Afgraving

Afgraving is a lake in Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders. Afgraving is situated nearby to the village Drongen, as well as near the locality Assels.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of the Counts and Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen.

Castle of the Counts

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium. The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353.

Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen

Nature reserve

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen is a nature reserve on the outskirts of the Belgian city of Ghent. It lies mainly in the district of Mariakerke and covers 230 hectares.

Blaarmeersen

Park

Photo: Yvesn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blaarmeersen is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Martens-Latem and Wondelgem.

Sint-Martens-Latem

Photo: PersianDutchNetwork, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sint-Martens-Latem is a village just southwest of the regional capital Ghent in East Flanders, Belgium.

Wondelgem

Village

Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wondelgem is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.

Mariakerke is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent.

Afgraving

Type: Lake (intermittent)
Category: body of water
Location: Ghent, Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.0592° or 51° 3′ 33″ north

Longitude

3.6683° or 3° 40′ 6″ east

Open location code

9F353M59+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 586654491

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

OpenStreetMap attribute

intermittent=yes

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