Besides Nieuwpoort proper, two small villages in the Flemish polders are part of the municipality, Sint-Joris and Ramskapelle. Both parts form one contiguous built up area, connected by buildings along the Albert I Laan street and the fishing port. Close to the sea, a new tourist centre has developed. The old city centre of Nieuwpoort is located about three kilometers from the coast. Two World War I monuments, the Nieuport Memorial and King Albert I Memorial, are in close proximity of the Ganzepoot. History ĭestruction caused to the city of Nieuport in November 1917ĭuring the Battle of the Yser, part of the First Battle of Ypres in World War I, Hendrik Geeraert opened the sluice gates on the mouth of the river Yser twice to flood the lower lying land, thus halting the German advance. The Stadshalle Grain Hall (market hall) with its belfry was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, owing to its historical civic (not religious) importance and its architecture. It was also the home of a statue created by Jan Fabre called Searching for Utopia. In Nieuwpoort, the Yser flows into the North Sea. The current mayor of Nieuwpoort is Geert Vanden Broucke ( CD&V) Its land area is 31.00 km² which gives a population density of 350 inhabitants per km². On 1 January 2008, Nieuwpoort had a total population of 11,062. The municipality comprises the town of Nieuwpoort proper, as well as Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris. Nieuwpoort ( / ˈ nj uː p ɔːr t/ NEW-port, Dutch: ( listen) West Flemish: Nieuwpôort French: Nieuport ) is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, in the province of West Flanders.
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