Kortrijk
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Summary
Kortrijk is a Belgian municipality with the title of city[1]. Kortrijk draws 3,139 Wikipedia views per month (belgian municipality with the title of city category, ranking #7 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Eurotowns network[3], Creative Cities Network[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Kortrijk[5]
- Country: Belgium[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lys[7]
- Head of government: Ruth Vandenberghe[8]
- Instance of: municipality of Belgium[9]
- Capital: Kortrijk[10]
- Official language: Dutch[11]
- Shares border with: Ledegem[12], Harelbeke[13], Lendelede[14], Kuurne[15], Zwevegem[16], Spiere-Helkijn[17], Mouscron[18], Menen[19], Wevelgem[20]
- Flag: flag of Kortrijk[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Bad Godesberg[22], Tashkent[23], Frascati[24], Saint-Cloud[25], Windsor and Maidenhead[26], Greenville[27]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Kortrijk[28]
- Postal code: 8500[29], 8510[30], 8501[31], 8511[32]
- Part of: Emergency rescue zone Fluvia[33], Politiezone Vlas[34]
- Commons category: Kortrijk[35]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[36]
- Local dialing code: 056[37]
- Official website: https://www.kortrijk.be[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kortrijk[39]
- Commons gallery: Kortrijk[40]
- Email address: mailto:info@kortrijk.be[41]
- Population: 76,265[42], 77,741[43]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Kortrijk[44]
- Phone number: +32-56-23-98-55[45]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[46], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[48], Topographia Circuli Burgundici[49], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[50], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[52]
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Identity
Kortrijk's official name is recorded as Kortrijk[53].
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Kortrijk include Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport[54], an international airport[55], in Belgium[56] and Oxford Chest[57], a chest[58], founded in 1400[59].
Why It Matters
Kortrijk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Kortrijk is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for Kortrijk include Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport[54], an international airport[55], in Belgium[56] and Oxford Chest[57], a chest[58], founded in 1400[59].