West Flanders
Arrondissement of Ostend
Gistel

Moere

Moere is a small village located within the municipality of in , . The village gained some fame when American singer Marvin Gaye moved there for several months in the early 1980s.
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  • Type: Village with 1,200 residents
  • Description: section of Gistel, Belgium
  • Postal code: 8470

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Niklaaskerk and ‘Flowers against forgetting’ Memorial.

Church
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY 2.5.
is a church.

Photo: JuFo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: foundin a attic, CC BY 2.0.
, also known as Lange Max, was the world's biggest gun in 1917, during World War I. The German gun was of type 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" and had a modified design by Krupp compared to earlier German 38 cm gun types.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zande and Koekelare.

Village
is a town in , , .

Village
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is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the towns of , proper and Zande. is situated 4 km southeast of Moere.

Village
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is a municipality located in the province of 15 km southwest of . The municipality comprises the towns of , and proper. is situated 5 km southeast of Moere.

Moere

Latitude
51.12128° or 51° 7′ 17″ north
Longitude
2.95628° or 2° 57′ 23″ east
Population
1,200
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F344XC4+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 715313305
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2791111
Wiki­data ID
Q2041206
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vlaams—“Moere” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Moere”
  • Catalan: “Moere”
  • Cebuano: “Moere”
  • Dutch: “Moere”
  • Estonian: “Moere”
  • French: “Moere”
  • Hungarian: “Moere”
  • Irish: “Moere”
  • Polish: “Moere”
  • Russian: “Муре”
  • Spanish: “Moere”
  • Swedish: “Moere”
  • Uzbek: “Mouret (Belgiya)”
  • Vlaams: “Moere”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cultureel Centrum Moere and Hovaeremolen, Koekelare.

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