surface: +38,6%
The heart of Deinze houses 85% of the entire shopping space
Deinze has 8 super markets
Number of liberal professions: 186
Markets: Deinze has two weekly markets with over 142 stands (which is fairly big for general markets): Deinze + Petegem
Deinze's poultry market is famous in Belgium and abroad. Every Wednesday, the National Price Committee of the Live Poultry and Rabbit Stock fixes the suggested prices for the entire European market.
INDUSTRY :
Deinze has 4 clearly defined industrial zones (211 ha) and 7 industrial concentrations.
Number of small and medium-sized companies: 1,155
Number of retail stores: 1,200
Jobs: about 10,000
Increase of the working population over the last 5 years: 17%.
CULTURE :
The "Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek" has the most important collection of works of art by most artists from the East Flemish Leie area, and, more specifically, the school of Latem.
Seven theatre companies stage several hundred performances a year.
Music plays a major part in Deinze with 1,200 students in the music academy and 500 students in a private school (Piens Music Education).
The most famous concert hall, "De Brielpoort", attracts thousands of music lovers. Legendary bands, such as Level 42, Dire Straits, U2, Simple Minds, The Cure, AC/DC, Scorpions,... used to kick off the European leg of their tours in Deinze.
The Koninklijke Harmonie St.-Cecilia is a music association that is more than 150 years of age.
Several bands and ensembles (both classical and pop) are based in Deinze.
The city has a "major-third carillon" with 48 bells. Carillon concerts take place on a regular basis.
In no time, the 2nd-division football (soccer) club SK-Deinze has managed to become a major player on the Belgian football stage.
SITES:
Ooidonk castle, one of Belgium's most beautiful castles, is often described as a perfect example of the 16th-century Flemish-Hispanic construction school. Ooidonk castles proudly, severely, and majestically rises above one of the Leie bends.
The nature and recreational park, "De Brielmeersen", is 40 hectares and provides full sport accommodation: the Burgemeester Van De Wiele stadium with 4 training ground, the athletics stadium with eight lanes and all facilities for various disciplines, a jumping ground, play areas, aquariums, swamp biotope, minigolf, a pond, a marina, as well as a school wood.
ONDERWIJS :
Deinze is a real educational center.
7,235 pupils each day flock to Deinze.
SPORT :
Deinze proudly bears the label of "sport town".
The Palaestra sport complex is paradise to anyone actively involved in sport.
This complex contains a swimming pool, a hall, basketball, tennis, volleyball, handball and mini-football.
Deinze, a town where you want to live and where investing makes sense.
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