Kortrijk (in
English also
Courtrai or
Courtray; official name in
Dutch:
Kortrijk, ;
West Flemish:
Kortryk or
Kortrik, , ; ) is a Belgian
city and
municipality located in the
Flemish province West Flanders. It is the capital and largest city of the
arrondissement of Kortrijk, which is both a judicial and an administrative
arrondissement. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the villages of
Aalbeke,
Bellegem,
Bissegem,
Heule,
Kooigem,
Marke, and
Rollegem. Kortrijk is part of the cross-border
Eurometropolis Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai (metropolitan area), which had 2,155,161 residents in 2008.