Oostkamp
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Oostkamp (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Hertsberge, Oostkamp proper, Ruddervoorde and Waardamme. On January 1, 2019, Oostkamp had a total population of 23,698. The total area is 79.65 km² which gives a population density of 289 inhabitants per km².
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Oostkamp
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Oostkamp Rivierbeek R01.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Oostkamp Rivierbeek
- Belgium municipality.map
- Oostkamp West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Oostkamp in West Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Oostkamp wapen1.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Oostkamp vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- West Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Bruges
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 31022
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 8020
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 050
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.oostkamp.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Official name
- Ôostkamp
- Demonym
- Oostkampenaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Bruges
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 23580
- Area
- 79.65
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Beernem
- Official website
- www.oostkamp.be
- Image
- Gemeentehuis Oostkamp.JPG
- Dialing code
- 050
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- postal code
- 8020
- twinned administrative body
- Bad Nauheim
- Commons category
- Oostkamp
- topic's main category
- Category:Oostkamp
- annual number of weddings
- 105
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32 50 81 98 19
- contains settlement
- Ruddervoorde
- P13200
- Napoleon
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Oostkamp during World War II
- Fusion of 1977
- Landmarks and Monuments
- Churches
- OostCampus
- ''Kastelen'': Castles, Châteaux and Mansions
- Oostkamp
- Ruddervoorde
- Waardamme
- Hertsberge
- Moerbrugge
- Sister cities
- References
- External links
Oostkamp (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Hertsberge, Oostkamp proper, Ruddervoorde and Waardamme. On January 1, 2019, Oostkamp had a total population of 23,698. The total area is 79.65 km² which gives a population density of 289 inhabitants per km².
==History== The name Oostkamp comes from the Medieval name "Orscamp", meaning place of the horses. The old word ors is a cognate of the English word horse.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oostkamp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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