Heist-aan-Zee

Heist-aan-Zee, Heist or Heyst, is a town in , , . It was a prominent summer beach resort in the 1890s. It had a beachfront lined with hotels and a "dike" paved walkway on a storm fender.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 13,000 residents
  • Description: section of Knokke-Heist, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Heist (West-Vlaanderen)”, “Heist am Meer”, “Heist-sur-Mer”, “Heyst”, and “Heyst-sur-Mer”
  • Postal code: 8301

Places of Interest

Highlights: Heist railway station and Sint-Antonius Abtkerk.

Railway station
Heist is a railway station in the town of , , .

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

Square
Photo: Eddydemunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Duinbergen and Zeebrugge.

Neighborhood
Photo: Koen Amatata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Village
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village on the coast of and…

Suburb
is a town in the municipality of … is situated 3½ km east of Heist-aan-Zee.

Heist-aan-Zee

Latitude
51.33744° or 51° 20′ 15″ north
Longitude
3.23998° or 3° 14′ 24″ east
Population
13,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BE HEI
Open location code
9F3586PQ+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 828136835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2796157
Wiki­data ID
Q2974907
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vlaams—“Heist-aan-Zee” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Catalan: “Heist”
  • Cebuano: “Heist”
  • Chinese: “海斯特”
  • Dutch: “Heist”
  • French: “Heist”
  • German: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • German: “Heist”
  • Hungarian: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Irish: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Italian: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Polish: “Heist (Knokke-Heist)”
  • Polish: “Heist”
  • Portuguese: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Russian: “Хейст-ан-Зе”
  • Swedish: “Heist-aan-Zee”
  • Swedish: “Heist”
  • Vlaams: “Eist”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Zeebrugge-Dorp and Seafront.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: ‘t Kasteeltje and De Garre.

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Worth a closer look: Bruges and Kortrijk.

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