Kluisbergen
Sign in to saveKluisbergen () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, along the Scheldt river. The municipality comprises the towns of , Kwaremont, and which fused in 1971. In 2021, Kluisbergen had a total population of 6,682. The total area is 30.38 km². The town of Ruien is the largest and has some outdoor facilities. Kluisbergen is also home to the "Kluisbos", a forest which has two ancient standing stones, which date back to Roman times.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Kluisbergen
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Vlaamse Ardennen 16.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Typical Flemish Ardennes landscape
- Belgium municipality.map
- Kluisbergen East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Kluisbergen in East Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Kluisbergen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Kluisbergen.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- East Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Oudenaarde
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 45060
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Philippe Willequet
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Gemeentebelangen
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 9690
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 055
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.kluisbergen.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Oudenaarde
- Capital
- Berchem
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 6453
- Area
- 30.38
- Elevation
- 29
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Scheldt
- Shares border with
- Mont-de-l'Enclus
- Official website
- www.kluisbergen.be
- Image
- Kwaremont - Municipal school 1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 055
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- Commons category
- Kluisbergen
- topic's main category
- Category:Kluisbergen
- postal code
- 9690
- different from
- Kluisberg
- annual number of weddings
- 24
- located in/on physical feature
- Flemish Ardennes
- twinned administrative body
- Guînes
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-55-23-16-10
- contains settlement
- Berchem
- P13200
- Bahrain
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Kluisbergen () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders, along the Scheldt river. The municipality comprises the towns of , Kwaremont, and which fused in 1971. In 2021, Kluisbergen had a total population of 6,682. The total area is 30.38 km². The town of Ruien is the largest and has some outdoor facilities. Kluisbergen is also home to the "Kluisbos", a forest which has two ancient standing stones, which date back to Roman times.
==Geography== Kluisbergen consists of four towns: {| class="wikitable" |- align="right" |I || align="left" |Berchem |- align="right" |II || align="left" |Ruien |- align="right" |III || align="left" |Kwaremont |- align="right" |IV || align="left" |Zulzeke |}Neighbouring towns/municipalities: {| class="wikitable" |a |Ronse |- |b |Nukerke (Maarkedal) |- |c |Melden (Oudenaarde) |- |d |Elsegem (Wortegem-Petegem) |- |e |Kerkhove (Avelgem) |- |f |Waarmaarde (Avelgem) |- |g |Avelgem (Avelgem) |- |h |Orroir (Mont-de-l'Enclus) |- |i |Amengies (Mont-de-l'Enclus) |- |j |Russeignies (Mont-de-l'Enclus) |}
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kluisbergen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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