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interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%91%EC%BC%84%EB%B2%A0%EB%A5%B4%ED%97%88" title="블랑켄베르허 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="블랑켄베르허" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A5" title="Բլանկենբերգե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բլանկենբերգե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaankenbarg" title="Blaankenbarg – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="Blaankenbarg" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%98" title="ブランケンベルヘ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブランケンベルヘ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Blankenberge" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blankenberge" title="Blankenberge – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Blankenberge" 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style="top:19.231%;left:19.511%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Blankenberge"><img alt="Blankenberge" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Blankenberge</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Belgium <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-top:2px; border:1px solid grey;"><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; font-size:115%; text-align: left; height:auto; padding:0.2em; padding-left:0.6em; padding-right:2em;">Location of Blankenberge in <a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align: center;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg/232px-Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="232" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg/348px-Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg/464px-Blankenberge_West-Flanders_Belgium_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="674" data-file-height="727" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blankenberge&params=51_18_N_03_07_E_region:BE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°18′N</span> <span class="longitude">03°07′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.300°N 3.117°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.300; 3.117</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Community" title="Flemish Community">Flemish Community</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_Belgium#Administrative" title="Arrondissements of Belgium">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Bruges" title="Arrondissement of Bruges">Bruges</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Björn Prasse (<a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open vld</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governing party/ies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open vld</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vooruit_(political_party)" title="Vooruit (political party)">Vooruit</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">19.02 km<sup>2</sup> (7.34 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">20,349</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,100/km<sup>2</sup> (2,800/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Belgium" title="Postal codes in Belgium">Postal codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">8370</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NIS_code" title="NIS code">NIS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">31004</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">050</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blankenberge.be/">www.blankenberge.be</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blankenberge</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Dutch:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="nl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Dutch" title="Help:IPA/Dutch">[ˈblɑŋkə(m)bɛrɣə]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/75\/Nl-Blankenberge.ogg\/Nl-Blankenberge.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Nl-Blankenberge.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Nl-Blankenberge.ogg/Nl-Blankenberge.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Nl-Blankenberge.ogg" title="File:Nl-Blankenberge.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Blankenberghe</i>; <a href="/wiki/West_Flemish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="West Flemish language">West Flemish</a>: <i lang="vls">Blanknberge</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="vls-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[ˈblɑŋʔŋ̍bærɦə]</a></span>) is a seaside <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Belgium" title="City status in Belgium">city</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Belgium" title="Municipalities of Belgium">municipality</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> province of <a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a>. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of <a href="/wiki/Uitkerke" title="Uitkerke">Uitkerke</a>. </p><p>On 1 December 2014, Blankenberge had a total population of 19,897. The total area of the municipality is 17.41 km², giving a <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> of 1,142 inhabitants per km². The towns inhabitants are called Blankenbergenaars. </p><p>Blankenberge is one of the most important seaside resorts on the Belgian coast in terms of tourist numbers and hotel reservations. It is a national and to a certain extent international seaside resort, attracting visitors from across northern Europe. It possesses a long sandy beach, and a 350-metre-long (1,150 ft) <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> <a href="/wiki/Pier" title="Pier">pier</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Belgium_Pier" title="Belgium Pier">Belgium Pier</a>, constructed in 1933. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_fishery">The fishery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The fishery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first fishing activities date back to the <abbr>11th</abbr> century. <abbr>By the 12th</abbr> century, the fishing fleet had more than 60 ships. A pontoon was built in the 15th <abbr>century</abbr> in the vicinity of the lighthouse, a construction which served until the beginning of the <abbr>16th</abbr> century. The fishermen of Blankenberge would land their catch in barges which approached the beach. No port was constructed until 1871 when a navigation channel with a wharf was built. The fishery declined during the period between the two world wars and disappeared in 1945. The port was destroyed by the Germans in World War 2. A new port for pleasure boats was rebuilt in 1955. The port has undergone two more extensions and currently accommodates 1,000 boats. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seaside_resort">Seaside resort</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Seaside resort"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As early as the first half of the 18th century, tourists came to <b>Blankenberghe</b> (spelling influenced by French). The Brugsesteenweg was built in 1723. This not only ensured a growing export of fish but also an easy connection for the inhabitants of Bruges who came to the sea for a day of relaxation. There was no such thing as sea bathing at that time. Bathing developed under the influence of English tourism in the 19th century. The first bathing cabins appeared on the beach in 1838. Shortly afterwards, a wooden seawall was built and the first hotels appeared. In 1859 the impressive Casino Kursaal was built. </p><p>On 16 August 1863, the Heist-Bruges railway opened, with a stop in Blankenberge. This made Blankenberge much more accessible for (wealthier) tourists, who previously could only reach Blankenberge by carriages along cobblestone roads or by boats (see tourist information in 1905 travel guide Pages 210 and 211 and Blad 212). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_beach_and_Kursaal,_(i.e.,_Cursaal),_Blankenberghe,_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_beach_and_Kursaal%2C_%28i.e.%2C_Cursaal%29%2C_Blankenberghe%2C_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg/220px-The_beach_and_Kursaal%2C_%28i.e.%2C_Cursaal%29%2C_Blankenberghe%2C_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_beach_and_Kursaal%2C_%28i.e.%2C_Cursaal%29%2C_Blankenberghe%2C_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg/330px-The_beach_and_Kursaal%2C_%28i.e.%2C_Cursaal%29%2C_Blankenberghe%2C_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/The_beach_and_Kursaal%2C_%28i.e.%2C_Cursaal%29%2C_Blankenberghe%2C_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg/440px-The_beach_and_Kursaal%2C_%28i.e.%2C_Cursaal%29%2C_Blankenberghe%2C_Belgium-LCCN2001697885.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3474" data-file-height="2588" /></a><figcaption>The beach, bathing machines and Kursaal c 1900s. <a href="/wiki/Photochrom" title="Photochrom">Photochrome</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>By the end of the 19th century, the seawall was filled with luxury hotels and holiday villas. A cast-iron pier (1893–1894) was also constructed, the first 350-metre structure out to sea on the European mainland. During the <a href="/wiki/Belle_%C3%A9poque" class="mw-redirect" title="Belle époque">Belle époque</a>, the fashionable Blankenberge was the favorite holiday destination of the Belgian beau monde; only the crowned heads, the nobility, prominent politicians, artists and the rich bourgeoisie could afford to spend their summer holidays in their second residence by the sea. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, for example, regularly visited. Growing tourism provided employment and prosperity for the city. The population grew strongly. The cast iron pier was replaced by a concrete pier in 1933 and the old casino was replaced by a new Art Deco casino (1932–1934). The villas and hotels along the seawall were almost completely destroyed during the Second World War. In the reconstruction, quality and solidity were more important than aesthetics. In the mid-1950s, elite hotels such as the Hôtel des Bains et des Familles made way for cheaper, less luxurious apartment buildings and popular campsites. The tourists soon found their way back to Blankenberge, but the public had changed. With the increasing prosperity in the 1960s and 1970s, mass tourism also made its appearance in Blankenberge and from then on it mainly attracted the working and middle class from the Belgian interior. The population continues to swell in the summer months. The infrastructure to accommodate these tourists is still expanding. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankenberge, formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" title="Atlantic Wall">Atlantic Wall</a> defences constructed by the German occupiers. Part of the pre war coastal tourist development were demolished to accommodate this. </p><p>Allied bombings took place, including on the Zeedijk and the Grote Markt. </p><p>Blankenberge was liberated on 9 September 1944 by the <a href="/wiki/12th_Manitoba_Dragoons" title="12th Manitoba Dragoons">Manitoba Dragoons</a> led by Eric James. Every year this event is commemorated on the following Saturday afternoon with a ceremony and a performance by a concert band on Manitobaplein. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railways">Railways</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Blankenberge_railway_station" title="Blankenberge railway station">Blankenberge railway station</a> was opened in 1863. Trains operated by <a href="/wiki/NMBS" class="mw-redirect" title="NMBS">NMBS</a> run towards <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kusttram" class="mw-redirect" title="Kusttram">Kusttram</a> run by <a href="/wiki/De_Lijn" title="De Lijn">De Lijn</a> runs along the Belgian coast of the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_history">Cultural history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cultural history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the First World War, Blankenberge was an exclusive holiday resort frequently attended by Royalty. <a href="/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Austria" title="Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria">Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Sophie,_Duchess_of_Hohenberg" title="Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg">Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg</a> as well as his sister <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Elisabeth_Amalie_of_Austria" title="Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria">Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria</a> and her husband <a href="/wiki/Prince_Aloys_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein">Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein</a> and his niece <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Marie_Valerie_of_Austria" title="Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria">Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria</a> were regular holiday makers in Blankenberge. They stayed in a special wing of the Grand Hotel des Bains et des Families. The Archduke enjoyed his walks to Wenduine and attended service daily at the St Rochus church. The Archduke and his wife were planning to travel again to Blankenberge after their last official engagement before the summer holiday at Sarajevo in 1914 where they were killed. </p><p>Blankenberg (so spelt) also figures in <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Finn" title="Phineas Finn">Phineas Finn</a> by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Trollope" title="Anthony Trollope">Anthony Trollope</a> as the scene of a duel between Finn and another character, Lord Chiltern. </p><p>The tenor <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Caruso" title="Enrico Caruso">Enrico Caruso</a> attended Blankenberge for a performance in 1910. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> the <a href="/wiki/1919_Blankenberge_Police_Station_Bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="1919 Blankenberge Police Station Bombing">Blankenberge police station was bombed</a> by an unknown perpetrator. The blast killed 2 officers and wounded 2 others. </p><p>After World War II it was a regular holiday destination. Notable musical institutions were the "Eden" were popular Flemish artists performed on the board walk. The city hosted "Spécial les vacancies" in 1979 under the mayorship of Willem Content. International artist such as Joe Dassin, Boney M, Plastic Bertrand and Dalida attended this event. Later the Flemisch Private TV broadcaster VTM organised "Tien om te Zien" with musical performances of Flemish artists. Today the Flemish public radio organises yearly the "Radio 2 Zomerhit". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg/220px-Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg/330px-Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg/440px-Blankenberge_sand_sculp1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Sand sculptures on the beach at Blankenberge, 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>The films <i>Franz</i> (1971) by Jacques Brel with Barbara , <i>Isabelle in front of desire</i> (1975) with Anicée Alvina, <i>Rimbaud Verlaine (Total Eclipse)</i> (1995) with Leonardo DiCaprio and <i>Le Tout Nouveau Testament</i> (2015) with Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Poelvoorde and François Damiens were notably filmed in the city (or at least in part). </p><p>The World's Largest Sand Sculpture Festival, featuring giant sand sculptures (Zandsculptuur) takes place on the beach in June.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nature_&_Landscape"><span id="Nature_.26_Landscape"></span>Nature & Landscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Nature & Landscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankenberge is located on the Belgian North Sea coast. There is a wide beach with a seawall and promenade. The town is below the sea wall so that one ascends steps to reach the sea from the town. East of Blankenberge are the Zeebos and De Fonteintjes nature reserves. To the south is the Uitkerkse Polder nature reserve. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_festive_events">Notable festive events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable festive events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Carnival Parade</li> <li>Two Day Marching event, every first weekend of May<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Klankenberge</li> <li>Flower Parade (<a href="/wiki/Bloemencorso" title="Bloemencorso">Bloemencorso</a>), every last Sunday of August</li> <li>Bel’Lumière</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_inhabitants">Notable inhabitants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable inhabitants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_George_Claringbould_Arnold&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roy George Claringbould Arnold (page does not exist)">Roy George Claringbould Arnold</a> MiD RAF 29198 is buried in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission">CWG Cemetery</a> Row A Grave 18. On 9 June 1941 Arnold saved the lives of his five-man Wellington crew from IX Squadron (including Flt Lt <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Bruce" title="Dominic Bruce">Dominic Bruce</a> OBE MC AFM KSG MA the 'Medium Sized Man' of Colditz fame) by calmly staying at the controls of the burning plane to hold it steady while they bailed out, in the certain knowledge that he would die doing so.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pieter_Aspe" title="Pieter Aspe">Pieter Aspe</a>, Belgian writer. (1953–2021). Author of a series of detective stories starring inspector Pieter Van In.</li> <li>Jean de Coninck, resistance fighter; like five other young Belgians from Blankenberghe (Georges Sandelé, René Mestdagh, Camille De Corte, Raymond Marmenout, Louis Dehenauw),were sentenced to death by the German court-martial sitting in Faouët ( Brittany ). On 24 June 1944 they were shot at Rosquéo, in <a href="/wiki/Lanv%C3%A9n%C3%A9gen" title="Lanvénégen">Lanvénégen</a>. Jean de Coninck was only wounded and he fled under fire. He was cared for and hidden by locals and survived.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Eugen_Fick" title="Adolf Eugen Fick">Adolf Eugen Fick</a>, physician and physiologist, died in Blankenberge in 1901.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_K%C3%A9thly" title="Anna Kéthly">Anna Kéthly</a>, Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Hungary" title="Social Democratic Party of Hungary">Social Democratic Party of Hungary</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Hungarian Revolution of 1956</a>, the second female MP of the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Hungary)" title="National Assembly (Hungary)">National Assembly (Hungary)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lagrou" title="René Lagrou">René Lagrou</a> (1904–1969), a <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgian</a> politician and <a href="/wiki/Collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany_and_Fascist_Italy" title="Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy">collaborator</a> with <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>. He was the first leader of the <i><a href="/wiki/Algemeene-SS_Vlaanderen" class="mw-redirect" title="Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen">Algemeene-SS Vlaanderen</a></i> during World War II.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frans_Masereel" title="Frans Masereel">Frans Masereel</a>, Flemish painter and woodcutter born here in 1889.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Van_Paemel" title="Leo Van Paemel">Leo Van Paemel</a>, artist born (and later buried) in Blankenberge.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudi_Pillen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rudi Pillen (page does not exist)">Rudi Pillen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Pillen" class="extiw" title="nl:Rudi Pillen">nl</a>]</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belgian contemporary painter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Vandenbussche" title="Brian Vandenbussche">Brian Vandenbussche</a>, Belgian goalkeeper.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wittevrongel" title="Roger Wittevrongel">Roger Wittevrongel</a> (1933-), Belgian painter, draftsman and graphic designer, representative of hyperrealism.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schools">Schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankenberge has schools from both school networks in Belgium. The two <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary schools</a> are: </p> <ul><li>Sint-Jozef – Sint-Pieter Blankenberge (formerly known as Sint-Pieterscollege – Sint-Jozefshandelsschool, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Subsidized_free_school&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Subsidized free school (page does not exist)">subsidized free school</a>)</li> <li>Maerlant-Middenschool • Maerlant Atheneum (<a href="/w/index.php?title=GO!_Onderwijs_van_de_Vlaamse_gemeenschap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse gemeenschap (page does not exist)">GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse gemeenschap</a>)</li></ul> <p>Both schools have a number of different elementary schools organized around them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="One of the stairs up to the beach"><img alt="One of the stairs up to the beach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg/120px-Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg/180px-Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg/240px-Blankenberge_Leeuwentrap.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">One of the stairs up to the beach </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seaside pier (Belgium Pier)"><img alt="Seaside pier (Belgium Pier)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg/98px-Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg/147px-Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg/196px-Pier_Blankenberge_R02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1876" data-file-height="2296" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Seaside pier (<a href="/wiki/Belgium_Pier" title="Belgium Pier">Belgium Pier</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="City view"><img alt="City view" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg/96px-Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg/144px-Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg/193px-Blankenberge_Les_Vedettes_R01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2536" data-file-height="3158" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">City view</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Blankenberge in 1641"><img alt="Blankenberge in 1641" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg/81px-Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg" decoding="async" width="81" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg/122px-Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg/162px-Sanderus_-_Blankenberge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1691" data-file-height="2496" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Blankenberge in 1641</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Classic tram in 1980s"><img alt="Classic tram in 1980s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg/120px-NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg/180px-NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg/240px-NMVB_tram_Blankenberge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Classic tram in 1980s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blankenberge_Beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sight of Blankenberge beach on the morning"><img alt="Sight of Blankenberge beach on the morning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Blankenberge_Beach.jpg/120px-Blankenberge_Beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Blankenberge_Beach.jpg/180px-Blankenberge_Beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Blankenberge_Beach.jpg/240px-Blankenberge_Beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sight of Blankenberge beach on the morning</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankenberge is <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Minamiboso" class="mw-redirect" title="Minamiboso">Minamiboso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba</a></b>, Japan</li></ul> <p>Since 1994, in August a couple of students from <a href="/wiki/Minamiboso" class="mw-redirect" title="Minamiboso">Minamiboso</a> visit Blankenberge and live with families over here. Afterworth students from Blankenberge go and visit Minamiboso for eight days.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is organised by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.2daagse.be">vzw 'Tweedaagse Voettocht van Blankenberge'</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blankenberge&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wikidata-692aaaa06af07b61bd00fe674742d7f0e429826b-v18_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls">"Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018"</a>. 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