Ostend
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Ostend
Summary
Ostend is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Ostend ranks in the top 0.72% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month, #4 of 558).[2]
Key Facts
- Ostend is located in Arrondissement of Ostend[3].
- Ostend is in the country of Belgium[4].
- Ostend is on the body of water North Sea[5].
- Ostend is on the body of water Noordede[6].
- Ostend's head of government is recorded as Bart Tommelein[7].
- Ostend's image is recorded as Oostende Europacentrum 01.jpg[8].
- Ostend's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium[9].
- Ostend's instance of is recorded as Belgian municipality with the title of city[10].
- Ostend's instance of is recorded as centre city[11].
- Ostend's instance of is recorded as port city[12].
- Ostend's instance of is recorded as seaside resort[13].
- Ostend's capital is recorded as Ostend[14].
- Ostend's official language is recorded as Dutch[15].
- Ostend's flag image is recorded as Afbeelding OostendeVlag.svg[16].
- Ostend's shares border with is recorded as Middelkerke[17].
- Ostend's shares border with is recorded as Q815948[18].
- Ostend's shares border with is recorded as Oudenburg[19].
- Ostend's shares border with is recorded as Bredene[20].
- Ostend's coat of arms image is recorded as Wapen van Oostende.svg[21].
- Ostend's flag is recorded as flag of Ostend[22].
- Ostend's twinned administrative body is recorded as Banjul[23].
- Ostend's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404975745[24].
- Ostend's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243028361[25].
- Ostend's GND ID is recorded as 4116805-7[26].
- Ostend's coat of arms is recorded as Coat of arms of Ostend[27].
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Founding
+1265-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ostend[28].
Identity
Ostend's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Oostende'}[29]. Part of include Emergency zone West Flanders 1[30], an emergency zone[31], in Belgium[32], founded in 2012[33], headquartered in Oostkamp[34]; police zone Ostend[35], a police zone[36], in Belgium[37], founded in 2002[38]; and Ostend transport authority[39].
Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Ostend include Ostend Manifesto[40], a political statement[41], founded in 1854[42], written by Pierre Soulé[43]; Ostend Company[44], a colonial society[45], in Austrian Netherlands[46], founded in 1722[47], headquartered in Antwerp[48]; and Ostend-Bruges International Airport[49], an international airport[50], in Belgium[51].
Why It Matters
Ostend ranks in the top 0.72% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (505 views/month, #4 of 558).[2] Ostend has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Ostend is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Ostend include Ostend Manifesto[40], a political statement[41], founded in 1854[42], written by Pierre Soulé[43]; Ostend Company[44], a colonial society[45], in Austrian Netherlands[46], founded in 1722[47], headquartered in Antwerp[48]; and Ostend-Bruges International Airport[49], an international airport[50], in Belgium[51].