Ypres
Ypres is a friendly town of 35,000 inhabitants in Flanders endowed with wonderful architecture and a troubled past. Ypres is best known as the site of three major battles of the First World War, the most famous being the Battle of Passchendaele from July to November 1917.
- Town with about 35,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
- Description: city in West Flanders, Belgium
- Postal code: 8900
- Also known as“Ieper”“leper”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Discover Saint Martin’s Church and In Flanders Fields Museum.
Saint Martin’s Church
St Martin's Church, also called St Martin's Cathedral…
In Flanders Fields Museum
The In Flanders Fields Museum is a museum in Ypres…
Saint George’s Memorial Church
Saint George's Memorial Church, Ypres, Belgium, was…
Villages in the Area
Discover Zillebeke and Voormezele.
Zillebeke
Zillebeke is a village in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium.
Vlamertinge
Vlamertinge is a village in the Belgian province…
4½ km west of Ypres
Ypres
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Latitude
50.8522° or 50° 51′ 8″ north
Longitude
2.8846° or 2° 53′ 5″ east
UN/LOCODE
BE IPR
Open location code
9F24VV2M+VR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Ypres” goes by many names.
IeperAfrikaans
يبرArabic
ԻպրArmenian
legenardunBasque
soraioBasque
YpresBasque
ІпрBelarusian
IeperBreton
YpresBreton
ИперBulgarian
ИпрBulgarian
ИпърBulgarian
IeperCatalan
YpresCatalan
IeperCebuano
Ieper (kapital sa munisipyo)Cebuano
ئیپرCentral Kurdish
伊佩尔Chinese
伊佩爾Chinese
伊普尔Chinese
伊珀尔Chinese
伊珀爾Chinese
YpresCroatian
YperCzech
YpresCzech
YpryCzech
IeperDanish
YpresDanish
IeperDutch
IeperenDutch
YpresDutch
يبرEgyptian Arabic
IeperEsperanto
IproEsperanto
IeperEstonian
Ieperi valdEstonian
YpernEstonian
YpresEstonian
IeperFinnish
YpresFinnish
IeperGalician
YpresGalician
იპრიGeorgian
ΙπρGreek
ΥπρGreek
איפרHebrew
ייפרHebrew
ईप्रHindi
YpresHungarian
YpresIdo
IeperIndonesian
YpresIrish
IeperItalian
YpresItalian
イープルJapanese
イーペルJapanese
ИпрKirghiz
이퍼르Korean
HyperaLatin
HypraeLatin
IeperLatin
IpraeLatin
IpretumLatin
YperaLatin
YpraLatin
YpresLatin
YpretumLatin
IpraLatvian
IeperLimburgan
IprasLithuanian
YprasLithuanian
IeperLombard
YpresLombard
IeperLow German
YpernLow German
IeperLuxembourgish
ИперMacedonian
ИпернMacedonian
ИпрMacedonian
IeperMalay
ИпрMoksha
IeperNorwegian
IeperNorwegian Bokmål
YpresNorwegian Bokmål
IeperNorwegian Nynorsk
YpernNorwegian Nynorsk
YpresNorwegian Nynorsk
YpresOccitan (post 1500)
ایپرPersian
IeperPolish
YpresPolish
YpresRomanian
ИпернRussian
ИпрRussian
IeperSerbian
IprSerbian
YpernSerbian
ИпернSerbian
ИпрSerbian
IeperSwahili
YpresSwahili
IeperSwedish
YperenSwedish
YpernSwedish
YpresSwedish
YpernSwiss German
ИпрTatar
อิพร์Thai
อีเปอร์Thai
IeperTurkish
YperenTurkish
YpernTurkish
YpresTurkish
ІпрUkrainian
ایپرUrdu
یپریسUrdu
IprUzbek
YpresVietnamese
IeperVlaams
IperVlaams
IpperVlaams
IpprVlaams
IprVlaams
YperVlaams
IeperVolapük
YpresVolapük
ÎperWalloon
YpresWaray (Philippines)
IeperWelsh
YpresWelsh
IeperWestern Frisian
IperWestern Frisian
YperWestern Frisian
伊珀尔Wu Chinese
IeperZeeuws
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