Blankenberge

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This article relates to the Belgian coastal town of Blankenberge. The near-homophonous Blankenberg is a town in Germany.

Blankenberge is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke.

On 1 January 2006 Blankenberge had a total population of 18,175. The total area of the municipality is 17.41 km², giving a population density of 1,044 inhabitants per km².

There is a sandy beach and a structure unique along the Belgian coast: a 350-m long pier, constructed in 1933.

Famous inhabitants were Adolf Eugen Fick, the inventor of the contact lens, who died in Blankenberge in 1901, and Flemish painter and woodcutter Frans Masereel, born here in 1889.

[edit] External links

• Official website in English (also available in Dutch, French and German)

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 51.3151° 3.1331°
  • Mapping from Multimap or GlobalGuide or Google Maps
  • Aerial image from TerraServer
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia

	Municipalities in the province of West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Bruges: Beernem | Blankenberge | Bruges/Brugge | Damme | Jabbeke | Knokke-Heist | Oostkamp | Torhout | Zedelgem | Zuienkerke
Diksmuide: Diksmuide | Houthulst | Koekelare | Kortemark | Lo-Reninge
Kortrijk: Anzegem | Avelgem | Deerlijk | Harelbeke | Kortrijk/Courtrai | Kuurne | Lendelede | Menen | Spiere-Helkijn | Waregem | Wevelgem | Zwevegem
Ostend: Bredene | De Haan | Gistel | Ichtegem | Middelkerke | Oostende/Ostend | Oudenburg
Roeselare: Hooglede | Ingelmunster | Izegem | Ledegem | Lichtervelde | Moorslede | Roeselare | Staden
Tielt: Ardooie | Dentergem | Meulebeke | Oostrozebeke | Pittem | Ruiselede | Tielt | Wielsbeke | Wingene
Veurne: Alveringem | De Panne | Koksijde | Nieuwpoort | Veurne
Ypres: Heuvelland | Ieper/Ypres | Langemark-Poelkapelle | Mesen | Poperinge | Vleteren | Wervik | Zonnebeke