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].

Body

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].