Kuurne
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Flanders | |
Province : | West Flanders | |
District : | Kortrijk | |
Coordinates : | 50 ° 51 ′ N , 3 ° 17 ′ E | |
Area : | 10.01 km² | |
Residents: | 13,484 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density: | 1,347 inhabitants per km² | |
Post Code: | 8520 | |
Prefix: | 056 | |
Mayor: | Francis Benoit | |
Local government address : |
Marktplein 9 8520 Kuurne |
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Website: | www.kuurne.be |
Kuurne is a Belgian municipality in the Flanders region with 13,484 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).
location
The city center of Kortrijk is 4 kilometers southwest, Ghent 35 kilometers northwest, Bruges almost 40 kilometers north and Brussels about 75 kilometers east.
traffic
The next motorway exits are at Kortrijk and Deerlijk on the A14 / E17 .
In Harelbeke are the next and Kortrijk regional stations and in Ghent and Bruges keep on regional express trains.
There is an international airport near the capital, Brussels .
sons and daughters of the town
- Évariste Carpentier (1845–1922), post-impressionist painter
Web links
Commons : Kuurne - collection of images, videos and audio files