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TienenCoordinates: 50°48′N 04°56′E / 50.8°N 4.933°E Country Belgium Region Flemish Region Community Flemish Community Province Flemish Brabant Arrondissement Leuven Government - Mayor Marcel Logist (SP.A) - Governing party/ies SP.A, CD&V Area - Total 71.77 km2 (27.7 sq mi) Population (1 January 2010)[1] - Total 32,552 - Density 453.6/km2 (1,174.7/sq mi) Demographics - Foreigners 2.27% (7 January 2005) Postal codes 3300 Area codes 016 Website www.tienen.be Map of Tienen
Tienen or Thienen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈti.nə(n)]) (French: Tirlemont) is a city and municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Tienen proper and the towns of Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Margriete-Houtem and Vissenaken. On January 1, 2006 Tienen had a total population of 31,835. The total area is 71.77 km2 (27.71 sq mi) which gives a population density of 444 inhabitants per km².
Tienen is known in Belgium as the center of sugar production. The huge sugar beet processing factory, Sugar refinery of Tienen (Tiense Suikerraffinaderij - Raffinerie Tirlemontoise), is located at the eastern edge of the town. The company Citrique Belge, is one of the biggest producers of citric acid. Tienen has a facility for making energy saving lamps by Havells-Sylvania.
Other noticeable facts about Tienen include the railway station building, which is the oldest in Belgium that is still being used and the inversed roundabout.
Tienen is also well known for its summer rock festival Suikerrock.
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In history
Dumouriez' last victory
In the late eighteenth century, under the French name Tirlemont, the city was the site of a small-scale battle during the French Revolutionary Wars. The French Republican army of General Charles François Dumouriez met and turned back the Austrian army of Prince Josias of Coburg on 16 March 1793.[2] For the veteran Dumouriez, the hero of Valmy and Jemappes, this was to be the very last victory. Within a week his army suffered such catastrophic defeats that the victor of Tirlemont defected, infamously and ignominiously, to the royalists for the rest of his life.[3]
Notable inhabitants
- Herman Liebaers (1919–2010) was born in Tienen.
Pictures
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Saint George's church, Oorbeek, Tienen
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Great Gete
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The city hall
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Museum Het Toreke
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The Sugarmuseum
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OLV Ten Poel church
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Sint-Germanus church
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Paterskerk
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Pikke Stijkès
References
- ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)
- ^ Soboul, Albert (1975). The French Revolution, 1787–1799. New York: Vintage. p. 298. ISBN 039471220X.
- ^ Thiers, Adolphe (1838). The History of the French Revolution. pp. 298ff. http://books.google.com/books?id=PmkEAAAAQAAJ&dq=Dumouriez%20memoir&pg=PA298#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
External links
- Official website - Only available in Dutch
- tienen.info - All news from Tienen, only available in Dutch
- Suikerrock
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