| Nieuwpoort / Nieuport, Belgium (264 words) |
 | It is divided into Nieuwpoort Bad and Nieuwpoort Stad lying a little further inland, and is an important fishing port as well as the location of a fish processing industry. |
| In the 12th C. when the IJzer had altered its course, Nieuwpoort was founded by Count Philip of Flanders as a fortified new harbor ("Nieuwpoort") for Ypres in place of Lombardsijde and in the course of time suffered seven sieges. |
| In July 1600 Mortiz of Orange defeated the Spanish on the dunes between Nieuwpoort and Middelkerke, but this victory was of minor importance in the War of Independence of the Netherlands. |
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