NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Blankenberge

Blankenberge is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (975x716, 128 KB) Belgium Blankenberge (old name: Blankenberghe), beach. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (975x716, 128 KB) Belgium Blankenberge (old name: Blankenberghe), beach. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... Uitkerke is a town in Blankenberge, a part of Belgium. ...

On 1 January 2005 Blankenberge had a total population of 18,135. The total area of the municipality is 17.41 km², giving a population density of 1,042 inhabitants per km². January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

There is a sandy beach and a structure unique along the Belgian coast: a 350-m long pier, constructed in 1933. Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ... 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... A pier in LillebÃ¦lt, Denmark illustrates the simplest form of pier Southend Pier in England is one of the longest piers, at 1. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Famous inhabitants were Adolf Eugen Fick, the inventor of the contact lens, who died in Blankenberge in 1901, and Flemish painter and woodcutter Frans Masereel, born here in 1889. Portrait of Fick Adolf Eugen Fick (born 3 September, 1829, in Kassel, Germany; died 21 August, 1901, in Blankenberghe, Flandern) was a German physiologist usually credited with the invention of contact lenses. ... Frans Masereel (1889-1972) was a Belgian painter, one of the greatest woodcut artist of our time. ...

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