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Ostend

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Ostend is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde along with the city of Ostend proper, the largest city on the Belgian coast. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
71,557 1
Area (sq km)
37.72 1
Founding Year
1265 1
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Latitude
51.225833 degrees north 1
Longitude
2.919444 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
Sources
1. Ostend (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 71,557 (2022)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.225833, longitude 2.919444
  • P2046 (area)
    area 37.72 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1265
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 71557 (2022)
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2. GeoNames: Ostend - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2789786
    51.21551 2.927 P PPLA3 BE VLG VWV 35 35013 69011 6 Europe/Brussels
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 6 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 2.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 2.75
51.25 2.75 Cfb
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Ostend (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Ostend ( ost-END; Dutch: Oostende [oːstˈɛndə] ; West Flemish: Ostende; French: Ostende [ɔstɑ̃d] ; lit. 'East End') is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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