Town of E Flanders, W Belgium, on the river
Scheldt, 28 km/18 mi SSW of Ghent; population
(1982) 27,200. It is a centre of
tapestry-making and carpet-weaving.
Oudenaarde was the site of the victory by the
British, Dutch, and Austrians over the French
in 1708 during the War of the Spanish
Succession.