns and Lille in France.
The station also offers a direct connection to Brussels Airport.
Bissegem Station: a regional train station in the village of Bissegem with connections to Ypres.
Public city transport
Kortrijk has an extensive web of public transport lines, operated by De Lijn, providing access to the city centre and
the suburbs (city lines, Dutch: stadslijnen) and to many towns and villages in the region around the city (regional
lines, Dutch: streeklijnen).
City buses:
Line 1: Station Kortrijk Xpo Kinepolis Leiedal
Line 2: Station Lange Munte
Line 3: Station Heule Bozestraat
Line 4: Station Bissegem Station Heule Kransvijver
Line 5-0: Station Kuurne Seizoenswijk
Line 5-1: Station Kuurne Sint-Pieter
Line 6: Station Shopping Center (- Industriezone) Heule Markt
Line 8: Station Pottelberg Walle
Line 9: Station Cederlaan
Line 12: Station Kinepolis Bellegem Rollegem (- Aalbeke)
Line 13: Station Hoog Kortrijk
Line 80/81: Station Marke
Line 91/92/93: Station Zwevegem
Regional buses
At Kortrijk main railway station, there is a bus station where regional buses stop as well.
Airport
Kortrijk Airport.
The city has an airport known as Kortrijk-Wevelgem
International Airport, which is mainly used for business
travel and medical flights. Kortrijk Airport is located
northwest of the citycentre, next to the R8 ringroad.
The national Brussels Airport, one hour away by train or
car, offers the best international connectivity.
The Lille Lesquin International Airport is located 35
kilometres from Kortrijk.
Waterways
The river Leie is an important way of transporting goods
through inland navigation. The Bossuit-Kortrijk Canal enables
in the city centre a direct connection with the river Scheldt.
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New Groeningebridge and Albertpark.
river Leie.
From the 1970s on, the planning and later the execution of the
so-called Leiewerken (Leieworks) started. These construction
works comprise the deepening and widening of the river. This
should enable ships with 4400tons to navigate from France to
the Scheldt. At the same time, this project includes a thorough
urban renewal of the riversides in the city. Seven new bridges
have to give a new architectural impulse to the river quarters
as well as the construction of several new parks along the
river. Four bridges already opened (Dambrug, Groeningebrug,
Ronde van Vlaanderenbrug and Collegebrug). The Noordbrug
will open in 2010. The Budabrug and Reepbrug are planned
after the opening of the Noordbrug. The construction works
started in 1997 and should be ready in 2012.
Cycling and pedestrian areas
Cars are required to yield to pedestrians and cyclists. In
general, cars are led to large underground parkings in the
historic center of Kortrijk or Park&Ride parkings at outside
the city center. Large parts of the historic center are car free.
Economy
The city is historically connected with the flax and the textile industry, and still today the textile industry remains
important in the region. Major companies headquartered in Kortrijk include Cisco, Barco and Bekaert.
Education
Kortrijk serves as an educational centre in south West Flanders, attracting students from the entire region.
There are 55 schools in Kortrijk, on 72 different locations throughout the city, with an estimated 21,000 students.
The city also provides higher education. The Kortrijk University, the KULAK, a campus of the Catholic University
of Leuven, is located in on the south edge of the city, in the Hoog Kortrijk quarter. Other institutes of higher
education include the Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen (KATHO) and Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
(HOWEST) university colleges.
European cooperation
Even though Kortrijk is a Dutch-speaking town, it borders with Wallonia, and is only 9km (5.6mi) away from the
French border. This has created an urban area that extends across linguistic and national borders. The mayors of
Lille, Kortrijk and Tournai met in Kortrijk on January 28, 2008 to sign a document creating the first European
Grouping of Territorial Cooperation within the EU. The purpose of this new organisation is to facilitate the
movement of people within this area of nearly 2 million people.
Kortrijk is a member city of Eurotowns network
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Culture
Theatres and concert venues
The City Theatre.
Kortrijk has several cultural centres, each comprising
different locations:
Cultural Centre Kortrijk
City Theatre (De Schouwburg, see picture), a
neo-Renaissance architecture theatre known for its glass
ceiling, an artwork of the French-Algerian artist
Alberola
Arenatheatre
Antigone Theatre
Buda Kunstencentrum (Buda Arts Centre), comprising
the cinema Budascoop, the artists residence Tacktower
and the artists creation space Budafactory
The Concertstudio
Music Centre Track*
Concert venue De Kreun
Cinemas
Kinepolis, a modern cinema multiplex with 10 screens.
Budascoop, a 5 screen cinema, specialised in European movies.
Festivals and events
The city is host to some sizable cultural events such as:
Day of the Flemish Community (11 July)
Golden River City Jazz Festival (first weekend of September)
Humorologie: cabaret festival
Next: arts festival in the Eurodistrict Kortrijk-Lille-Tournai
Happy New Ears: festival of experimental modern music
Budafest: theatre festival
The Internationaal Festival van Vlaanderen (AprilMay): several concerts of classical and modern music.
Novarock: rock festival in Kortrijk Xpo
Easter Carnival (Paasfoor): during the weeks after Easter
Sinxenfestival: one of the most vivid festivals downtown with street artists, concerts and flea markets all over
town
Kortrijk Cong (July)
Summer Carnival (weekend in August)
Student Welcome Concert: rock festival to celebrate the start of the new academic year at the Kortrijk University
and the Kortrijk Colleges.
Also, trade shows and events such as the international Design Fair Interieur, Busworld and the Eurodogshow take
place in the Kortrijk Xpo event center. These fairs attract numerous visitors to the city.
In July and August there are various boat tours on the river Leie.
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Food
Local specialities include Kalletaart (applecake with Calvados), Peperbollen, Biscuits, and chocolate little beguines.
The town of Heule is home to the small brewery Picobrouwerij Alvinne, while Bellegem is the hometown of
brewery Bockor.
Leisure
Shopping
The new downtown shopping centre K in Kortrijk.
The Queen Astrid park.
Kortrijk was the very first city in Belgium who created a
fully pedestrian shopping street (in 1962, the Korte
Steenstraat). Later on, a lot of neighbouring streets were
also transformed into pedestrian streets. As a result,
Kortrijk has nowadays one the biggest carfree areas in
Belgium (comprising the main shopping streets Lange
Steenstraat, Steenpoort, Sint-Jansttraat, Wijngaardstraat
and several squares).
Shopping centres:
Kortrijk has several indoor shopping centres such as the
Ring Shopping Kortrijk Noord, Bouwcentrum
Pottelberg and the new shopping centre K in Kortrijk
(opened March 2010). The later is a downtown
shopping centre, which links the main shopping street
Lange Steenstraat with the Veemarket square and
includes as many as 90 shops as electronics store
Saturn, H&M, Zara and many other clothes, food and
houseware stores.
Parks
Beguinagepark
Groeningepark: on the historical site of the
Groeningekouter where the Battle of Courtrai or the Battle
of the Golden Spurs took place. Here one can find the
Groeningegate and the Groeninge Monument
King Albertpark with the Leiemonument (which commemorates the Battle of the Lys)
Gebroeders van Raemdonckpark
Queen Astridpark in the Overleie quarter
't Plein (the esplanade): a 19th-century park, laid out on a former military zone (the citadel)
Park de Blauwe Poort
Magdalenapark
International Rosegarden
Stadsgroen Messeyne
Kasteelpark Blommeghem
Kasteelpark 't Hooghe
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The Groeninge Monument.
Nolfpark
Stadsgroen Venning with a butterfly garden
Sports
Football
In the Belgian first football division Kortrijk is
represented by K.V. Kortrijk. However, Kortrijk has
three official football clubs. The most famous of them is
K.V. Kortrijk, which plays in the Belgian First Division
after having won the championship in the Belgian
second division during the 20072008 season.
The second club SV Kortrijk plays in the fourth
provincial division.
The third club, Wikings Kortrijk, only has youth teams.
Basketball
Kortrijk Sport CB
Basketbalteam Kortrijk
Cycling
As anywhere in Flanders, professional cycling is very popular. Many cycling races start, finish or pass through
the Kortrijk region. Amongst them are the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, KuurneBrusselsKuurne,
GentWevelgem, the Tour of Flanders and Dwars door Vlaanderen. Kortrijk also hosts an after-tour criterium
at the start of August called Kortrijk Koerse. Many of the riders who participated in the Tour de France usually
appear at the start.
Rugby
RC Curtrycke
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Tennis
Tennis Club De Egelantier
Swimming
KZK, Kortrijkse Zwemkring
KZK Kortrijk is arguably the best waterpolo team in Belgium, having won the Belgian championship nine
times. In the 20072008 season they won both the championship and the Belgian cup.
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Notable citizens
Emmanuel de Bethune, former mayor (1987-1989) and (1995-2000)
Jean-Baptiste De Jonghe, landscape painter
Hendrik Beyaert, architect
Francis Bonaert, architect
John II of Brienne, Count of Eu
Carl Colpaert, director, founder of Cineville Inc.
Hendrik Conscience, writer
Laurence Courtois, tennis player
Edme Daenen, pop artist
Stefaan De Clerck, politician and former mayor of Kortrijk, former Minister of Justice
Nico F. Declercq, physicist and professor
Carl de Keyzer, photographer
Pierre de La Rue, Renaissance composer
Sophie de Schaepdrijver, historian
Ann Demeulemeester, fashion designer
Stijn Devolder, road bicycle racer
Ernest Gambart, art publisher and dealer
Guido Gezelle, poet
Robert Gillon (18841972), lawyer, politician
Piet Goddaer, singer-composer, mostly under the name:Ozark Henry
Paul Goethals (18321901), first Archbishop of Calcutta
The members of electro rock band Goose
Leif Hoste, road bicycle racer
Isidore of Saint Joseph (18811916), Passionist brother, beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1984
Gilles Joye, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
Xavier Malisse, tennis player
Sabin Millecam, father to notable Matthew Wedlake-Millecam & Robin Wedlake-Millecam
Morris (19232001), cartoonist, creator of Lucky Luke
Hanne Gaby Odiele, top model
Tom Omey (b. 1975), middle-distance runner
Jan Palfyn (16501730), doctor, surgeon and inventor of the forceps
Jean-Jacques Pieters, jazz musician
Arne Quinze (1971), designer and conceptual artist
Jan Robbe (1980), electronic artist and founder of Entity
Louis Robbe (18061887), painter
Roelant Savery (15761639), painter
Stijn Streuvels (18711969), writer
Jacobus Vaet, Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance
Guido van Gheluwe (b. 1926), founder of the Orde van den Prince
Vincent Van Quickenborne (b. 1973), current mayor of the city and former minister of enterprise
Gella Vandecaveye, judoka, former world champion and Olympic silver medalist
Emmanuel Virin (18691954), painter
George Washington, inventor
Vincent de Vos (18291875), painter
Bruno de Witte (1955), European law Professor, European thinker
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Town twinning
Kortrijk participates in town twinning to encourage good international relations.
Bad Godesberg, Germany, since 1964
Cebu City, Philippines, since 2005
Frascati, Italy, since 1967
Greenville, United States, since 1991
Saint-Cloud, France, since 1993
Lahore, Pakistan, since 1993
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, since the late 1980s
Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom, since 1981
Wuxi, China, since 2007
Photo gallery
The Broel Towers The Patriapalace The
Saint-Martenstower
House in Empire
style
The old town
(The Gun
Powder
Tower, De
Kruittoren)
The bguinage The Groeningegate Count's Chapel
The Groeninge
Monument
The
Saint-Elooichurch
Stadswaag in with the Saint
Michael's church in the
background
Saint Martin
tower
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Ghellinck House Griffiers House
External links
Official website
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Information available in Dutch, French, English and German
Kortrijk airport
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Kortrijk photo gallery
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Notes
[1] http:/ / tools.wmflabs. org/ geohack/ geohack. php?pagename=Kortrijk& params=50_50_N_03_16_E_type:city(75219)_region:BE
[2] Population per municipality on 1 January 2012 (http:/ / statbel. fgov. be/ nl/ binaries/ pop2010-2012mov_nl_tcm325-234223. xls) (XLS; 214
KB)
[3] http:/ / www. kortrijk.be/
[4] Populationdata.net (http:/ / www. populationdata.net/ palmaresvilles3. php), Palmars des plus grandes villes du monde page 3]
[5] From De Standaard 17/07/09 Kortrijk is bombardement na 65 jaar nog niet vergeten
[6] curtrycke.be (http:/ / curtrycke. be)
[7] http:/ / www. kortrijk.be
[8] http:/ / www. kortrijkairport.be
[9] http:/ / www. itravelnet. com/ photography/ europe/ belgium/ kortrijkphotogallery. html
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