Industrial city and port in East Flanders, Belgium, formerly known for its cloth industry (5)

I believe the answer is:

ghent

(Other definitions for ghent that I've seen before include "Belgian port" , "European city" , "source of good news" , "NW Belgian city" , "Belgian city (from which the "good news" was brought to Aix)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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