A small historical reference
Geography: Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population.
The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval in shape and about 430 hectares in size. Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam and St Petersburg, it is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant economic importance, thanks to its port, and was once one of the world's chief commercial cities.[6][7] Bruges is a major tourism destination within Belgium, and is well known as the seat of the College of Europe, a university institute for European studies.
The municipality comprises - historic city centre of Bruges, Sint-Jozef and Sint-Pieters (I), Koolkerke (II), Sint-Andries (III), Sint-Michiels (IV), Assebroek (V), Sint-Kruis (VI), Dudzele (VII), Lissewege (with Zeebrugge and Zwankendamme) (VIII).
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Population: 118 187
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