West Flanders
Arrondissement of Veurne
Alveringem

Sint-Rijkers

Sint-Rijkers is a village in the Belgian province of and is a submunicipality of . It was an independent municipality until 1970.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 110 residents
  • Description: section of Alveringem, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Saint-Ricquiers”
  • Postal code: 8690

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hoogstade Belgian Military Cemetery and Beauvoorde Castle.

Cemetery
Photo: Geertivp, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in , which since 1977 has been part of the municipality of , , . The first identified owner of the castle, in 1408, was Jan de Valuwe. is situated 3½ km northwest of Sint-Rijkers.

Church
Photo: MADe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoogstade and Gijverinkhove.

Village
is a village in the province of . Administratively, it is a sub-municipality of Groot-Alveringem within the municipality of .

Hamlet
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Belgian province of and is a submunicipality of . It was an independent municipality until 1970. It is 391 ha and has 369 inhabitants.

Village
is a village in the province of . Since a fusion in the seventies it belongs now to the larger agglomeration of .

Sint-Rijkers

Latitude
50.99452° or 50° 59′ 40″ north
Longitude
2.68814° or 2° 41′ 17″ east
Population
110
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9F24XMVQ+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 720872188
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2786552
Wiki­data ID
Q2015084
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vlaams—“Sint-Rijkers” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Sint-Rijkers”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Rijkers”
  • Estonian: “Sint-Rijkers”
  • French: “Saint-Riquiers”
  • Hungarian: “Sint-Rijkers”
  • Irish: “Sint-Rijkers”
  • Polish: “Sint-Rijkers”
  • Vlaams: “Sint-Rykers”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hoogstade Churchyard and Sint-Pieterskerk.

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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 “Sint-Rijkers”. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.