What is Kortrijk?
[[File:Broeltorens.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Broeltowers in Kortrijk along the river Leie (Lys)]] [[Image:Flag of Kortrijk.svg|right|250px]] [[Image:Wapen stad be Kortrijk (met schildhouders).svg|right|200px]] '''Kortrijk''' or '''Courtray''' (Courtrai in French) is a [[city]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The city is located along the river [[Leie]] (Lys). The centre is a well preserved historic area with a lot of shops and nice squares. The Beguinage (Begijnhof in Dutch) is a very well known historic part of the centre with well preserved medieval streets, houses, squares and alleys and was declared [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage]]. [[File:Kortrijk begijnhof.JPG|thumb|220px|right|the Beguinage (Begijnhof), UNESCO world heritage]] == General information == In 2010, some 75,000 (74,911) people lived there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |title=Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123144002/http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> (number of inhabitants in 2007) It is situated at 50° 49 North, 03° 16 East.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |title=Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2004-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723190930/http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{West_Flanders}} {{Belgium-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]