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Tongres

Tongeren
Tongres  (French)
Tongern  (German)
Municipality
View of the Great Market
View of the Great Market
Flag of Tongeren
Flag
Coat of arms of Tongeren
Coat of arms
Tongeren is located in Belgium
Tongeren
Tongeren
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°47′N 05°28′E / 50.783°N 5.467°E / 50.783; 5.467Coordinates: 50°47′N 05°28′E / 50.783°N 5.467°E / 50.783; 5.467
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Limburg
Arrondissement Tongeren
Government
 • Mayor Patrick Dewael (Open VLD)
 • Governing party/ies Tongeren.nu (a local alliance of Open VLD and CD&V) and SP.a
Area
 • Total 87.56 km2 (33.81 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 30,720
 • Density 350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Postal codes 3700
Area codes 012
Website www.tongeren.be

Tongeren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔŋərə(n)], French: Tongres [tɔ̃gʁ], German: Tongern [ˈtɔŋɐn]) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital within the country's borders. As a Roman city, it was inhabited by the Tungri, and known as Atuatuca Tungrorum, it was the administrative centre of the Civitas Tungrorum district. The city is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.

The Romans referred to Tongeren as Aduatuca Tungrorum or Atuatuca Tongrorum, and it was the capital of the large Roman province of Civitas Tungrorum, an area which covered modern Belgian Limburg, and at least parts of all the areas around it. Before the Roman conquests, this area was inhabited by the group of Belgic tribes known as the Germani cisrhenani. (Despite being known as the Germani, whether they spoke a Germanic language is debated, and the names of their tribes and their leaders were Celtic.) Specifically the Eburones were the largest of these tribes and the one living around Tongeren.


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