Tongeren (bel)

Tongeren

Tongeren ranks 2,980th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sudan, Kamianske, and Worksop. Memorable people born in Tongeren include Robert Cailliau, Lutgardis, and Freddy Loix. Memorable people who died in Tongeren include Maternus of Cologne. Tongeren has been the birth place of many athletes, and inventors and the death place of many religious figures. Tongeren is located in Belgium.

Tongeren is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital within the country's borders. As a Roman city, it was inhabited by the Tungri, and known as Atuatuca Tungrorum, it was the administrative centre of the Civitas Tungrorum district. Read more on Wikipedia