Sint-Amandsberg is a sub-

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. The municipality was formed in 1872 after splitting from

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 o ...

. It is served by the Bus and train station of Gent Dampoort on the Ghent Antwerp NMBS/SNCB line. During the First World War, on 7 June 1915, the German airschip LZ37 crashed after being destroyed by

Reginald Warneford Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (15 October 1891 – 17 June 1915), also known as Rex Warneford, was a British aviator and Royal Naval Air Service officer who received the Victoria Cross for air-bombing a Zeppelin during the First World ...

. A street was named Reginald Warnefordstraat on the spot where the airship crashed.

Campo Santo

In the Center is the famous Campo Santo (Gent), a Catholic burial site. The chapel on the hill was erected by

Philips Erard van der Noot Philips Erard van der Noot (1638–1730) was the 13th Bishop of Ghent. Family He was born in Uccle on 6 February 1638 as the eldest son of Gilles van der Noot, Lord of Carloo. He was a relative of the Marquess of Assche. His brother, Roger-Wau ...

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Sub-municipalities of Ghent Populated places in East Flanders {{EastFlanders-geo-stub