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Sometimes referred to as the " Venice of the north", Bruges has many waterways that run through the city.
Bruges ( Dutch: Brugge) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, in the province of West Flanders of which it is the capital.
The municipality comprises the city of Bruges proper and the towns of Assebroek, Dudzele, Koolkerke, Lissewege, Sint-Andries, Sint-Jozef, Sint-Kruis, Sint-Michiels, Sint-Pieters, ZeebruggeZeebrugge ( French: Zeebruges is a harbor-town at the coast of Belgium in Bruges. The harbor is important for ferries to the United Kingdom, import and export of cars and the marine. There is an expressway to Bruges which connects Zeebrugge to the Europea, and ZwankendammeZwankendamme is a town in Bruges, a part of Belgium. See also West Flanders External link Belgian towns.. On January 1st, 2000 Bruges had a total population of 116,246 (56,292 males and 59,954 females). The total area is 139.48 kmēSquare kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 kmē is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 mē 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers which gives a population densityIf you were linked from a country article: the density there is based on land area, see below Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. However it is most frequently applied to living organisms. Population density is usually ex of 833.40 inhabitants per kmē.
It is one of the main tourist attractions in Belgium, and was European Capital of CultureEuropean Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. A number of European cities have used the City of Culture year to com in 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom together with SalamancaFor other places named Salamanca, see Salamanca (disambiguation). Salamanca (population 156,006 (2002)) is a city in central Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It formed part of the Kingdom of Leon.
The first ever printed English book was published here. King Charles the 2nd spent some of his time in exile here.
Like GhentThis page is about the Belgian city. For other places called Ghent see Ghent (disambiguation). Ghent Gent in Dutch, Gand in French, once Gaunt in English) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish provi, but on a more concentrated scale, it has most of its medieval architecture intact.
The Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548-1620) was born in Bruges.
The fictional character, Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movie series is also supposed to be from Bruges, although he forgot that he must be able to speak Dutch, since he was born in Bruges.
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