Flanders
West Flanders
Arrondissement of Veurne

Nieuwpoort

Nieuwpoort is a beach resort and medieval port on the Belgian sea coast in . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 11,600 residents
  • Description: city in West Flanders, Belgium
  • Also known as: “38016”, “Nieuport”, and “Nieuwpoort, Belgium”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include King Albert I Monument and Ganzepoot.

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The King Albert I Memorial, also named the , is a at the coastal city of Nieuwpoort. It is located right outside the old town, on the right bank of the at the lock complex .

River
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a series of locks and spillways in the inner port of Nieuwpoort, Belgium which connect one river, three water channels and two canals with the mouth of the River and the maritime port.

Lock
Photo: Frans90245, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lombardsijde and Westende.

Suburb
, also Lombartzyde, is a district in the Belgian municipality of in province, in northwestern near Nieuwpoort. Fighting occurred in and around during World War I.

Suburb
Photo: FaceMePLS, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in , one of the three regions of , and in the province of . It lies on the Belgian coast, also called the Flemish coast. It used to be the far west of the island Testerep which lay along the Belgian coast. is situated 3½ km north of Nieuwpoort.

Hamlet
Photo: Leo Van Vreckem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Nieuwpoort

Latitude
51.1294° or 51° 7′ 46″ north
Longitude
2.7517° or 2° 45′ 6″ east
Population
11,600
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F344QH2+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1651552938
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2790153
Wiki­data ID
Q623310
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Nieuwpoort” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Basque: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Belarusian: “Ньіўпарт”
  • Breton: “Nieuport”
  • Breton: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Bulgarian: “Нюпорт”
  • Catalan: “Nieuport”
  • Catalan: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Cebuano: “Nieuwpoort (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Chinese: “尼乌波尔特”
  • Chinese: “尼乌波特”
  • Chinese: “尼烏波特”
  • Czech: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Danish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Dutch: “Nieuwpoort (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Esperanto: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Faroese: “Nieuwpoort”
  • French: “Nieuport”
  • French: “Nieuwpoort”
  • German: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Hebrew: “ניופורט (בלגיה)”
  • Hebrew: “ניופורט”
  • Hungarian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Irish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Italian: “Neoporto”
  • Italian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Japanese: “ニーウポールト”
  • Kalaallisut: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Korean: “니우포르트”
  • Latin: “Neoportum”
  • Latin: “Novus Portus”
  • Limburgan: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Limburgan: “Nuujpórt”
  • Lithuanian: “Niuvportas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Macedonian: “Ниупорт”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Norwegian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nieuport”
  • Persian: “نیوپر”
  • Polish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Portuguese: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Romanian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Russian: “Ньивпорт”
  • Russian: “Ньюпорт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nieuwpoort, Belgija”
  • Silesian: “Nieuwpoort (Belgijo)”
  • Silesian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Slovak: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Spanish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Swedish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Turkish: “Nieuport”
  • Turkish: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Ukrainian: “Ніувпорт”
  • Ukrainian: “Ньївпорт”
  • Vietnamese: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Vlaams: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Vlaams: “Nieuwpôort”
  • Vlaams: “Nieuwpoorte”
  • Vlaams: “Nieuwpôorte”
  • Volapük: “Nieuport”
  • Volapük: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Walloon: “Noû-Pôrt”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nieuwpoort, Belhika”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nieuwpoort”
  • Western Frisian: “Nieuwpoort (Belgje)”
  • Western Frisian: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Zeeuws: “Nieuwpoort”
  • Zeeuws: “Nieuwpoorte”

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