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Oostkamp, Municipality in West Flanders, Belgium

Oostkamp encompasses four distinct villages spanning across 79.65 square kilometers of Belgian territory with a population of 23,698 residents.

The Canadian 4th Armoured Division freed Oostkamp on September 8, 1944, with 53 soldiers losing their lives near the Ghent-Bruges Canal.

Sint Pieters-in-de-Bandenkerk church presents architectural elements from different periods, including a 12th-century Romanesque tower and a baroque organ from 1717.

The OostCampus, established in 2012, functions as the central municipal building where residents can access all administrative services.

Twenty castles dot the landscape of Oostkamp, constructed as countryside estates by merchants and nobles, with Kasteel Gruuthuse dating to the 13th century.

Location: Arrondissement of Bruges

Capital city: Oostkamp

Part of: Emergency zone West Flanders 1, Politiezone Het Houtsche

Shares border with: Bruges, Zedelgem, Torhout, Lichtervelde, Wingene, Beernem

Phone: +3250819819

Email: info@oostkamp.be

Website: https://oostkamp.be

GPS coordinates: 51.15440,3.23530

Latest update: May 27, 2025 17:31

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