Middelkerke
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/97063
- Note
- Middelkerke (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɪdəlˌkɛrkə]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend. The municipality comprises the villages of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle, Slijpe, Westende and Wilskerke. On January 1, 2006, Middelkerke had a total population of 17,841. The total area is 75.65 km2 which gives a population density of 236 inhabitants per km2.
The first reference of ´Middelkerca´ is found in 1218. Before 1876 it mainly was a farming settlement.
In 1902, Middlekerke became the world´s first municipality to have their drinking water disinfected by continuous chlorination. - Latitude
- 51.184700012207
- Longitude
- 2.8192000389099
- Population
- 17,789
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