Tienen (French: Tirlemont) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Tienen proper and the towns of Bost, Goetsenhoven, Hakendover, Kumtich, Oorbeek, Oplinter, Sint-Margriete-Houtem and Vissenaken. On January 1, 2005 Tienen had a total population of 31,746. The total area is 71.77 km² which gives a population density of 442.35 inhabitants per km². A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming)) has two main designations: a geographical region in the north of Belgium, corresponding to the Flemish Region, a consituent part of the federal Belgian state. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Tienen is known in Belgium as the center of sugar production, and the huge sugar distillation factory dominates the view of the town. Magnified view of refined sugar crystals. ...
Tienen is also well known for its summer rock festival Suikerrock.
The municipality comprises the city of Tienen proper and the towns of Bost[?], Goetsenhoven[?], Hakendover[?], Kumtich[?], Oorbeek[?], Oplinter[?], Sint-Margriete-Houtem[?] and Vissenaken[?].
On January 1st, 2000 Tienen had a total population of 31,479 (15,246 males and 16,233 females).
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