Torhout

Torhout
Municipality
Town Hall Town Hall
Flag of Torhout Flag Coat of arms of Torhout Coat of arms
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Bruges
Government
• Mayor	Kristof Audenaert (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V, Vooruit
Area
• Total	45.32 km2 (17.50 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total
Postal codes	8820
Area codes	050
Website	www.torhout.be

Torhout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɔrɦʌu̯t]; French: Thourout; West Flemish: Toeroet) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Torhout proper, the villages of Wijnendale and Sint-Henricus, and the hamlet of De Driekoningen. On January 1, 2012, Torhout had a total population of 20,149. The total area is 45.23 km² which gives a population density of 445 inhabitants per km².

People associated with Torhout

• Rimbert, saint
• Josse van Huerter, first settler, and captain-major of the island of Faial in the Portuguese Azores.
• Karel Van Wijnendaele (Founder of Tour of Flanders (Tour of Flanders))
• Benny Vansteelant (Multiple World Champion Duathlon) and Joerie Vansteelant
• Luk Descheemaeker, winner at the 2nd Holocaust cartoon contest in Tehran, 2016.
• Hilde Crevits, Vice Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish minister of Economy, Innovation, Work, Social economy and Agriculture; and former mayor of Torhout (2016-2018)
• Brahim Attaeb, R&B singer and presenter

Festivities

Torhout-Werchter was until 1999 one of the largest annual pop festivals in Europe. Efforts were made to have a world music festival in Torhout after Torhout Werchter became Rock Werchter, held in Werchter only.

Sports

The main club of the city is Torhout 1992 KM.

Sights

• Kasteel d'Aertrycke (DSCF9933).jpg

  Aertrycke castle

• Torhout, de Sint Pietersbandenkerk oeg87619 foto5 2015-09-26 15.45.jpg

  Church: Sint Pietersbandenkerk

• Berg op Zoom. watertoren oeg 87306 foto5 2015-09-26 16.10.jpg

  Watertower in Berg op Zoom

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Information available in Dutch and limited information available in French, English and German