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unusual facts about Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport



1989 Belgian MiG-23 crash

The 1989 Belgian MiG-23 crash involved the crash of an unmanned Soviet MiG-23M "Flogger-B" into a house in Kortrijk, Belgium, on 4 July 1989, killing an 18-year-old man.

Cambio CarSharing

The cambio locations in Belgium in 27 cities, for example: Arlon, Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Chiny, Ghent, Hasselt, Kortrijk, Leuven, Lier, Liège, Mechelen, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Ottignies, Turnhout and Zwijndrecht.

Canal Roeselare–Leie

Nearby is the A17/E403 highway Bruges-Kortrijk with many opportunities to explore the coast, the inland of the Belgian-French and Belgian-Dutch border regions.

Carad

G.L. Carpentier, a small Belgian electronics manufacturer located in Kuurne, near Kortrijk.

Faris McReynolds

His paintings have been shown in Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, Berlin, Padua, Antwerp, and Kortrijk including numerous solo exhibitions.

Ieper railway station

The station is near the Menin Gate and other places associated with the First World War with British and Commonwealth war graves located alongside the line from the Kortrijk direction, known as Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.

Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy

With her husband, and accompanied by the Countess of Namur, Jeanne de Harcourt, Isabella then travelled through the main territories of Burgundy: from Ghent (16 January) to Kortrijk (13 February) to Lille, and then to Brussels, Arras, Péronne-en-Mélantois, Mechelen and, by mid-March Noyon, where Isabella, now pregnant, chose to rest through the spring, only leaving when Joan of Arc led a campaign against the nearby Compiègne.

John II of Brienne, Count of Eu

John II of Brienne (d. 11 July 1302, Kortrijk) was the son of John I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Beatrice of Saint-Pol.

Joos Vincent de Vos

Some of his paintings are in the collection of the Broelmuseum in Kortrijk.

Vincent de Vos was born in Kortrijk, Belgium in 1829 to father Jan Eugene Vos a miller, and mother Marie Anne Verhaeghe.

Judith Declercq

She was also a teacher and one of the founders at 'Hoger Instituut voor Verpleegkunde' at Kortrijk, a college associated to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

After the war she continued to work as the Head of a maternity in Kortrijk.

Maurice Seynaeve

Maurice Seynaeve (Heule (near Kortrijk) Belgium, 31 January 1907 - Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires Argentina, 28 November 1998) was a Belgian Cyclo-cross rider in the years 1928-1940.

NK Pazinka

Notable players who appeared for Pazinka during this spell included Dado Pršo (later with AS Monaco and Rangers), Zoran Škerjanc (formerly of Dinamo Zagreb and Recreativo Huelva) and Damir Desnica (one of the very few deaf professional footballers, formerly with Rijeka and Kortrijk).

Pierre Flotte

He died in the Battle of the Golden Spurs which took place near Kortrijk on July 11, 1302, when the local Flemish population mounted a successful uprising against France.

Sanctuary lamp

The lamp may be suspended by a rope or chain over the tabernacle or near the entry of the sanctuary, or it may be affixed to a wall; it is also sometimes placed on a ledge beside the tabernacle or on an individual stand placed on the floor, as seen in the image of St. Martin's church, Kortrijk, Belgium, in the article Church tabernacle.

Spur

After the battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302, where the French chivalry suffered a humbling defeat, the victors hung up bushels of knights' gilt spurs in the churches of Kortrijk as trophies of what is still remembered by the Flemings as the Guldensporenslag (the battle of the golden spurs).

Urban agglomeration

The term agglomeration is also linked to conurbation, which is a more specific term for large urban clusters where the built-up zones of influence of distinct cities or towns are connected by continuous built-up development (Essen - Dortmund and others in the Rhine-Ruhr district), even in different regions, states or countries, (Lille - Kortrijk in France and Belgium).

Wevelgem

You can reach Wevelgem by car (E403 - A19 - R8 ), by boat (De Leie), by air (Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport) or by train.


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