Doornik

E798698

Doornik, better known as Tournai, is an ancient city in present-day Belgium that served as an early political and cultural center of the Frankish realms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
former capital city
municipality
associatedWithDynasty Merovingian dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Childeric I NERFINISHED
Clovis I NERFINISHED
country Belgium
hasCityStatusSince Middle Ages
hasEconomicActivity light industry
services
tourism
hasHistoricalRole important medieval cloth center
strategic fortress town
hasLandmark Belfry of Tournai NERFINISHED
Tournai Cathedral NERFINISHED
hasNameInDutch Doornik NERFINISHED
hasNameInFrench Tournai NERFINISHED
hasNameInGerman Turnai NERFINISHED
hasNotableStructure Gothic civic buildings
Romanesque churches
medieval city walls remnants
hasPopulationRange between 60,000 and 80,000 inhabitants
hasPostalCode 7500
historicalRegion County of Flanders NERFINISHED
Frankish realms NERFINISHED
Roman Gaul NERFINISHED
isOneOf oldest cities in Belgium
isTwinTownOf Tarbes NERFINISHED
Villeneuve-d'Ascq NERFINISHED
languageMinority Dutch
languageOfficial French NERFINISHED
locatedIn Hainaut Province NERFINISHED
Wallonia
locatedOnRiver Scheldt River NERFINISHED
partOf French Community of Belgium NERFINISHED
regionCapitalOf Tournai arrondissement NERFINISHED
religiousJurisdiction Roman Catholic Diocese of Tournai NERFINISHED
servedAs early cultural center of the Franks
early political center of the Franks
timeInhabitedSince Roman period
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Belfry of Tournai NERFINISHED
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai NERFINISHED
wasCapitalOf Frankish kingdom under Childeric I NERFINISHED
early Merovingian Franks
wasContestedBy England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED

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