Werken
Sign in to saveWerken is a small rural village in the centre of the Belgian province of West Flanders with around a thousand inhabitants. It is a district of Kortemark.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in West Flanders.
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- Belgium
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- Kortemark
- Elevation
- 4
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Werken is a small rural village in the centre of the Belgian province of West Flanders with around a thousand inhabitants. It is a district of Kortemark.
==Origins of the name== The first mentions (Weretha) were found in texts from the Abbey of Sint-Bertinus in Sint-Omaars, dating from 830. The Old Dutch word "Weretha" dates from the time that the village of Werken was still on the sea-front, with a meaning equating to that of the English word 'haven' (the literal meaning would be "ashore on the water"). In modern Dutch werken (uncapitalised) is coincidentally the verb 'to work'.
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