Flanders
West Flanders
Arrondissement of Ostend

Gistel

Gistel is a municipality and city located in the province of . Following local government boundary reforms in 1971 and 1977, the municipality has comprised not only Gistel, but also the towns of , Snaaskerke and Zevekote.
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  • Type: Town with 12,200 residents
  • Description: city in West Flanders, Belgium
  • Also known as: “35005”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ten Putte Abbey and Kasteel Montjoie.

Monastery
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY 2.5.
is a monastery with an abbey in Gistel, roughly 8 km to the south of , in the western part of . It was built to mark the spot where, in 1070, Saint Godelina was murdered by strangulation and then thrown into a pond.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a castle.

Church
Photo: Celine Vanhulle, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oudenburg and Moere.

Town
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality and city located in the province of . The municipality comprises the city of itself and the towns of Ettelgem, Roksem and Westkerke. is situated 4½ km northeast of Gistel.

Village
is a small village located within the municipality of Gistel in , . The village gained some fame when American singer Marvin Gaye moved there for several months in the early 1980s. is situated 3½ km south of Gistel.

Village
Photo: Treehill, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Gistel

Latitude
51.1543° or 51° 9′ 15″ north
Longitude
2.9615° or 2° 57′ 42″ east
Population
12,200
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F345X36+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 64810524
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2797518
Wiki­data ID
Q815948
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Gistel” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gistel”
  • Breton: “Gistel”
  • Bulgarian: “Гистел”
  • Catalan: “Gistel”
  • Cebuano: “Gistel (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Gistel”
  • Chinese: “希斯特尔”
  • Chinese: “希斯特爾”
  • Danish: “Gistel”
  • Dutch: “Gistel”
  • Esperanto: “Gistel”
  • Estonian: “Gistel”
  • French: “Ghistelles”
  • French: “Gistel”
  • German: “Gistel”
  • Hebrew: “חיסטל”
  • Hungarian: “Gistel”
  • Indonesian: “Gistel”
  • Irish: “Gistel”
  • Italian: “Gistel”
  • Japanese: “ギステル”
  • Latin: “Gistella”
  • Limburgan: “Gistel”
  • Lithuanian: “Gistelis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gistel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gistel”
  • Norwegian: “Gistel”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gistel”
  • Persian: “ژیستل”
  • Polish: “Gistel”
  • Portuguese: “Gistel”
  • Romanian: “Gistel”
  • Russian: “Гистел”
  • Russian: “Жистел”
  • Slovak: “Gistel”
  • Spanish: “Gistel”
  • Swedish: “Gistel (kommun i Belgien)”
  • Swedish: “Gistel”
  • Turkish: “Gistel”
  • Vlaams: “Gistel”
  • Volapük: “Gistel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gistel”
  • Western Frisian: “Gistel”
  • Zeeuws: “Gistel”
  • “Gistel”

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