Genk, Belgium

E267956

city municipality

Genk, Belgium is an industrial city in the province of Limburg known for its former Ford automobile plant and its role as a regional economic and transportation hub.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Genk	10
Genk, Belgium canonical	2
Genk, Belgium (historical)	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
contains	Boxbergheide ⓘ Hoevenzavel ⓘ Kolderbos ⓘ Nieuw-Texas ⓘ Oud-Waterschei ⓘ Sledderlo ⓘ Termien ⓘ Waterschei ⓘ Winterslag ⓘ Zwartberg ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
economicRole	regional economic hub in Limburg ⓘ
footballClubPlaysIn	Belgian Pro League ⓘ
hasAreaCode	089 ⓘ
hasAttraction	Bokrijk open-air museum (nearby, in Genk area) ⓘ C-Mine (former Winterslag coal mine site) ⓘ Hoge Kempen National Park ⓘ surface form: Hoge Kempen National Park (partly on its territory or nearby)
hasIndustrialHistory	automobile manufacturing ⓘ coal mining ⓘ
hasMajorRoadConnection	E314 motorway ⓘ N75 road ⓘ N76 road ⓘ
hasMayor	Wim Dries ⓘ
hasNeighbouringMunicipality	As ⓘ Diepenbeek ⓘ Hasselt ⓘ Houthalen-Helchteren ⓘ Opglabbeek (now Oudsbergen) ⓘ Zutendaal ⓘ
hasPopulation	about 67000 (2023 estimate) ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Genk ⓘ
hasPostalCode	3600 ⓘ 3601 ⓘ 3602 ⓘ 3603 ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Genk railway station ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Bilbao ⓘ Bydgoszcz ⓘ Pristina ⓘ Singen ⓘ Tata ⓘ
historicalActivity	coal mining peaked in 20th century ⓘ
historicalEvent	closure of Ford Genk plant in 2014 ⓘ
isPartOf	Arrondissement of Hasselt ⓘ
knownFor	C-Mine cultural center ⓘ Thor Park technology and science park ⓘ former Ford Genk automobile plant ⓘ industrial heritage ⓘ multicultural population ⓘ
locatedIn	Flanders ⓘ Flemish Region ⓘ Limburg (Belgium) ⓘ surface form: Limburg (Belgian province)
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
locatedOn	Albert Canal ⓘ
mayorParty	CD&V ⓘ
officialLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
sportsClub	KRC Genk ⓘ
sportsFacility	Cegeka Arena ⓘ
transportRole	regional transportation hub ⓘ