Kuurne
Sign in to saveKuurne () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Kuurne proper. On January 1, 2006, Kuurne had a total population of 12,591. The total area is 10.01 km2 which gives a population density of 1258 inhabitants per km2. The Leie functions as a natural border between Kuurne and Harelbeke.
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Vinony's link graph records 115 inbound references to Kuurne, and connects out to France, Belgium and Estonia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in BE, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities of West Flanders.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Kuurne
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Kuurne Marktplein.JPG
- Belgium municipality.map
- Kuurne West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Kuurne in West-Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Wapen van Kuurne.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Kuurne vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- West Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Kortrijk
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 34023
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Francis Benoit (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, N-VA, Vooruit-Groen
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 8520
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 056
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.kuurne.be
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Kortrijk
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 13318
- Area
- 10.01
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Lys
- Shares border with
- Kortrijk
- Official website
- www.kuurne.be
- Image
- Kuurne Marktplein.JPG
- Dialing code
- 056
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- P13200
- Pioneer plaque
- Commons category
- Kuurne
- twinned administrative body
- Marcq-en-Barœul
- topic's main category
- Category:Kuurne
- postal code
- 8520
- annual number of weddings
- 40
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32 56 73 71 11
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Twin towns
- References
- External links
Kuurne () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Kuurne proper. On January 1, 2006, Kuurne had a total population of 12,591. The total area is 10.01 km2 which gives a population density of 1258 inhabitants per km2. The Leie functions as a natural border between Kuurne and Harelbeke.
Inhabitants from Kuurne are nicknamed 'donkeys'. This is said to be a term of derision given to them by the people of nearby Kortrijk because traders from Kuurne habitually set off for the Kortrijk market at an early hour, their ass-drawn carts laden with vegetables. Awoken by the rattle of the cart wheels and the braying of the asses, the people of Kortrijk exclaimed: "It's those asses from Kuurne again!"
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuurne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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