Poperinge
Poperinge is a charming town in the southwest corner of the province of West Flanders, close to the French border. The town of 20,000 inhabitants is mostly known for its World War I heritage sites and captivating beer culture with many hop fields in the surrounding area.Places of Interest
Highlights include Toc H and Kasteel Couthof.
Toc H
Museum
Photo: Chielbuseyne, Public domain.
Toc H is a registered charity and an international Christian movement. The name is an abbreviation for Talbot House, "Toc" signifying the letter T in the signals spelling alphabet used by the British Army in World War I.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Proven and Watou.
Proven
Suburb
Watou
Suburb
Watou is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a district of the town of Poperinge. The village has a population of 1,900. It lies on the border with France. Watou is situated 4½ km west of Poperinge.
Poperinge
- Type: Locality with 19,700 residents
- Also known as: “33021”, “Poperinghe”, and “波珀靈厄”
- Location: Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8549° or 50° 51′ 18″ northLongitude
2.6875° or 2° 41′ 15″ eastPopulation
19,700Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
9F24VM3P+XXGeoNames ID
2788727
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Poperinge” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Poperinge”
- Breton: “Poperinge”
- Bulgarian: “Поперинге”
- Catalan: “Poperinge”
- Cebuano: “Poperinge”
- Chinese: “波珀灵厄”
- Czech: “Poperinge”
- Danish: “Poperinge”
- Dutch: “Poperinge”
- Esperanto: “Poperinge”
- French: “Poperinge”
- German: “Poperinge”
- Greek: “Ποπερίνγκε”
- Hungarian: “Poperinge”
- Irish: “Poperinge”
- Italian: “Poperinge”
- Japanese: “ポペリンゲ”
- Latin: “Poperinga”
- Limburgan: “Poperinge”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Poperinge”
- Lithuanian: “Poperingė”
- Luxembourgish: “Poperinge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poperinge”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Poperinge”
- Persian: “پپرنژ”
- Polish: “Poperinge”
- Portuguese: “Poperinge”
- Romanian: “Poperinge”
- Russian: “Поперинге”
- Slovak: “Poperinge”
- Spanish: “Poperinge”
- Swedish: “Poperinge”
- Turkish: “Poperinge”
- Urdu: “پوپرنگے”
- Vietnamese: “Poperinge”
- Vlaams: “Poperienge”
- Volapük: “Poperinge”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poperinge”
- Western Frisian: “Poperinge”
- Zeeuws: “Poperienge”
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