West Flanders
Arrondissement of Ostend
Middelkerke

Westende

Westende is a town in , one of the three regions of , and in the province of . It lies on the Belgian coast, also called the Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,520 residents
  • Description: section of Middelkerke, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Westende-Baden” and “Westende-Bains”
  • Postal code: 8434
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Laurentiuskerk and Villa Les Zéphyrs Westende.

Church
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is a church.

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lombardsijde and Nieuwpoort.

Suburb
, also Lombartzyde, is a district in the Belgian municipality of in province, in northwestern near . Fighting occurred in and around during World War I.

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is a beach resort and medieval port on the Belgian sea coast in . consists out of two centres: the old medieval centre, with small houses and cobblestone streets, and the coastal centre, comparable to the neighbouring coastal cities: a sandy beach and lots of apartments.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Westende.

Westende

Latitude
51.1594° or 51° 9′ 34″ north
Longitude
2.76872° or 2° 46′ 7″ east
Population
5,520
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9F345Q59+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 35129925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2783805
Wiki­data ID
Q1244401
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vlaams—“Westende” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Westende”
  • Chinese: “威斯田德”
  • Chinese: “韦斯滕德”
  • Czech: “Westende”
  • Dutch: “Westende”
  • French: “Westende”
  • German: “Westende”
  • Hungarian: “Westende”
  • Irish: “Westende”
  • Japanese: “ウェステンデ”
  • Latin: “Vestenda”
  • Latin: “Westende”
  • Persian: “وستاند”
  • Polish: “Westende”
  • Russian: “Вестенде”
  • Spanish: “Westende”
  • Vlaams: “Westende”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Voormalig Gemeentehuis and Trefpunt Westende.

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