Arrondissement of Ypres

The Arrondissement of Ypres is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of , . It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement.
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  • Type: Locality with 106,000 residents
  • Description: 1 of 43 administrative arrondissements of Belgium
  • Also known as: “Ypres”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Martin’s Church and In Flanders Fields Museum.

Church
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St Martin's Church, also called St Martin's Cathedral, is a church and former cathedral in the city of . It was a cathedral and the seat of the former diocese of Ypres from 1561 to 1801, and is still commonly referred to as such.

Museum
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The is a museum in , , dedicated to the study of the First World War. It occupies the second floor of the Cloth Hall on the market square in the city centre.

Church
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Saint George's Memorial Church, , , was built to commemorate over 500,000 British and Commonwealth troops, who had died in the three battles fought for the Ypres Salient, during World War I.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ypres and Vlamertinge.

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is a friendly town of 35,000 inhabitants in endowed with wonderful architecture and a troubled past. is best known as the site of three major battles of the First World War, the most famous being the Battle of Passchendaele from July to November 1917.

Village
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is a village in the province of and a borough of the city of . The village centre of lies just outside the city centre of , along the main road N38 to the nearby town of .

Village
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is a village in the province of in Belgium. It is a former municipality which is now part of . is situated 4½ km southeast of Arrondissement of Ypres.

Arrondissement of Ypres

Latitude
50.85° or 50° 51′ north
Longitude
2.8667° or 2° 52′ east
Population
106,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
9F24RVX8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2795099
Wiki­data ID
Q91450
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vlaams—“Arrondissement of Ypres” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Իպրես”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Іпр”
  • Belarusian: “Іпр (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Іпр”
  • Breton: “Arondisamant Ieper”
  • Bulgarian: “Ипер”
  • Catalan: “districte d’Ieper”
  • Cebuano: “Arrondissement Ieper”
  • Chinese: “伊珀尔区”
  • Czech: “Arrondissement Ypry”
  • Dutch: “Arrondissement Ieper”
  • Dutch: “Ieper”
  • Estonian: “Ieperi ringkond”
  • French: “arrondissement administratif d’Ypres”
  • French: “Arrondissement administratif d’Ypres”
  • French: “Arrondissement d’Ypres”
  • French: “Ypres”
  • German: “Arrondissement Ypern”
  • German: “Bezirk Ypern”
  • German: “Ypern”
  • Irish: “Arrondissement Ypres”
  • Italian: “Arrondissement di Ypres”
  • Japanese: “イーペル行政区”
  • Latin: “Circumdarium administrativum Yprense”
  • Limburgan: “Ieper”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Ypres”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ایپر”
  • Polish: “Ieper (okręg)”
  • Polish: “Ieper”
  • Russian: “Ипр”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ypres (arondisman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ypres”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Ypres”
  • Spanish: “Arrondissement de Ypres”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Ypres”
  • Swedish: “Arrondissement Ieper”
  • Turkish: “Arrondissement Ieper”
  • Ukrainian: “Іпер (округ)”
  • Ukrainian: “Іпер”
  • Urdu: “ایپر کا ارونڈسمینٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Huyện Ypres”
  • Vietnamese: “Ypres”
  • Vlaams: “Arroundissement Yper”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke and Kemmelberg.

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