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:This article relates to the Belgian coastal town, for the homophone German town see Blankenberg.Blankenberge is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Blankenberge proper and the town of Uitkerke. On January 1st, 2000 Blankenberge had a total population of 17,414 (8,291 males and 9,123 females). The total area is 18.07 kmē which gives a population density of 963.53 inhabitants per kmē.
There is a sandy beach and a structure unique along the Belgian coast: a 350 m long pier stretching out into the sea (built in 1933).
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- Official website in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil (also available in DutchDutch is a West Germanic language spoken worldwide by around 21 million people. The variety of Dutch spoken in Belgium is also informally called Flemish . The Dutch name for the language is Nederlands or less formal Hollands and Dutch is sometimes called, FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to and GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union.)
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