Ghent

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city municipality

Ghent is a historic city in the Flemish region of Belgium, known for its medieval architecture, canals, and role as a major cultural and economic center in the Middle Ages.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ghent, Belgium 5
city of Ghent 2
City of Ghent 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
containsWorkOfArt Ghent Altarpiece ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
countrySubdivision Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Belgium
governingBody Ghent municipal council ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction canal boat tours ⓘ
historic guild houses ⓘ
medieval city center ⓘ
hasDemonym Gentenaar ⓘ
Gentenaar (Dutch) ⓘ
hasEvent Ghent Festival ⓘ
Ghent Film Festival ⓘ
Ghent Light Festival ⓘ
hasHeritage canal network ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
hasLandmark Belfries of Belgium and France ⓘ
surface form: Belfry of Ghent

Ghent City Hall ⓘ
Graslei and Korenlei ⓘ
Gravensteen castle ⓘ
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent ⓘ
SMAK Museum of Contemporary Art ⓘ
STAM Ghent City Museum ⓘ
Saint Bavo's Cathedral ⓘ
Saint Nicholas' Church ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
hasPopulation over 250000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasPostalCodeRange 9000–9052 ⓘ
hasRegionalLanguage Flemish Dutch ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Saint Bavo's Cathedral ⓘ
Saint Michael's Church ⓘ
Saint Nicholas' Church ⓘ
hasTransport Ghent-Saint-Peter's railway station ⓘ
port of Ghent ⓘ
tram network ⓘ
hasUniversity Ghent University ⓘ
historicalRole major medieval cultural center ⓘ
major medieval economic center ⓘ
major medieval textile center ⓘ
major medieval trading center ⓘ
isCapitalOf East Flanders ⓘ
isMemberOf Eurocities ⓘ
surface form: Eurocities network
isOneOf largest cities in Belgium ⓘ
locatedAtCoordinate 51.05°N 3.72°E ⓘ
locatedIn East Flanders ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver Lys ⓘ
Scheldt ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John of Gaunt → birthPlace → Ghent ⓘ
Ghent University → city → Ghent ⓘ
Flanders → contains → Ghent ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University)
this entity surface form: Ghent, Belgium
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (Ghent University)
this entity surface form: Ghent, Belgium
subject surface form: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ghent University)
this entity surface form: Ghent, Belgium
Brakel → locatedSouthOf → Ghent ⓘ
Low Countries → majorCity → Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghent, Belgium
John of Gaunt → namedAfter → Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Ghent
Gavere-Semmerzake → near → Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Ghent
Scheldt → passesThroughCity → Ghent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghent, Belgium
this entity surface form: City of Ghent
Nottingham → twinnedWith → Ghent ⓘ