West Flanders
Arrondissement of Ypres
Vleteren

Woesten

Woesten is a rural village in the municipality of province. The town is close to the city of . The centre of the city is located on a road junction of the N8 between and and the Poperingestraat to .
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  • Type: Village with 1,390 residents
  • Description: section of Vleteren, Belgium
  • Postal code: 8640

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Rectrudiskerk and Canada Farm Cemetery.

Church
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is a church.

Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cemetery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elverdinge and Zuidschote.

Village
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is a in the province of in . The village is part of the municipality of . In World War I, the village was part of the Ypres Salient, a bulge in the front lines around Ypres in WWI, created in late 1914 after the front stabilised and the Allied and German armies dug in around the town. is situated 2½ km southeast of Woesten.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Woesten.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the province of . can be reached via the N369 road in the direction of . is situated 4½ km east of Woesten.

Woesten

Latitude
50.90042° or 50° 54′ 2″ north
Longitude
2.79038° or 2° 47′ 25″ east
Population
1,390
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
9F24WQ2R+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 710737121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2783500
Wiki­data ID
Q1939661
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vlaams—“Woesten” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Woesten”
  • Catalan: “Woesten”
  • Cebuano: “Woesten”
  • Dutch: “Woesten”
  • French: “Woesten”
  • Hungarian: “Woesten”
  • Irish: “Woesten”
  • Persian: “وواستن”
  • Polish: “Woesten (Vleteren)”
  • Polish: “Woesten”
  • Russian: “Вустен”
  • Swedish: “Woesten”
  • Vlaams: “Woestn”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lizerne and Brandhoek.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Woesten Churchyard and Franse militaire begraafplaats.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Woesten”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.