POPERINGE

'Poperinge' is a municipality located in the province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Poperinge proper and the towns of Krombeke, Proven, Reningelst, Roesbrugge-Haringe and Watou. On January 1 2006, Poperinge had a total population of 19,623. The total area is 119.33 km² which gives a population density of 164 inhabitants per km².
During World War I, the town was used to billet British troops and also provided a safe area for field hospitals. These help to explain the location of a number of military cemeteries on the outskirts of the town.The charity Toc H was founded at Talbot House in Poperinge.
Within the town hall courtyard is an execution post.
Poperinge is the birthplace of Dirk Frimout, Belgium's first astronaut.

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Towns

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Twin towns

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Towns

In addition to the city centre of Poperinge, the municipality also comprises de "deelgemeentes" Krombeke, Proven, Reningelst, Roesbrugge-Haringe and Watou. The small villages or hamlets Abele and Sint-Jan-Ter-Biezen are also located on the territory, but they aren't "deelgemeentes", meaning they weren't independent municipalities before the mergers of municipalities in 70s.
Roesbrugge-Haringe actually comprises two separate villages, Roesbrugge and Haringe. The hamlet Abele is located on the border with France, and partially lays on French territory.

#	Name	Area	Population (1999)
I	Poperinge	47,61	12.644
II	Krombeke	8,54	711
III	Proven	13,10	1.394
IV	Reningelst	15,20	1.405
V (VII) (VIII)	Roesbrugge-Haringe - Roesbrugge - Haringe	11,60	1.105
VI (IX) (X)	Watou - Sint-Jan-Ter-Biezen - Abele	23,28	1.940

The municipality borders a large number of rural village, and because of the long frontier, it's also close to a large number of French municipalities.

★ a. Beveren (municipality Alveringem) ★ b. Stavele (municipality Alveringem) ★ c. Westvleteren (municipality Vleteren) ★ d. Oostvleteren (municipality Vleteren) ★ e. Elverdinge (city of Ieper) ★ f. Vlamertinge (city of Ieper) ★ g. Dikkebus (city of Ieper) ★ h. De Klijte (municipality Heuvelland)

★ i. Westouter (municipality Heuvelland) ★ j. Boeschepe (France) ★ k. Godewaersvelde (France) ★ l. Steenvoorde (France) ★ m. Winnezeele (France) ★ n. Houtkerque (France) ★ o. Bambecque (France)

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Twin towns

Poperinge is twinned with

★ Zatec in the Czech Republic, since 1964

★ Wolnzach in Germany, since 1965

★ Hythe, Kent in England, since 1980

★ Rixensart in Walloon Brabant, Belgium, since 1990

External links

★ Official website - Information available in Dutch and limited information available in English, French and German