Gent

**Ghent**
	city in the province of East Flanders, Belgium Centrala Gent Stadens läge i provinsen Östflandern.
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Instance of	municipality of Belgium; Belgian municipality with the title of city; big city; carfree city;
Part of	East Flanders; Emergency zone East Flanders Center; Police zone Ghent;
Named after	Góntia; confluence (Celtic);
Patron saint	Saint Bavo;
Location	Arrondissement of Ghent; Belgium;
Located in or next to body of water	Ghent–Terneuzen Canal; Ringvaart (Ghent); Napoleon Arm of Pauw; Moervaart; Zuidlede; Nederschelde; Lieve; Lys; Ketelvest; Scheldt;
Capital	Ghent;
Official language	Dutch;
Anthem	Klokke Roeland (unknown value – );
Head of government	Mathias De Clercq (2018–);
Legal form	Cities and municipalities;
Significant event	Fall of Ghent; Siege of Ghent; Siege of Ghent;
Population	265,086 (2022);
Area	157.77 km² (2021);
Top-level Internet domain	.gent (2014–);
Different from	Genk; Ghent;
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	51° 03′ 13″ N, 3° 43′ 31″ E
Authority file
	Q1296; ISNI: 0000000406127942; VIAF ID: 128544040; GND ID: 4020176-4; Library of Congress authority ID: n79021344; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11949424z; IdRef ID: 027457443; NL CR AUT ID: ge221887; National Library of Spain ID: XX451131; NORAF ID: 98046368; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10045083; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007554809405171; OpenStreetMap relation ID: 897671; OpenStreetMap node ID: 1668655163; GitHub username: StadGent
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History[edit]

See: Old maps of Ghent

Insignia[edit]

Flag
Coat of arms
Logo

Three towers of Ghent[edit]

The so called three towers are Ghent's landmark. Those towers are: Sint-Baafs church, Belfort (Belfry) and Sint-Niklaas church. Sometimes, you will hear about the fourth tower of Ghent, the Boekentoren

Sint-Baafs Cathedral[edit]

see:Sint-Baafskathedraal

Belfry[edit]

Sint-Nicolaas church[edit]

Saint-Nicolaus church on 19th century painting
Saint-Nicolaus church seen from Saint-Michel bridge
The main nave of the Nicholas church
The vault of the Nicholas church
Frescos in the Nicholas church
Saint-nicolas church, view from cathedral

Other churches[edit]

Saint-Paul's Church in Ghent
Saint-Anna's Church in Ghent
Saint-Jacobs church
Saint-Jacobs church
Saint-Michael church. This church was mainly build between 1440 and 1480 under the auspices of the local brewers guild, but finished only in the 17th century. However, the top of the tower was never finished (because there was no money left for it).
Our Lady Nieuwenbosch
Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Andrew in the original Saint Elisabeth Beguinage, now usually called Holy Corner in English (there is also a Roman Catholic, a Protestant and an Anglican church in the neighbourhood).