Yser
The Yser is a river that rises in French Flanders, enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in northern France and Belgium
- Also known as: “De IJzer”, “IJzeri jõgi”, “Isara”, “L’Yser”, “Riu IJzer”, “Ysara”, “Ysera”, “Yseri jõgi”, “Υζέρ”, and “イセル川”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Nieuwpoort Lighthouse and Sint-Bernarduskerk.
King Albert I Monument
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieuwpoort-Bad and Lombardsijde.
Westende
Village
Westende is a town in Flanders, one of the three… Westende is situated 3½ km east of Yser.
Yser
- Categories: river, coastal river, and body of water
- Location: Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.15351° or 51° 9′ 13″ north
Longitude
2.72246° or 2° 43′ 21″ east
Open location code
9F345P3C+CX
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Yser” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Yser”
- Basque: “Yser”
- Belarusian: “Ізер”
- Belarusian: “Ізэр”
- Breton: “Ijzer”
- Breton: “IJzer”
- Bulgarian: “Йсер”
- Catalan: “IJzer”
- Cebuano: “Yser”
- Chinese: “艾泽尔河”
- Czech: “Yser”
- Danish: “Yser”
- Dutch: “IJzer”
- Dutch: “IJzer”
- Esperanto: “Izero”
- Estonian: “Yser”
- Finnish: “Yser”
- French: “Yser”
- Georgian: “იზერი”
- German: “Yser”
- Greek: “Έιζερ”
- Hungarian: “Yser”
- Indonesian: “Yser”
- Irish: “Yser”
- Italian: “Yser”
- Japanese: “イーゼル川”
- Korean: “이제르강”
- Ladin: “Yser”
- Latin: “Isera”
- Latvian: “Eizera”
- Limburgan: “IJzer”
- Lithuanian: “Izeras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yser”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yser”
- Norwegian: “Yser”
- Persian: “رود ایزر”
- Picard: “Yser”
- Polish: “IJzer”
- Portuguese: “Rio Yser”
- Russian: “Изер”
- Serbian: “Изер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Yser”
- Slovak: “Yser”
- Slovenian: “Yser”
- Spanish: “río Yser”
- Spanish: “Río Yser”
- Swahili: “Mto Yser”
- Swedish: “Yser”
- Ukrainian: “Ізер”
- Venetian: “Fiume Yser”
- Vlaams: “Yzer”
- Walloon: “Izer”
- Western Frisian: “Izer”
- Yue Chinese: “艾澤爾河”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Groenendijk and Lombardsijde-Bad.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Groenendijk Strand and Nieuwpoort–Dunkirk Canal.
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