Oostakker
Sign in to saveOostakker (; formerly spelled Oostacker) is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. In 1872, Sint-Amandsberg was detached from Oostakker. In 1900, 1920 and 1927, parts of the original municipality were already annexed to Ghent. On 1 January 1977, the municipality of Oostakker was merged into Ghent.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 45 inbound references to Oostakker, and connects out to Mariakerke, Oostakker Basilica and France.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Former municipalities of East Flanders, Shrines to the Virgin Mary and Sub-municipalities of Ghent.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 10.47
- Elevation
- 6
- Image
- OLVOostakker 26-08-2009 16-34-02.NEF.jpg
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- postal code
- 9041
- Commons category
- Oostakker
- P13200
- Billwerder
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Shrine of Oostakker
- Gallery
- References
- Sources
Oostakker (; formerly spelled Oostacker) is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. In 1872, Sint-Amandsberg was detached from Oostakker. In 1900, 1920 and 1927, parts of the original municipality were already annexed to Ghent. On 1 January 1977, the municipality of Oostakker was merged into Ghent.
The hamlet is mainly known for the Shrine of Oostakker, a Roman Catholic shrine of the Virgin Mary. Residents of Oostakker are called Oostakkezen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oostakker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations