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Langemark

Langemark is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, and a subdivision of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle. The village has about 5,000 inhabitants. Besides the village center, there are also three smaller hamlets on the territory, , Bikschote and Saint-Julien/Sint-Juliaan.

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Settlement.name: Langemark, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Settlement.official_name: Langemark, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Settlement.settlement_type: Deelgemeente
Settlement.image_map: LangemarkLocation.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Belgium
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Flanders
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Langemark-Poelkapelle
Settlement.area_total_km2: 31.67
Settlement.population_note: Source: NIS
Settlement.population_as_of: 1999
Settlement.population_total: 5084
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code
Settlement.postal_code: 8920
Settlement.area_code_type: Area code

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Written as Langemarck on French, British and German maps, the village is known in military history as the scene (see trench map) of the first gas attacks by the German army in the western front, which marked the beginning of the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.