Koksijde (Belgium)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
קוקזידה (בלגיה)
Name (Latin)
Koksijde (Belgium)
Other forms of name
nnaa Koksijde, Belgium
Coxyde (Belgium)
Coordinates
2.65 2.65 51.1 51.1 (gooearth )
E0023900 E0023900 N0510600 N0510600 (geonames )
Associated country
Belgium
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 129015766
Wikidata: Q465545
Library of congress: n 81081123
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 51°06ʹ00ʺN 002°39ʹ00ʺE)
  • Dewaele, M.Koksijde in oude prentkaarten, 1972.

Wikipedia description:

Koksijde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔksɛidə] ; French: Coxyde [kɔksid]; West Flemish: Koksyde) is a town and a municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast, in the southwest of the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the villages of Oostduinkerke, Saint-Idesbald and Wulpen. On 1 January 2018, Koksijde municipality had a total population of 21,957 on a total area of 43.96 km2 (16.97 sq mi), which gives a population density of 499 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,290 inhabitants/mi2). Since 1995 Marc Vanden Bussche has been mayor of Koksijde.

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