Zwijnaarde

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Zwijnaarde
Deelgemeente
Zwijnaarde within Ghent
Coordinates: 51°0′02″N 3°42′58″E / 51.00056°N 3.71611°E / 51.00056; 3.71611
Country	Belgium
Province	East Flanders
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

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]

Different youth organisations are active in Zwijnaarde, such as , and .

Notable inhabitants[]

• Karel van de Woestijne (1878–1929), writer
• Gilbert Declercq (1946), painter, illustrator and comic-artist

Industry[]

• DOMO Group, carpet manufacturer

References[]

Coordinates: 51°00′N 3°43′E / 51.000°N 3.717°E / 51.000; 3.717

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