Turnhout
municipality in Antwerp, Belgium
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Summary
Turnhout is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Turnhout ranks in the top 5% of municipality of belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (898 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Turnhout[3]
- Country: Belgium[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Canal Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten[5]
- Head of government: Hannes Anaf[6]
- Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city[7], centre city[8]
- Capital: Turnhout[9]
- Official language: Dutch[10]
- Shares border with: Oud-Turnhout[11], Kasterlee[12], Ravels[13], Vosselaar[14], Baarle-Hertog[15], Merksplas[16]
- Flag: flag of Turnhout[17]
- Twinned administrative body: Gödöllő[18], Hammelburg[19], Hanzhong[20], Vânători[21]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Turnhout[22]
- Postal code: 2300[23]
- Part of: Emergency zone Taxandria[24], Politiezone Regio Turnhout[25]
- Commons category: Turnhout[26]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[27]
- Local dialing code: 014[28]
- Official website: https://www.turnhout.be/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Turnhout[30]
- Email address: mailto:stad@turnhout.be[31]
- Population: 44,136[32]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Turnhout[33]
- Phone number: +32 14 44 33 11[34]
- Described by source: Topographia Circuli Burgundici[35], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[38]
- Official name: Turnhout[39]
- Motto text: In de vlucht ligt ons heil[40]
Why It Matters
Turnhout has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Turnhout is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]