Nieuwpoort is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Nieuwpoort proper and the towns of Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris. On January 1, 2005 Nieuwpoort had a total population of 10,856. The total area is 31.00 km² which gives a population density of 350.14 inhabitants per km². 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. ... The Flemish region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium (alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region). ... Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming)) has-diddley two-diddley main-diddley designations-diddley: a-diddley geographical-diddley region-diddley in-diddley-diddley-diddley the-diddley north-diddley of-diddley Belgium-diddley, corresponding-diddley to-diddley the-diddley Flemish Region, a-diddley consituent-diddley part-diddley of-diddley the... West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... Ramskapelle is a town in Knokke-Heist, a part of Belgium. ... Sint-Joris is a town in Beernem, a part of Belgium. ... 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. ...

It obtained city rights in 1163 from Count Philip of Flanders. Town privileges was an important feature of European towns during most of the 2nd millenium. ... // Events Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales. ... The counts of Flanders ruled over the county of Flanders from the 9th century. ... Philip of Alsace was count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191. ...

A view of the beach and the pier at Nieuwpoort.

Nieuwpoort taken from the air

A view of the beach and pier at Nieuwpoort, Belgium File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A view of the beach and pier at Nieuwpoort, Belgium File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nieuwpoort form the air, taken by myself july 2003 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nieuwpoort form the air, taken by myself july 2003 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

External links

• Official website - Only available in Dutch
• Startpage of Nieuwpoort - Alle site's binnen Nieuwpoort