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Sint-Truiden

municipality in Belgium
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Summary

Sint-Truiden is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Sint-Truiden ranks in the top 3% of municipality of belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,498 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Good City[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Hasselt[4]
  • Country: Belgium[5]
  • Head of government: Ingrid Kempeneers[6]
  • Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city[7]
  • Official language: Dutch[8]
  • Shares border with: Wellen[9], Geetbets[10], Zoutleeuw[11], Landen[12], Gingelom[13], Heers[14], Borgloon[15], Alken[16], Nieuwerkerken[17]
  • Named after: Trudo[18]
  • Flag: flag of Sint-Truiden[19]
  • Twinned administrative body: Nueva Guinea[20]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Sint-Truiden[21]
  • Postal code: 3800[22], 3806[23], 3803[24], 3860[25]
  • Part of: Police Zone Sint-Truiden - Gingelom - Nieuwerkerken[26], Emergency zone Limburg Southwest[27]
  • Commons category: Sint-Truiden[28]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[29]
  • Local dialing code: 011[30], 012[31]
  • Inception: 693[32]
  • Official website: https://www.sint-truiden.be/[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sint-Truiden[34]
  • Email address: mailto:info@sint-truiden.be[35]
  • Population: 40,473[36], 39,309[37], 40,672[38]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Sint-Truiden[39]
  • Phone number: +32-11-70-14-14[40]
  • Described by source: Topographia Westphaliae[41], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[42], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[43]
  • Replaces: Gelmen[44]

Why It Matters

Sint-Truiden has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Sint-Truiden is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

FAQs

What awards did Sint-Truiden receive?

Honors received include Good City[3].

Related Entities

Belgium Govdirectory Simon Mignolet

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . sint-truiden.be. Retrieved . sint-truiden.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Statbel. Retrieved . statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . sint-truiden.be. Retrieved . sint-truiden.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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