Kortrijk district

Kortrijk district
region	Flanders
province	West Flanders
Residents	290,706 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density	722 inhabitants / km²
surface	402.87 km²
Communities	12
NIS code	34000
	; Location of the district of Kortrijk in the ; province of West Flanders

The district of Kortrijk is one of eight districts (arrondissements) in the Belgian province of West Flanders . It covers an area of 402.87 km² with 290,706 inhabitants ( as of January 1, 2019 ) in twelve municipalities.

It is both an administrative and a judicial district. The judicial district also includes the municipalities of Dentergem , Meulebeke , Oostrozebeke and Wielsbeke of the Tielt district .

Municipalities in the Kortrijk district

local community	Residents January 1, 2019	Area km²	Density of population / km²	NIS code	Post Code
Display	000000000014716.000000000014,716	41.79	000000000000352.0000000000352	34002	8570, 8572, 8573
Avelgem	000000000010158.000000000010.158	21.75	000000000000467.0000000000467	34003	8580, 8581, 8582, 8583
Deerlijk	000000000011946.000000000011,946	16.82	000000000000710.0000000000710	34009	8540
Harelbeke	000000000028158.000000000028,158	29.14	000000000000966.0000000000966	34013	8530, 8531
Kortrijk	000000000076735.000000000076,735	80.02	000000000000959.0000000000959	34022	8500, 8501, 8510, 8511
Kuurne	000000000013484.000000000013,484	10.01	000000000001347.00000000001,347	34023	8520
Lendelede	000000000005747.00000000005,747	13.15	000000000000437.0000000000437	34025	8860
Men	000000000033385.000000000033,385	33.07	000000000001010.00000000001.010	34027	8930
Spiere-Helkijn	000000000002049.00000000002,049	10.78	000000000000190.0000000000190	34043	8587
Commodity	000000000038266.000000000038,266	44.34	000000000000863.0000000000863	34040	8790, 8791, 8792, 8793
Wevelgem	000000000031406.000000000031,406	38.76	000000000000810.0000000000810	34041	8560
Zwevegem	000000000024656.000000000024,656	63.24	000000000000390.0000000000390	34042	8550
Kortrijk district	000000000290706.0000000000290,706	402.87	000000000000722.0000000000722	34000	-

history

The area of the Kortrijk district belonged to the county of Flanders , which was part of the Austrian Netherlands , until the end of the 18th century . In 1790 the United Belgian States emerged from this temporarily . In the First Coalition War , the area was occupied in 1794 and united with the French Republic on the basis of a resolution made by the French National Convention on October 1, 1795 . The administration and the judiciary were adapted to the still new French system and départements , arrondissements and cantons with the associated communes were established. The Arrondissement Kortrijk ( French Arrondissement de Courtray ) belong 1795-1814 for Département de la Lys and divided into cantons or peace jurisdictions Avelgem ( Avelghem ) Harelbeke ( Harlebeke ) Ingelmunster , Kortrijk ( Courtrai , 4 cantons), Menen ( Menin ), Meulebeke , Moorsele ( Moorseele ), Oostrozebeke ( Oost-Roosebeke ) and Roeselare ( Roulers ).

Individual evidence

↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)
↑ Indeling van de gemeenten volgens administratieve enerechtelijke arrondissementen ( Memento of December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 283 kB)
^ Carl von Rotteck : General Political Annals , Volume 7, Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1831, p. 105 ( Google Books )
^ Almanach Impérial 1812 , Paris, p. 427 ( Bibliothèque nationale de France )

[1] Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)

[bezirke-2] Indeling van de gemeenten volgens administratieve enerechtelijke arrondissementen ( Memento of December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 283 kB)

[rotteck1831-3] Carl von Rotteck : General Political Annals , Volume 7, Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1831, p. 105 ( Google Books )

[almanach1812-4] Almanach Impérial 1812 , Paris, p. 427 ( Bibliothèque nationale de France )