Gentbrugge
| Gentbrugge | |
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| District | |
Gentbrugge watertower
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 Gentbrugge within Ghent |
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| Coordinates: 51°1′53″N 3°45′51″E / 51.03139°N 3.76417°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Province |
 East Flanders
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| Municipality | Ghent |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.72 km2 (1.82 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2008) | |
| • Total | 7,344 |
| • Density | 1,556/km2 (4,030/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 9050 |
Gentbrugge is one of 25 districts ("wijken") of the city of Ghent, Belgium in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Gentbrugge together with Oud Gentbrugge had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1977, when it fused with Ghent.
The district of Gentbrugge itself has been divided in four neighborhoods: Dries, Sportplein, Coninxdonk and the rural area Zwarte Fles with a population of 3417, 3653, 268 and 6 respectively in 2008.
The Gentbrugse Meersen is a rural area of 270ha surrounded by urbanized Gentbrugge to the West, the Scheldt river in the East and parted in the middle by the E17 freeway. It is being developed by the City of Ghent to an area for nature development/conservation and recreation.
The Braem Castle
Tower Castle Vilain
View of the Pélichy Castle
Gentbrugge used to have the stadium (Jules Ottenstadion) of the First Class-team KAA Gent, also known as La Gantoise. The final tribune of the stadium got demolished in june 2014. Since then La Gantoise resides at the Ghelamco arena near the U.Z. clinic in Ghent. There are some tennis courts in Gentbrugge of a team which is also called La Gantoise, besides the hockey team.
There's also another football team in Ghent, which played its games in the Emanuel Hielstadium. This team was created on the 1. April 1899 when the teams Athletic Club Gantois, Sport Pédestre Gantois and Football Club Gantois merged and became a member of the UBSSA as Racing Club de Gand. In the period before 2010 this team has changed its name after some later developments into KRC-Gent-Zeehaven and it plays its matches in Oostakker. The fields in Gentbrugge have accommodated athletics from 2010 in order to give a suitable training field to the Racing Club Gent for Athletics.
Coordinates: 51°01′53″N 3°45′51″E / 51.03139°N 3.76417°E
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