Ninove

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Ninove
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Ninove (East Flanders Province)
Ninove
Ninove
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : East Flanders
District : Aalst
Coordinates : 50 ° 50 ′  N , 4 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′  N , 4 ° 1 ′  E
Area : 72.57 km²
Residents: 38,911 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 536 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 9400 (Ninove)
9401 (Pollare)
9402 ( Meerbeke )
9403 (Neigem)
9404 (Aspelare)
9406 (Outer)
Prefix: 054
Mayor: Tanja De Jonge ( Open VLD )

Local government address : 		Stadhuis
Centrumlaan 100
9400 Ninove
Website: www.ninove.be
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Ninove is a town in the Denderstreek in the Belgian province of East Flanders . It is on the Dender River . In addition to the city, the municipality consists of the districts of Appelterre-Eichem, Aspelare, Denderwindeke, Lieferinge, Meerbeke , Nederhasselt, Neigem, Okegem, Outer, Pollare and Voorde .

history

Archaeological finds attest to the settlement of the area since the Neolithic Age . Ninove goes back to a small settlement that expanded into a farming village in the 5th century with the arrival of the Franks. By the 12th century, Ninove had become quite an important town due to trade and a fortified castle. A Premonstratensian abbey was also founded near Ninove. In the 15th to 17th centuries the city declined, which only slowly grew again in the middle of the 18th century. In the second half of the 19th century, the first factories settled in Ninove; Ninove became a center of the Flemish match industry during the First World War . The city's population grew from 4,400 in 1834 to 12,000 in 1970.

Honorary citizen

  1. Frans Hemerijckx (born August 19, 1902 in Ninove, † October 15, 1969 in Leuven)
    Tropical doctor
    Awarded on August 28, 1953
  2. August Liessens (born August 17, 1894 in Ninove, † July 8, 1954 in Sorel)
    Organist and composer
    Awarded on August 28, 1953
  3. Hendrik Vangassen (born December 19, 1896 in Mariakerke, † March 20, 1968 in Ninove)
    Linguist and author
    Awarded on February 14, 1960
  4. Rudy Van Snick (born February 6, 1956 in Zottegem)
    climber
    Awarded on June 28, 1990
  5. Arthur Luysterman (born March 18, 1932 in Ninove)
    Bishop of Ghent
    Awarded on November 24, 1990
  6. Hans Van Laethem (born February 7, 1960 in Ninove)
    Town Crier of Ninove
    Awarded on October 27, 2005
    Van Laethem received an award shortly after winning the City Cryer's World Cup. This was in recognition of his many years of activity as a town hawker and his numerous successes with which he made the town known beyond the borders of Belgium.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Ninove  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files