Gentbrugge is one of 25 districts ("wijken") of the city of

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...

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in the

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. Gentbrugge together with Oud Gentbrugge had been a separate municipality before 1 January 1977, when it fused with

Neighborhoods

The district of Gentbrugge itself has been divided in four neighborhoods: Dries, Sportplein, Coninxdonk and the rural area Zwarte Fles with a population of 3417, 3653, 268 and 6 respectively in 2008.

Demographic facts

* Between 1999 and 2008 the population grew by 2,1% as compared to 7,1 for Ghent entirely * The average age is 42,9 * The number of non-Belgian inhabitants is with 3,7% lower than the average of Ghent (10,01%)

Gentbrugse Meersen

The Gentbrugse Meersen is a rural area of 270ha surrounded by urbanized Gentbrugge to the West, the

Scheldt The Scheldt (french: Escaut ; nl, Schelde ) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of Netherlands, the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Its name is derived from an adjective corr ...

river in the East and parted in the middle by the E17 freeway. It is being developed by the City of Ghent to an area for nature development/conservation and recreation. It is home to the Gentbrugse Meersen Cricket club. In June 2022, it was announced that the venue would host the first two

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(T20I) matches in June 2022, between Belgium and Malta.

Places of interest

* Rattendaelepark. Historical parc, now for recreational use. From the Castle Vilain named after its first owner Albijn Vilain (1619) only a tower remains. * The

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, visible when entering Ghent by the E17 highway from

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. Originally from 1937 and colorfully repainted in 1990 by the Ghent artist

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. * Gentbrugge used to host the

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of the Belgian first league football club,

KAA Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (, English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname ' ( en, The Buffalos), is a Belgian sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football ...

, also known as La Gantoise. Now the football club resides over at the

Ghelamco Arena The Ghelamco Arena (also called Arteveldestadion) is a multi-use stadium in Ghent, Belgium. It hosts the home matches of football club K.A.A. Gent and was officially opened on 17 July 2013, making it the first newly-built Belgian football stadiu ...

in the city of Ghent. * The

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Church near the Brusselsesteenweg. Originally neo-gothic from 1884, but expanded in art-deco style in 1937 by the architect W. Vandenbogaerde. * The castle Coninxdonck, built in the 19th century to replace a medieval castle * The Administrative Center. An example of sixties functionalism designed by the Belgian architect

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in 1973. File:Braemkasteel Gentbrugge 12-01-2010 14-42-35.JPG, The File:Toren kasteel Vilain Rattendaelepark 13-04-2010 14-55-34.JPG, Tower Castle Vilain File:Kasteel de Pélichy2 - 2016 - Gentbrugge.jpg, View of the File:Gentbrugge - Kasteel de Oude Kluis 27-7-2016 11-44-19.JPG,

Sports

Gentbrugge used to have the stadium (

Jules Ottenstadion Jules Ottenstadion was a multi-purpose stadium in Gentbrugge, Ghent, Belgium. It was used mostly for football matches and used to be the home ground of K.A.A. Gent. The stadium held 12,919 seats and was built in 1920. It was replaced as the ...

) of the First Class-team

, also known as La Gantoise. The final tribune of the stadium got demolished in June 2014. Since then La Gantoise resides at the Ghelamco arena near the U.Z. clinic in Ghent. There are some tennis courts in Gentbrugge of a team which is also called La Gantoise, besides the hockey team. There's also another football team in Ghent, which played its games in the Emanuel Hielstadium. This team was created on the 1. April 1899 when the teams Athletic Club Gantois, Sport Pédestre Gantois and Football Club Gantois merged and became a member of the UBSSA as Racing Club de Gand. In the period before 2010 this team has changed its name after some later developments into KRC-Gent-Zeehaven and it plays its matches in

Oostakker Oostakker (), formerly spelled Oostacker, is one of the smaller former municipalities which were merged into Ghent (from which it is only two miles), the capital of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The hamlet is mainly known for the Shrine of ...

. The fields in Gentbrugge have accommodated athletics from 2010 in order to give a suitable training field to the Racing Club Gent for Athletics.

References

External links

Official site of the district GentbruggeLocal activities and eventsSite of Gentbugse Meersen nature conservation areaArtikel about the end of the football stadium in Gentbrugge
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