Zwijnaarde () is a village in the municipality 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 i ...

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. It is known for its fair and its ''Zwijntjes''

beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

. A cluster of biotech companies is located at the Zwijnaarde science park, with biotech companies such as Innogenetics, and DevGen. In 2013 at Zwijnaarde, the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology was supervising a trial of 448 poplar trees genetically engineered to produce less

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so that they would be more suitable for conversion into

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.Hope, Alan::
News in brief (03/04/2013)
, ''Flanders Today'', 3 April 2013, Page 2, Retrieved 27 April 2013 Different youth organisations are active in Zwijnaarde, such as '' Jeugdhuis Chaos'', '' Chiro Ambo'' and '' KLJ Zwijnaarde''.

Notable inhabitants

* Karel van de Woestijne (1878–1929), writer * Gilbert Declercq (1946), painter, illustrator and comic-artist

Industry

* DOMO Group, carpet manufacturer

References

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