Oostduinkerke
Sign in to saveOostduinkerke (; ; ) is a place on the southern west coast of Belgium, located in the province of West Flanders. Once a municipality of its own, Oostduinkerke now is a sub-municipality in the municipality of Koksijde.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Oostduinkerke
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Deelgemeente
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Oostduinkerke, het gemeentehuis oeg16516 foto1 2013-05-11 17.00.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Former townhall Oostduinkerke
- Settlement.image_map
- OostduinkerkeLocation.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
- Koksijde
- Settlement.population_note
- Source: NIS
- Settlement.population_total
- 8.534
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 8670
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Area code
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Oostduinkerke (; ; ) is a place on the southern west coast of Belgium, located in the province of West Flanders. Once a municipality of its own, Oostduinkerke now is a sub-municipality in the municipality of Koksijde.
The name Oostduinkerke translates as 'East Dunkirk'. The town originally shared its name with the city of Dunkirk in current-day France; therefore, in the 13th century, Oost- was added to its name to avoid confusion with its namesake further to the west.