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KortrijkFor the Dutch village, see Kortrijk (Netherlands).

KortrijkMunicipality of Belgium

Broel Towers along the river Lys in Kortrijk

Flag Coat of arms

Location in Belgium

Coordinates: 50°50′N 03°16′E [1]Coordinates: 50°50′N 03°16′E [1]

Country Belgium

Community Flemish Community

Region Flemish Region

Province West Flanders

Arrondissement Kortrijk

Government

 • Mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open VLD)

 • Governing party/ies Open VLD, NVa, SPa

Area

 • Total 80.02 km2 (30.90 sq mi)

Population (1 January 2012)[2]

 • Total 75,219

 • Density 940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)

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Postal codes 85xx (8500, 8501, 8510, 8511)

Area codes 056

Website www.kortrijk.be [3]

Kortrijk (in English also Courtrai or Courtray; official name in Dutch: Kortrijk, pronounced [ˈkɔrt̪rɛɪ̯k]; French:Courtrai, pronounced: [kuʁtʁɛ]; Latin: Cortoriacum) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish provinceWest Flanders. It is the capital and biggest city of the arrondissement of Kortrijk, which is both a judicial and anadministrative arrondissement. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the villages ofAalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke, and Rollegem.The city is situated on the Leie, 42 km (26 mi) southwest of Ghent and 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Lille in France.Both Kortrijk and Lille are part of the same transnational Eurodistrict urban area with around 1,900,000inhabitants.[4] As the biggest city of southern West Flanders, Kortrijk has many schools, hospitals and shoppingstreets.

Beguinage of Kortrijk

Kortrijk originated from a Gallo-Roman town, called Cortoriacum at acrossroads near the Leie river and two Roman roads. During theMiddle Ages, Kortrijk grew significantly thanks to the flax and woolindustry with France and England and became one of the biggest andrichest cities in Flanders. The city is often referred to as City ofGroeninge or City of the Golden Spurs, referring to the Battle ofCourtrai or the Battle of the Golden Spurs which took place on 11 July1302 on the Fields of Groeninge in Kortrijk. In 1820, the Treaty ofKortrijk was signed, which laid out the current borders between Franceand Belgium. Throughout the 19th and 20th century, Kortrijk became acenter 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, abig part of the historical city center is a complete pedestrian area with lots of shops and shopping malls such as thenew 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 importantcrossroads near the Leie river. It was situated on the crossroads ofthe Roman roads linking Tongeren and Cassel and Tournai andOudenburg. In the 9th century, Baldwin II, Count of Flandersestablished fortifications against the Vikings. The town gained itscity charter in 1190 from Philip, Count of Flanders. The populationgrowth required new defensive walls, part of which can still beseen 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 itrebuilt soon after. To promote industry and weaving in the town,Joan, Countess of Flanders exempted settlers in Kortrijk fromproperty tax. From that time, Kortrijk gained great importance as acentre of linen production.

The second castle of Kortrijk

Battle of the Golden Spurs

In 1302, the population of Bruges started a successful uprising againstthe French, who had annexed Flanders a couple of years earlier. OnMay 18, the French population in that city was massacred, an eventthat could not go unpunished. The famous ensuing Battle of Courtrai orthe Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch: Guldensporenslag) between theFlemish people, mostly commoners and farmers, and Philip the Fair’sknights took place near Kortrijk on July 11, resulting in a victory forFlanders. This date is now remembered as a national holiday by thewhole Flemish community.

Following a new uprising by the Flemish in 1323, but this time againsttheir own Count Louis I, the French invaded again. These Flemish

acquisitions were consolidated by the French at the Battle of Cassel (1328). Louis I’s son, Louis II, then Philip vanArtevelde briefly regained the city in 1381 but lost it again the following year at the Battle of Roosebeke, resulting ina new wave of plundering and destruction.

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15th century to modern timesMost 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 theNetherlands against Spain.Louis XIV’s 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 ofthe city could finally prosper again.Kortrijk was heavily bombed in the summer of 1917, but even more damaged by the allied bombing in 1944. Thecity was an important railway hub for the German army, and for this reason was the target of several alliedair-strikes. On July 21, 1944 (the Belgian National Day) around 300 Avro Lancasters dropped over 5,000 bombs onthe city centre.[5] Many historical buildings on the central square, as well as the old railway station, were destroyed.

Geography

MunicipalityAfter 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 andHarelbeke. Although these municipalities have strongmorphologic ties with Kortrijk, they aren't officially part ofthe 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 Carnivalin August)

Old streets in the Béguinage.

Architecture

Much of the city's medieval architecture remains intact and isremarkably well preserved and restored. The city center is oneof the largest carfree areas in Belgium. The béguinage, as wellas the belfry, were recognized by UNESCO as WorldHeritage Sites in 1998 and 1999. Interesting highlights are:

Civil

• Medieval City Hall (on the main square, the Grote Markt).The façade of the late-Gothic, early Renaissance city hall isadorned 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 aWorld Heritage Site.

• Near-identical medieval Broel Towers with the bridge in between that spans the river Leie. (the Speyetower andthe Ingelburgtower)

• Artillerytower (Artillerietoren)• Mont de Piété (Berg van Barmhartigheid or house of Mercy)• Weigh house (Stadswaag) on the St.Michael-square• Our Lady Hospital (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwehospitaal), founded in 1200–1204.• 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 Count’s chapel.

• Groeningekouter contains the Groeningegate and theGroeninge Monument, to commemorate the 600thanniversary of the famous Battle of the Golden Spurs

Religious

• The Saint-Martin church dates from the 13th century butwas mostly rebuilt after a fire in the 15th century. It nowhouses a 48-bell carillon. Its 83 meter (272 feet) towerremains the highest building in the city.

• The beguinage is one of the quaintest sites in the city. Ittoo, was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

• The church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) waswhere the golden spurs taken from the battlefield in 1302were hung. It houses a famous van Dyck painting.

• the Count’s chapel (Gravenkapel), built after the exampleof la Sainte Chapelle in Paris as shrine for Louis II ofFlanders.

• 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 Kortrijk’s 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 béguinage.

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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 frontof 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 thesouth-west.

• The E403: connects Kortrijk with Bruges and Ostend to thenorth, and with Tournai, Mons and Charleroi to thesouth-east.

• The Belgian highway A19: connects Kortrijk with Ypresand 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 theA19, 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 transportKortrijk has an extensive web of public transport lines, operated by De Lijn, providing access to the city centre andthe suburbs (city lines, Dutch: stadslijnen) and to many towns and villages in the region around the city (regionallines, 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-WevelgemInternational Airport, which is mainly used for businesstravel and medical flights. Kortrijk Airport is locatednorthwest of the citycentre, next to the R8 ringroad.

• The national Brussels Airport, one hour away by train orcar, offers the best international connectivity.

• The Lille Lesquin International Airport is located 35kilometres from Kortrijk.

Waterways

The river Leie is an important way of transporting goodsthrough inland navigation. The Bossuit-Kortrijk Canal enablesin 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 theso-called Leiewerken (Leieworks) started. These constructionworks comprise the deepening and widening of the river. Thisshould enable ships with 4400 tons to navigate from France tothe Scheldt. At the same time, this project includes a thoroughurban renewal of the riversides in the city. Seven new bridgeshave to give a new architectural impulse to the river quartersas well as the construction of several new parks along theriver. Four bridges already opened (Dambrug, Groeningebrug,Ronde van Vlaanderenbrug and Collegebrug). The Noordbrugwill open in 2010. The Budabrug and Reepbrug are plannedafter the opening of the Noordbrug. The construction worksstarted in 1997 and should be ready in 2012.

Cycling and pedestrian areas

Cars are required to yield to pedestrians and cyclists. Ingeneral, cars are led to large underground parkings in thehistoric center of Kortrijk or Park&Ride parkings at outsidethe city center. Large parts of the historic center are car free.

EconomyThe city is historically connected with the flax and the textile industry, and still today the textile industry remainsimportant in the region. Major companies headquartered in Kortrijk include Cisco, Barco and Bekaert.

EducationKortrijk 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 Universityof Leuven, is located in on the south edge of the city, in the Hoog Kortrijk quarter. Other institutes of highereducation include the Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen (KATHO) and Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen(HOWEST) university colleges.

European cooperationEven though Kortrijk is a Dutch-speaking town, it borders with Wallonia, and is only 9 km (5.6 mi) away from theFrench border. This has created an urban area that extends across linguistic and national borders. The mayors ofLille, Kortrijk and Tournai met in Kortrijk on January 28, 2008 to sign a document creating the first EuropeanGrouping of Territorial Cooperation within the EU. The purpose of this new organisation is to facilitate themovement 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 comprisingdifferent locations:•• Cultural Centre Kortrijk• City Theatre (De Schouwburg, see picture), a

neo-Renaissance architecture theatre known for its glassceiling, an artwork of the French-Algerian artistAlberola

•• Arenatheatre•• Antigone Theatre•• Buda Kunstencentrum (Buda Arts Centre), comprising

the cinema Budascoop, the artists residence Tacktowerand 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 eventsThe 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 (April–May): 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 Congé (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 takeplace 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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FoodLocal 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 ofbrewery 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 afully pedestrian shopping street (in 1962, the KorteSteenstraat). Later on, a lot of neighbouring streets werealso transformed into pedestrian streets. As a result,Kortrijk has nowadays one the biggest carfree areas inBelgium (comprising the main shopping streets LangeSteenstraat, Steenpoort, Sint-Jansttraat, Wijngaardstraatand several squares).

•• Shopping centres:Kortrijk has several indoor shopping centres such as theRing Shopping Kortrijk Noord, BouwcentrumPottelberg and the new shopping centre K in Kortrijk(opened March 2010). The later is a downtownshopping centre, which links the main shopping streetLange Steenstraat with the Veemarket square andincludes as many as 90 shops as electronics storeSaturn, H&M, Zara and many other clothes, food andhouseware stores.

Parks

•• Beguinagepark• Groeningepark: on the historical site of the

Groeningekouter where the Battle of Courtrai or the Battleof the Golden Spurs took place. Here one can find theGroeningegate 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

•• FootballIn the Belgian first football division Kortrijk isrepresented by K.V. Kortrijk. However, Kortrijk hasthree official football clubs. The most famous of them isK.V. Kortrijk, which plays in the Belgian First Divisionafter having won the championship in the Belgiansecond division during the 2007–2008 season.

The second club SV Kortrijk plays in the fourthprovincial division.

The third club, Wikings Kortrijk, only has youth teams.•• Basketball

•• Kortrijk Sport CB•• Basketbalteam Kortrijk

•• CyclingAs anywhere in Flanders, professional cycling is very popular. Many cycling races start, finish or pass throughthe Kortrijk region. Amongst them are the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne,Gent–Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders and Dwars door Vlaanderen. Kortrijk also hosts an after-tour criteriumat the start of August called Kortrijk Koerse. Many of the riders who participated in the Tour de France usuallyappear at the start.

•• Rugby• RC Curtrycke[6]

•• Tennis•• Tennis Club De Egelantier

•• Swimming•• KZK, Kortrijkse Zwemkring

KZK Kortrijk is arguably the best waterpolo team in Belgium, having won the Belgian championship ninetimes. In the 2007–2008 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• Edmée 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 (1884–1972), lawyer, politician• Piet Goddaer, singer-composer, mostly under the name:Ozark Henry• Paul Goethals (1832–1901), first Archbishop of Calcutta• The members of electro rock band Goose• Leif Hoste, road bicycle racer• Isidore of Saint Joseph (1881–1916), 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 (1923–2001), cartoonist, creator of Lucky Luke• Hanne Gaby Odiele, top model• Tom Omey (b. 1975), middle-distance runner• Jan Palfyn (1650–1730), 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 (1806–1887), painter• Roelant Savery (1576–1639), painter• Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969), 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 Viérin (1869–1954), painter• George Washington, inventor• Vincent de Vos (1829–1875), painter• Bruno de Witte (1955–), European law Professor, European thinker

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Town twinningKortrijk 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 TheSaint-Martenstower

House in Empirestyle

The old town(The GunPowder

Tower, DeKruittoren)

The béguinage The Groeningegate Count's Chapel

The GroeningeMonument

TheSaint-Elooichurch

Stadswaag in with the SaintMichael's church in the

background

Saint Martintower

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Ghellinck House Griffiers House

External links• Official website [7] – Information available in Dutch, French, English and German• Kortrijk airport [8]

• Kortrijk photo gallery [9]

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), Palmarès 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

References• Fegley, R. (2002). The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk: How the Knights of France Fell to the Foot Soldiers of Flanders

in 1302, 2007. McFarland and Company Inc.

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