Poperinge
Poperinge is a charming town in the southwest corner of the province of West Flanders, close to the French border. The town of 20,000 inhabitants is mostly known for its World War I heritage sites and captivating beer culture with many hop fields in the surrounding area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Toïlev, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Toc H and Musée du Houblon Poperinge.
Toc H
Museum
Photo: Chielbuseyne, Public domain.
Toc H is a registered charity and an international Christian movement. The name is an abbreviation for Talbot House, "Toc" signifying the letter T in the signals spelling alphabet used by the British Army in World War I.
Musée du Houblon Poperinge
Museum
Photo: Dirk Van Esbroeck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Musée du Houblon Poperinge is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brandhoek.
Brandhoek
Hamlet
Brandhoek is a small hamlet in Belgium situated between Ypres, Vlamertinge and Poperinge just off the N308/N38. Brandhoek was used as a Field Ambulance and Casualty Clearing Station during World War I and contains three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries:… Brandhoek is situated 4½ km east of Poperinge.
Poperinge
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.8557° or 50° 51′ 20″ northLongitude
2.7265° or 2° 43′ 35″ eastPopulation
19,900Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE POPOpen location code
9F24VP4G+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 79430297OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Poperinge” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Poperinge”
- Breton: “Poperinge”
- Bulgarian: “Поперинге”
- Catalan: “Poperinge”
- Cebuano: “Poperinge”
- Chinese: “波珀灵厄”
- Chinese: “波珀靈厄”
- Czech: “Poperinge”
- Danish: “Poperinge”
- Dutch: “Poperinge”
- Esperanto: “Poperinge”
- French: “Poperinge”
- French: “Poperinghe”
- French: “Poperingue”
- German: “Poperinge”
- Greek: “Ποπερίνγκε”
- Hungarian: “Poperinge”
- Irish: “Poperinge”
- Italian: “Poperinge”
- Japanese: “ポペリンゲ”
- Latin: “Poperinga”
- Limburgan: “Poperinge”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Poperinge”
- Lithuanian: “Poperingė”
- Luxembourgish: “Poperinge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Poperinge”
- Norwegian: “Poperinge”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Poperinge”
- Persian: “پپرنژ”
- Polish: “Poperinge”
- Portuguese: “Poperinge”
- Romanian: “Poperinge”
- Russian: “Поперинге”
- Slovak: “Poperinge”
- Slovenian: “Poperinge”
- Spanish: “Poperinge”
- Spanish: “Poperinghe”
- Swedish: “Poperinge”
- Turkish: “Poperinge”
- Urdu: “پوپرنگے”
- Vietnamese: “Poperinge”
- Vlaams: “Poperienge”
- Vlaams: “Poperinge”
- Volapük: “Poperinge”
- Waray (Philippines): “Poperinge”
- Western Frisian: “Poperinge”
- Zeeuws: “Poperienge”
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