Ypres

Also known as leper

Ypres ( , ; ; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote. Together, they are home to about 34,900 inhabitants.

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Ypres, legally known as Stad Ieper, is located in Belgium. The city maintains an active status within the Belgian jurisdiction. It is identified by the local dialing code 057.

The population of Ypres is recorded at 35,039 residents. The municipality hosts an annual average of 133 weddings. The city is also associated with the online portal titled "Startpagina - Stad Ieper."

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Key facts

Belgium municipality.name: Ypres
Belgium municipality.native_name_lang: nl
Belgium municipality.type: city
Belgium municipality.picture: Grand Place, Ypres.jpg
Belgium municipality.picture legend: Cloth Hall in the Grand Place
Belgium municipality.map: Ieper West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend: Location of Ypres in West Flanders
Belgium municipality.arms: Ieper wapen.svg
Belgium municipality.flag: Flag of Ypres.svg
Belgium municipality.province: West Flanders
Belgium municipality.arrondissement: Ypres
Belgium municipality.nis: 33011
Belgium municipality.mayor: Emmily Talpe (Open Ieper)
Belgium municipality.majority: Open Ieper, N-VA, Vooruit
Belgium municipality.postal codes: 8900, 8902, 8904, 8906, 8908
Belgium municipality.telephone area: 057

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Company

Jurisdiction: BE
Headquarters: Ieper, BE

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Official website

ieper.be →

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Belgian municipality with the title of city
Official name: Ieper
Demonym: Yperlienk
Award: Military Cross
Country: Belgium
Located in: Arrondissement of Ypres
Official language: Dutch
Population: 35039
Area: 131.45
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Shares border with: Comines-Warneton
Official website: www.ieper.be
Image: Ieper25.jpg
Dialing code: 057

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
contains settlement: Sint-Jan
category for people born here: Category:Births in Ypres
twinned administrative body: Hiroshima
Commons category: Ypres
topic's main category: Category:Ypres
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ypres
Commons gallery: Ieper
category of associated people: Category:People from Ypres
postal code: 8906
annual number of weddings: 133
native label: Ieper
P8168: Wulfhere of Mercia
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +32-57-45-16-00
P12749: August Kubizek
P13200: František Plánička

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

History
Origins
First World War
War memory and memorial
Second World War
Ypres today
Sights
Town centre
Menin Gate
War graves
Events
Economy
Transport
Notable people
Twin cities
Notes
References
External links

During the First World War, Ypres (or "Wipers" as it was commonly known by the British troops) was the centre of the Battles of Ypres between German and Allied forces.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ypres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.