Wulpen
Wulpen is a village in the municipality of Koksijde in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The village can be reached via the N39. Until 1970, Wulpen was an independent municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 477 residents
- Description: section of Koksijde, Belgium
- Also known as: “Wulpen, Belgium”
- Postal code: 8670
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sint-Willibrorduskerk and Wulpen Churchyard.
Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal
Canal
Photo: Frans90245, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal is a canal which links the Belgian coastal town of Nieuwpoort with the French port Dunkirk. The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal forms an extension of the Plassendale–Nieuwpoort Canal, and runs for 32 kilometres pretty much parallel to the coast line, within two to four kilometers from the sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oostduinkerke and Oostduinkerke-Bad.
Oostduinkerke
Village
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oostduinkerke is a place on the southern west coast of Belgium, located in the province of West Flanders. Once a municipality of its own, Oostduinkerke now is a sub-municipality in the municipality of Koksijde.
Oostduinkerke-Bad
Hamlet
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oostduinkerke-Bad is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northwest of Wulpen.
Veurne
Town
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Veurne is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Veurne proper and the settlements of Avekapelle, Booitshoeke, Bulskamp, De Moeren, Eggewaartskapelle, Houtem, Steenkerke, Vinkem, Wulveringem, and Zoutenaaie. Veurne is situated 4 km southwest of Wulpen.
Wulpen
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Koksijde, Arrondissement of Veurne, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.10132° or 51° 6′ 5″ northLongitude
2.69932° or 2° 41′ 58″ eastPopulation
477Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE WLPOpen location code
9F344M2X+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 720864324OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Vlaams—“Wulpen” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Wulpen”
- Dutch: “Wulpen (Belgie)”
- Dutch: “Wulpen”
- Estonian: “Wulpen”
- French: “Wulpen”
- Hungarian: “Wulpen”
- Irish: “Wulpen”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ulpe”
- Polish: “Wulpen (Koksijde)”
- Polish: “Wulpen”
- Russian: “Вюлпен”
- Vlaams: “Wulpen”
- Vlaams: “Wulpn”
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