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:" For the Dutch village, see Kortrijk (Netherlands) Kortrijk (official name in Dutch; French: "Courtrai"; Latin: "Cortoriacum") is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province West Flanders. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the towns of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke, and Rollegem. With 73,657 inhabitants Kortrijk is the seventh largest city in the Flemish region. The city is situated on the River Lys, 42 km (26 miles) southwest of Ghent and 25 km (15 miles) northeast of Lille in France. Both Kortrijk and Lille are part of the same transnational Eurodistrict urban area with around 1,700,000 inhabitants. The arrondissement of Kortrijk is both a judicial and an administrative arrondissement. History: Origins to the 13th century: "Cortoriacum" was founded by the Romans at an important crossroads near the Lys River, then developed as a typical Gallo-Roman vicus. In the 9th century, Baldwin II, Count of Flanders ... Read more about Kortrijk on Wikipedia

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