Middelkerke
Middelkerke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend. The municipality comprises the villages of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle, Slijpe, Westende and Wilskerke.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Walraversijde and Ostend–Bruges International Airport.
Walraversijde
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walraversijde is an abandoned medieval fishing village on the Belgian coast, near Ostend. It was rediscovered in 1992 in a dune area, near a medieval dyke.
Ostend–Bruges International Airport
Aerodrome
Ostend–Bruges International Airport, commonly known simply as Ostend Airport, is an international airport located 2.7 nautical miles south southwest of Ostend, Belgium, near the coast and about 25 km from central Bruges. Ostend–Bruges International Airport is situated 4 km northeast of Middelkerke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westende and Wilskerke.
Westende
Suburb
Westende is a town in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It lies on the Belgian coast, also called the Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast. Westende is situated 5 km southwest of Middelkerke.
Wilskerke
Suburb
Wilskerke is a small rural village in Belgium, situated in de Polder region, about 1.5 km from the coastline. In 1977, it became a part of the municipality of Middelkerke.
Leffinge
Suburb
Leffinge, sometimes Leffingen in English, is a historic village in Belgium, now part of the municipality of Middelkerke, province of West Flanders. Leffinge is situated 4 km east of Middelkerke.
Middelkerke
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.1865° or 51° 11′ 11″ northLongitude
2.823° or 2° 49′ 23″ eastPopulation
19,300Open location code
9F345RPF+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 79374941OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Middelkerke” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدلكركه”
- Armenian: “Միդդելքերքե”
- Basque: “Middelkerke”
- Breton: “Middelkerke”
- Bulgarian: “Миделкерке”
- Catalan: “Middelkerke”
- Cebuano: “Middelkerke (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Middelkerke”
- Chinese: “米德尔凯尔克”
- Chinese: “米德爾凱爾克”
- Dutch: “Middelkerke”
- Esperanto: “Middelkerke”
- Estonian: “Middelkerke”
- French: “Middelkerke”
- German: “Middelkerke-Slijpe”
- German: “Middelkerke”
- Hungarian: “Middelkerke”
- Irish: “Middelkerke”
- Italian: “Middelkerke”
- Japanese: “ミッデルケルケ”
- Latin: “Middelkerkae”
- Limburgan: “Middelkerke”
- Lithuanian: “Midelkerkė”
- Low German: “Middelkerke”
- Luxembourgish: “Middelkerke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Middelkerke”
- Norwegian: “Middelkerke”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Middelkerke”
- Persian: “میدلکرک”
- Polish: “Middelkerke”
- Portuguese: “Middelkerke”
- Romanian: “Middelkerke”
- Russian: “Мидделкерке”
- Silesian: “Middelkerke”
- Slovak: “Middelkerke”
- Spanish: “Middelkerke”
- Swedish: “Middelkerke (kommun i Belgien)”
- Swedish: “Middelkerke”
- Turkish: “Middelkerke”
- Vietnamese: “Middelkerke”
- Vlaams: “Middelkerke”
- Volapük: “Middelkerke”
- Walloon: “Middelkerke”
- Waray (Philippines): “Middelkerke”
- Zeeuws: “Middelkerke”
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