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Bruges

NameBruges
Brugge  
PictureBruggewasser.jpg
Picture-legendA canal in Bruges
Map-legendLocation of Bruges in West Flanders
ArmsBrugge-wapen.jpg
FlagBruggeVlag.gif
Region 
Community 
Province 
ArrondissementBruges
Nis31005
Pyramid-date1 January 2006
0-1920.57
20-6459.34
6520.09
Foreigners3.52
Foreigners-date1 January 2007
MayorPatrick Moenaert (CD&V)
MajorityCD&V, SP.A-Spirit, VLD
Postal-codes8000, 8200, 8310, 8380
Telephone-area050
Webwww.brugge.be
Lat Deg51
Lat Min13
Lon Deg3
Lon Min14

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Bruges (c-eniconˈbruːʒ in English; , -nlˈbrʏʝə) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country.

The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is egg-shaped and about 430 hectares in size. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (meaning "Brugge aan Zee"

or "Bruges on Sea"). The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008), of which around 20,000 live in the historic centre. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 616 km2 and has a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.

Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as "The Venice of the North".

Bruges has a significant economic importance thanks to its port. At one time it was the "chief commercial city" of the world.

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Belgian Catholic Church sex abuse: we feared compensation claims - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--Belgian bishops and the Vatican have also clashed over whether the Pope should punish Roger Vangheluwe, the former bishop of -Bruges-, who plunged the church ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:54:01 GMT+00:00
"The American": Assassins Have Feelings, too - The Chronicle Tweet this news
The Chronicle---...- (2002)-one lacking transcontinental conspiracies- which has then been overlain with the dark, introverted and brooding tone of "In -Bruges-" (2008). ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:46:05 GMT+00:00
Belgium - Pig seminar - Meattradenewsdaily (blog) Tweet this news
Meattradenewsdaily (blog)--Vitamex Group has organised an International Technical Seminar to take place this month for its distributors and customers in the heart of -Bruges-, Belgium. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:08:03 GMT+00:00
Belgian church acknowledges abuse - Aljazeera.net Tweet this news
Aljazeera.net--Following a string of similar scandals in Germany, Ireland and the United States, the story broke in Belgium in April when the bishop of -Bruges-, ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:11:09 GMT+00:00
Papal state visit comes as storms engulf the Vatican - Aberdeen Press and Journal Tweet this news
Aberdeen Press and Journal--In April, Roger Vangheluwe, the Bishop of -Bruges-, resigned after admitting persistently molesting a nephew. The report documented cases of abuse occurring ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:08:07 GMT+00:00
Sunderland Station revamp unveiled - Sunderland Echo Tweet this news
Sunderland Echo--Jonathon Hodges of Jason -Bruges- Studio said: "It's marvellous to see it finally working, and it's a little odd to come back and see the people again whose ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:32:57 GMT+00:00
14/09/2010Pope will not discipline Belgian bishop for now - Expatica Netherlands Tweet this news
Expatica Netherlands--A spokesperson for the Vatican says that Pope Benedict XVI will for the time being not impose disciplinary measures on former -Bruges- Bishop Roger Vangheluwe ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:02:47 GMT+00:00
Belgium's Odd Sexual Abuse Language Divide - Wall Street Journal (blog) Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal (blog)--In particular, Flanders was rocked when one of its most famous prelates, Roger Vangheluwe, the bishop of -Bruges-, confessed to raping his nephew for many ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:17:12 GMT+00:00
GOSSIP GIRL "Double Identity" Advance Review - Daemon's TV (blog) Tweet this news
Daemon's TV (blog)--Last week, we found out that Chuck is alive and well but living under a different identity and shacked up with the lovely Clémence Poésy (In -Bruges-, ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:11:39 GMT+00:00
Station's new look gets the VIP treatment - Sunderland Echo Tweet this news
Sunderland Echo--The centrepiece of the project is "Platform 5" - a 150metre wall of light by Olympic artists Jason -Bruges- Studio which features ghostly moving images of ... - Date : Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:29:29 GMT+00:00

Airbag (accordion festival) ** Ars Musica (contemporary music) ** Blues in Bruges ** Brugge Tripel Dagen ** Brugges Festival (world music) ** Cactusfestival ** Elements Festival (electronic music) ** Fuse on the Beach (dance festival in Zeebrugge) ** Hafabrugge (orchestra festival) ** Internationale Fedekam Taptoe ** Jazz Brugge (jazz festival) ** Koorfestival (choir festival) ** Festival van Vlaanderen - MAfestival (old music) ** Music in Mind (atmospheric (rock) music) ** September Jazz (jazz festival) ** Sint-Gillis Blues- en Folkfestival ** Many small rock festivals; the best known are: *** BurgRock *** Comma Rocks Festival *** Red Rock Rally *** Thoprock |width="400"| *; Cultural or food festivals: ** Aristidefeesten ** BAB-bierfestival (beer festival) ** Brugse Kantdagen ("Bruges' Lace Days") ** Chapter 2 (juggling convention) ** Choco-Laté (chocolate festival) ** Cinema Novo (film festival) ** Cirque Plus (circus festival) ** European Youth Film Festival of Flanders ** Ice Magic (snow and ice sculpture festival) ** Jonge Snaken Festival ** Midwinterfeest ** NAFT (theatre festival) ** Poirot in Bruges - Knack thrillerfestival ** Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival ** Reiefeest (festival on the canals) |width="400"| *; Musical cultural festivals: ** Come On! ** Coupurefeesten ** December Dance (dance festival) ** Feest In 't Park ** FEST! ** Klinkers ** Polé Polé Beach (in Zeebrugge) ** Sint-Michielse Feeste ** Summer End Festival ** Vama Veche festival>
Festivals :

Municipalities in the Province of West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

BrugesBeernem * Blankenberge * Bruges/Brugge * Damme * Jabbeke * Knokke-Heist * Oostkamp * Torhout * Zedelgem * Zuienkerke
DiksmuideDiksmuide * Houthulst * Koekelare * Kortemark * Lo-Reninge
KortrijkAnzegem * Avelgem * Deerlijk * Harelbeke * Kortrijk * Kuurne * Lendelede * Menen * Spiere-Helkijn * Waregem * Wevelgem * Zwevegem
OstendBredene * De Haan * Gistel * Ichtegem * Middelkerke * Oostende/Ostend * Oudenburg
RoeselareHooglede * Ingelmunster * Izegem * Ledegem * Lichtervelde * Moorslede * Roeselare * Staden
TieltArdooie * Dentergem * Meulebeke * Oostrozebeke * Pittem * Ruiselede * Tielt * Wielsbeke * Wingene
VeurneAlveringem * De Panne * Koksijde * Nieuwpoort * Veurne
YpresHeuvelland * Ieper/Ypres * Langemark-Poelkapelle * Mesen * Poperinge * Vleteren * Wervik * Zonnebeke

European Capitals of Culture

1985 Athens * 1986 Florence * 1987 Amsterdam * 1988 West Berlin * 1989 Paris * 1990 Glasgow * 1991 Dublin * 1992 Madrid * 1993 Antwerp * 1994 Lisbon * 1995 Luxembourg City * 1996 Copenhagen * 1997 Thessaloniki * 1998 Stockholm * 1999 Weimar * 2000 Reykjavík * Bergen * Helsinki * Brussels * Prague * Kraków * Santiago de Compostela * Avignon * Bologna * 2001 Rotterdam * Porto * 2002 Bruges * Salamanca * 2003 Graz * 2004 Genoa * Lille * 2005 Cork * 2006 Patras * 2007 Luxembourg City and Greater Region * Sibiu * 2008 Liverpool * Stavanger * 2009 Linz * Vilnius * 2010 Essen * Istanbul * Pécs * 2011 Turku * Tallinn * 2012 Maribor * Guimarães * 2013 Košice * Marseille

World Heritage Sites in Belgium

Brussels Capital Region|Brussels Capital Region |
Flemish RegionBelfries of Belgium and Franceup|1 * Bruges (historic centre) * Flemish Béguinages * Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex
Walloon RegionBelfries of Belgium and Franceup|1 * Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Rœulx, Hainault * Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) * Notre-Dame Cathedral, Tournai

Members of the Hanseatic League by circle

Wendish and
Pomeranian
Greifswald * Hamburg * Kiel * 'Lübeck' * Lüneburg * Rostock * Stade * Stargard * Stettin * Stralsund * Wismar
Saxony, Thuringia,
Brandenburg
Berlin * Brandenburg * Bremen * Brunswick * Erfurt * Frankfurt (Oder) * Goslar * Halle * Magdeburg
Bohemia, Poland, Prussia,
Livonia, Sweden
Breslau (Wrocław) * Danzig (Gdańsk) * Dorpat (Tartu) * Fellin (Viljandi) * Elbing (Elbląg) * Königsberg (Kaliningrad) * Krakow * Pernau (Pärnu) * Reval (Tallinn) * Riga * Stockholm * Thorn (Toruń) * Visby
Rhine, Westphalia,
Netherlands
Bochum * Breckerfeld * Cologne * Deventer * 'Dortmund' * Duisburg * Groningen * Haltern * Hamm * Harderwijk * Hattem * Hasselt * Kampen * Münster * Nijmegen * Oldenzaal * Osnabrück * Recklinghausen * Roermond * Soest * Tiel * Unna * Werl * Zutphen * Zwolle
Principal KontoreBryggen (Bergen) * Hanzekantoor (Brugge (Bruges)) * Steelyard (London) * Peterhof (Novgorod)
Subsidiary KontoreAntwerp * Berwick * Boston * Damme * Leith * Hull * Ipswich * King's Lynn * Kaunas * Newcastle * Polotsk * Pskov * Yarmouth * York |



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