Torhout

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Torhout
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West Flanders
arms=Torhout wapen.jpg

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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-WV
arrondissement=Bruges
nis=31033
pyramid-date=01/01/2006
0-19=21.10
20-64=60.35
65=18.56
foreigners=1.20
foreigners-date=01/07/2005
mayor=Norbert Decuyper (CD&V)
majority=CD&V
postal-codes=8820
telephone-area=050
web= [http://www.torhout.be/ www.torhout.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=03
lon_deg=03
lon_min=06

Torhout is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the city of Torhout proper. On January 1 2006 Torhout had a total population of 19,453. The total area is 45.23 km² which gives a population density of 430 inhabitants per km².

Famous inhabitants

*Rimbert, saint
* Benny Vansteelant (Multiple World Champion Duathlon) and Joerie Vansteelant
* Karel van Wijnendaele (Founder of Ronde Van Vlaanderen(Tour of Flanders))

Festivities

Torhout-Werchter was until the end of the last century one of the yearly largest pop festivals in Europe. Short lived efforts have been made to have a world music festival in Torhout after Torhout Werchter became Rock Werchter, held in Werchter only.

External links

* [http://www.torhout.be Official website ] - Information available in Dutch and limited information available in French, English and German