Torhout Knowpia

Torhout
Torhout
City and municipality
	Town Hall
	Flag Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 51°03′N 03°06′E / 51.050°N 3.100°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Bruges
Government
• Mayor	Kristof Audenaert (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V, Vooruit
Area
• Total	45.32 km2 (17.50 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	20,530
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Postal codes	8820
NIS code	31033
Area codes	050
Website	www.torhout.be

Torhout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔrɦʌu̯t]; French: Thourout; West Flemish: Toeroet) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Torhout proper, the villages of Wijnendale and Sint-Henricus, and the hamlet of De Driekoningen. On February 29, 2024, Torhout had a total population of 24,891. The total area is 45.23 km² which gives a population density of 445 inhabitants per km².

People associated with Torhout edit

Rimbert, saint
Josse van Huerter, first settler, and captain-major of the island of Faial in the Portuguese Azores.
Karel Van Wijnendaele (Founder of Tour of Flanders (Tour of Flanders))
Benny Vansteelant (Multiple World Champion Duathlon) and Joerie Vansteelant
Luk Descheemaeker, winner at the 2nd Holocaust cartoon contest in Tehran, 2016.
Hilde Crevits, Vice Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish minister of Economy, Innovation, Work, Social economy and Agriculture; and former mayor of Torhout (2016-2018)
Brahim Attaeb, R&B singer and presenter

Festivities edit

Torhout-Werchter was until 1999 one of the largest annual pop festivals in Europe. Efforts were made to have a world music festival in Torhout after Torhout Werchter became Rock Werchter, held in Werchter only.

Sports edit

The main club of the city is Torhout 1992 KM.

Sights edit

Aertrycke castle
Church: Sint Pietersbandenkerk
Watertower in Berg op Zoom

References edit

^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links edit

Media related to Torhout at Wikimedia Commons
Official website - Information available in Dutch and limited information available in French, English and German

[wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v11-1] "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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