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Torhout (; ; ) 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 29 February 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.

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Belgium municipality.name
Torhout
Belgium municipality.type
city
Belgium municipality.picture
Torhout - City hall 1.jpg
Belgium municipality.picture legend
Town Hall
Belgium municipality.map
Torhout West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend
Location of Torhout in West Flanders
Belgium municipality.arms
Torhout wapen.svg
Belgium municipality.flag
Flag of Torhout.svg
Belgium municipality.province
West Flanders
Belgium municipality.arrondissement
Bruges
Belgium municipality.nis
31033
Belgium municipality.mayor
Kristof Audenaert (CD&V)
Belgium municipality.majority
CD&V, Vooruit
Belgium municipality.postal codes
8820
Belgium municipality.telephone area
050
Belgium municipality.web
www.torhout.be

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Demonym
Torhoutenaar
Population
20530
Area
45.23
Official website
www.torhout.be
Image
Torhout - City hall 1.jpg
Dialing code
050
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Commons category
Torhout
postal code
8820
annual number of weddings
98
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+32-50-22-11-22
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Torhout (; ; ) 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 29 February 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== 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 Gilles Gérard Meersseman, Catholic theologian and Church historian

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