Ostend

Ostend is a locality in , , and has about 69,000 residents. Ostend is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the suburb .
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  • Type: Locality with 69,000 residents
  • Description: city in Ostend municipality, Belgium
  • Also known as: Oostende
  • Postal code: 8400

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oostende Railway Station and Mercator.

Railway station
is a railway station in , , Belgium. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Museum
is a steel-hulled barquentine built in 1932 as a training ship for the Belgian merchant fleet. She was named after Gerardus , a Belgian cartographer.

Museum
The is a museum in , Belgium, specializing in Belgian art from 1830 onwards. It was created in 2008 by the fusion of the former Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst and the Museum voor Schone Kunsten Oostende, both located in Ostend.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bredene and Zandvoorde.

Town
is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality only comprises the town of proper. On 1 January 2006, had a total population of 15,118. is situated 4 km northeast of Ostend.

Suburb
is a suburb, which is situated 4 km southeast of Ostend.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of Ostend.

Ostend

Latitude
51.2155° or 51° 12′ 56″ north
Longitude
2.927° or 2° 55′ 37″ east
Population
69,000
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
OST
United Nations Location Code
BE OST
Open location code
9F346W8G+6Q
Geo­Names ID
2789786
Wiki­data ID
Q21766156
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Walloon—“Ostend” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ostend
  • Breton: Oostende
  • Bulgarian: Остенде
  • Catalan: Oostende
  • Cebuano: Oostende (parokya sa Belhika)
  • Cebuano: Ostend
  • Chechen: Остенде
  • Chinese: 奥斯滕德
  • Czech: Ostende
  • Danish: Ostende
  • Dutch: Oostende
  • Esperanto: Ostendo
  • Finnish: Oostende
  • French: Oostende
  • French: Ostende
  • German: Oostende
  • German: Ostende
  • Greek: Οστένδη
  • Hebrew: אוסטנדה
  • Irish: Ostend
  • Italian: Ostend
  • Italian: Ostenda
  • Japanese: オーステンデ
  • Korean: 오스텐더
  • Latin: Ostenda
  • Latin: Ostium
  • Lithuanian: Ostendė
  • Low German: Oostenn
  • Luxembourgish: Oostende
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Oostende
  • Norwegian: Oostende
  • Persian: اوستنده
  • Polish: Ostenda
  • Portuguese: Oostende
  • Portuguese: Ostende
  • Russian: Остенде
  • Serbian: Остенде
  • Spanish: Ostende
  • Swedish: Oostende (kommun i Belgien)
  • Swedish: Oostende
  • Tamil: ஆஸ்டெண்ட்
  • Ukrainian: Остенде
  • Vlaams: Ostende
  • Walloon: Ostinde

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