Passendale
Sign in to savePassendale () or Passchendaele ( , ; ) is a rural Belgian village in the Zonnebeke municipality of West Flanders province. It is close to the town of Ypres, situated on the hill ridge separating the historical wetlands of the Yser and Leie valleys. It is also commonly known as a battlefield and the name of a campaign during World War I, the Battle of Passchendaele.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Passendale
- Settlement.other_name
- Passchendaele
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Deelgemeente
- Settlement.image_map
- Passendale - Sint-Audomaruskerk 1.jpg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- West Flanders
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Zonnebeke
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belgium
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 22.22
- Settlement.population_note
- Source: NIS
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1999
- Settlement.population_total
- 2928
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 131.77
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 8980
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Area code
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- Early history
- First World War
- Sights
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Passendale () or Passchendaele ( , ; ) is a rural Belgian village in the Zonnebeke municipality of West Flanders province. It is close to the town of Ypres, situated on the hill ridge separating the historical wetlands of the Yser and Leie valleys. It is also commonly known as a battlefield and the name of a campaign during World War I, the Battle of Passchendaele.
==History==