Koksijde
Koksijde is a sea resort in West Flanders. It consists of Koksijde section, the seaside resort of Oostduinkerke and the rural village of Wulpen. In 2018, it had 22,000 permanent residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal and Koksijde Air Base.
Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal
Canal
Photo: Frans90245, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal is a canal which links the Belgian coastal town of Nieuwpoort with the French port Dunkirk. The Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal forms an extension of the Plassendale–Nieuwpoort Canal, and runs for 32 kilometres pretty much parallel to the coast line, within two to four kilometers from the sea.
Koksijde Air Base
Aerodrome
Photo: Vdkdaan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian Air Component facility in Koksijde, 1 nautical mile north northwest of Veurne, Belgium. 40 Squadron, historically operating 5 Westland Sea King Mk.48 helicopters for search and rescue duties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieuwpoort and Veurne.
Nieuwpoort
Nieuwpoort is a beach resort and medieval port on the Belgian sea coast in West Flanders. Nieuwpoort consists out of two centres: the old medieval centre, with small houses and cobblestone streets, and the coastal centre, comparable to the neighbouring coastal cities: a sandy beach and lots of apartments.
Veurne
Town
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veurne is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Veurne proper and the settlements of Avekapelle, Booitshoeke, Bulskamp, De Moeren, Eggewaartskapelle, Houtem, Steenkerke, Vinkem, Wulveringem, and Zoutenaaie. Veurne is situated 4½ km south of Koksijde.
Koksijde
- Type: Locality with 21,900 residents
- Also known as: “38014” and “科克賽德”
- Location: Arrondissement of Veurne, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.1117° or 51° 6′ 42″ northLongitude
2.6852° or 2° 41′ 7″ eastPopulation
21,900Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9F344M6P+M3GeoNames ID
2794167
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Koksijde” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Koksijde”
- Breton: “Koksijde”
- Bulgarian: “Коксейде”
- Catalan: “Koksijde”
- Cebuano: “Koksijde”
- Chinese: “科克赛德”
- Danish: “Koksijde”
- Dutch: “Koksijde”
- Esperanto: “Koksijde”
- Estonian: “Koksijde”
- French: “Coxyde”
- French: “Koksijde”
- German: “Koksijde”
- Hebrew: “קוקזידה”
- Hungarian: “Koksijde”
- Irish: “Koksijde”
- Italian: “Koksijde”
- Japanese: “コクスアイデ”
- Korean: “콕세이더”
- Latin: “Coxida”
- Latvian: “Kokseide”
- Limburgan: “Koksijde”
- Lithuanian: “Koksijdė”
- Luxembourgish: “Koksijde”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Koksijde”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Coxyde”
- Persian: “کوکسیژد”
- Polish: “Koksijde”
- Portuguese: “Koksijde”
- Romanian: “Koksijde”
- Russian: “Коксейде”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Koksijde”
- Slovak: “Koksijde”
- Spanish: “Koksijde”
- Swedish: “Koksijde”
- Turkish: “Koksijde”
- Vietnamese: “Koksijde”
- Vlaams: “Koksyde”
- Volapük: “Koksijde”
- Walloon: “Koksijde”
- Waray (Philippines): “Koksijde”
- Western Frisian: “Koksijde”
- Zeeuws: “Koksijde”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Koksijde”. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 2.5.