Zwijnaarde
Zwijnaarde is a village in the municipality of Ghent, Belgium. It is known for its fair and its Zwijntjes beer. A cluster of biotech companies is located at the Zwijnaarde science park, with biotech companies such as Innogenetics, and DevGen. In 2013 at Zwijnaarde, the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology was supervising a trial of 448 poplar trees genetically engineered to produce less lignin so that they would be more suitable for conversion into biofuels.[1]
Zwijnaarde | |
|---|---|
 Zwijnaarde within Ghent | |
| Coordinates: 51°0′02″N 3°42′58″E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Province |  |
| Municipality | Ghent |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.04 km2 (4.65 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2007) | |
| • Total | 6,822 |
| • Density | 567/km2 (1,470/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 9052 |
Different youth organisations are active in Zwijnaarde, such as Jeugdhuis Chaos, Chiro Ambo and KLJ Zwijnaarde.
Notable inhabitants
- Karel van de Woestijne (1878–1929), writer
- Gilbert Declercq (1946), painter, illustrator and comic-artist
Industry
- DOMO Group, carpet manufacturer
gollark: I'm not sure what you would do about it without scaling down beef production a lot, which would make people unhappy, since I don't really know much about how farming works at large scales.
gollark: I have heard that it's quite polluting, yes.
gollark: I mean, if you want companies to be more environment, you can just tax emissions or something.
gollark: Would you prefer they make as little as possible at maximum cost?
gollark: Ah yes, blame everything on capitalism.
References
- Hope, Alan:: "News in brief (03/04/2013)", Flanders Today, 3 April 2013, Page 2, Retrieved 27 April 2013
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