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Bruges (Dutch: Brugge) is a city in the northwest of Belgium.
It is the capital and largest city of West Flanders. In 2007, 116,982 people lived there.[1]
Bruges is at 51° 12 North, 03° 13 East.[2]
It is a centre of tourism because of its historic medieval city centre. The centre was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.[3] It is a center of commerce because of its port, Zeebrugge. The movie In Bruges with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes was made there in 2008.
References
- ↑ "Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls)". http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls.
- ↑ "Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls)". http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls.
- ↑ "Historic Centre of Brugge". UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/996. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
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