Oostakker
Oostakker is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 7,890 residents
- Description: section of Ghent, Belgium
- Also known as: “Oostacker”
- Postal code: 9041
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sint-Amanduskerk and Oostakker Basilica.
Oostakker Basilica
Church
Photo: Lucien47, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic church at Oostakker, near Ghent in Belgium. Built in neogothic style at the end of the XIXe century it is the most important centre of Marian pilgrimage in Flanders.
Volvo Car Gent
Industrial building
Volvo Car Gent is an automobile manufacturer located in the Port of Ghent in western Belgium. By about 2013 the Ghent plant had become the Volvo plant manufacturing most cars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Desteldonk and Meulestede.
Desteldonk
Village
Photo: Friedrich Tellberg, CC BY 2.5.
Desteldonk is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1965. Desteldonk is situated 2½ km northeast of Oostakker.
Meulestede
Neighborhood
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meulestede is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km southwest of Oostakker.
Oude Bareel
Neighborhood
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oude Bareel is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km south of Oostakker.
Oostakker
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Ghent, Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.1002° or 51° 6′ 1″ northLongitude
3.76441° or 3° 45′ 52″ eastPopulation
7,890Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE OOSOpen location code
9F354Q27+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 2428584430OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
Discover Oostakker from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Vlaams—“Oostakker” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Остакер”
- Catalan: “Oostakker”
- Cebuano: “Oostakker”
- Chinese: “奥斯塔克”
- Dutch: “Oostakker”
- French: “Oostakker”
- Hungarian: “Oostakker”
- Irish: “Oostakker”
- Italian: “Oostakker”
- Japanese: “オーストッケル”
- Persian: “اوستکر”
- Polish: “Oostakker”
- Russian: “Остаккер”
- Scots: “Oostakker”
- Spanish: “Oostakker”
- Swedish: “Oostakker”
- Vlaams: “Ôostakker”
- “Oostakker”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dorpsplein and Dienstencentrum Oostakker.
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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 “Oostakker”. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.