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Country
  
Belgium

Region
  
Flemish Region

Arrondissement
  
Bruges

Postal code
  
8370

Community
  
Flemish Community

Province
  
West Flanders

Postal codes
  
8370

Local time
  
Saturday 10:06 PM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 91% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Serpentarium, Jetée de Blankenberge, Casino Blankenberge, Belle Epoque Centrum, De Lustige Velodroom in Blanke

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Blankenberge ([ˈblɑŋkəmbɛrɣə]) (West Flemish: Blanknberge) is a town and a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke.

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Map of Blankenberge, Belgium

On 1 December 2014, Blankenberge had a total population of 19,897. The total area of the municipality is 17.41 km², giving a population density of 1,142 inhabitants per km².

Like most other Flemish coastal towns, a main characteristic of this one is that it is a national and to a certain extent international seaside resort.

Apart from the sandy beach, there's a structure unique along the Belgian coast: a 350-m long pier, constructed in 1933.

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Famous events

  • Carnival Parade
  • Two Day Marching event, every first weekend of May
  • Klankenberge
  • Flower Parade (Bloemencorso), every last Sunday of August

    • Famous inhabitants

  • Wing Commander Roy George Claringbould Arnold MiD RAF 29198 is buried in the CWG Cemetery Row A Grave 18. On 9 June 1941 Arnold saved the lives of his five-man Wellington crew from IX Squadron (including Flt Lt Dominic Bruce 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 baled out, in the certain knowledge that he would die doing so.
  • Pieter Aspe, Belgian writer.
  • Adolf Eugen Fick, physician and physiologist, died in Blankenberge in 1901.
  • Frans Masereel, Flemish painter and woodcutter born here in 1889.
  • Leo Van Paemel, artist born (and later buried) in Blankenberge.
  • Rudi Pillen, Belgian contemporary painter.
  • Brian Vandenbussche, Belgian goalkeeper.

    • Schools

    Blankenberge has schools from both school networks in Belgium. The two secondary schools are:

  • Sint-Jozef – Sint-Pieter Blankenberge (formerly known as Sint-Pieterscollege – Sint-Jozefshandelsschool, subsidized free school)
  • Maerlant-Middenschool • Maerlant Atheneum (GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse gemeenschap)

    • Both schools have numeral different elementary schools organized by the same instances.

    Railways

    Blankenberge railway station was opened in 1863. Trains operated by NMBS run towards Brussels, and the Kusttram run by De Lijn runs along the Belgian coast of the North Sea.

    Twin towns

    Blankenberge is twinned with:

  • Chikura, Chiba, Japan

    • Every year a couple of students from Japan visit Blankenberge and live with families over here. Afterworth students from Blankenberge go and visit Chikura for eight days. This is organised by vzw 'Tweedaagse Voettocht van Blankenberge'.

    References

    Blankenberge Wikipedia
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