After 1500 AD Ghent had over 170,000 inhabitants .
Shortly after 1500 AD the city were home to 175,000 people.  ? id=jTEDAAAAYAAJ & pg=PA178 & dq=flemish+cities+in+1500+century+200,000+people & hl=da & sa=X & ei=7JJNU4DGMpLb7Aaz2YHICw & ved=0CFwQ6AEwBg # v=onepage & q=flemish % 20cities % 20in % 201500 % 20century % 20200 % 2C000 % 20people & f=false Today it is a busy city with a port and a university .
Ghent