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Veurne (Frans: Furnes) is een stad met ruim 12.500 inwoners in de Belgische provincie West-Vlaanderen. Hiervan wonen er ongeveer driekwart in de stad zelf. De overige inwoners wonen gespreid over de verschillende deelgemeenten, die kleine polderdorpjes zijn.
Veurne, municipality, Flanders region, western Belgium. The municipality lies at the junction of four canals, northeast of Dunkirk, France. It was founded about 870 by Baldwin I Iron-Arm (or Ferreus), first ruler of Flanders. An important town of the Spanish Netherlands, it was often besieged in.
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Veurne and Veurne-Ambacht. Veurne is first mentioned in 877 as Furnae, on a list of possessions of the Sint-Bertijns abbey in St.-Omer (FR). The name is thought to refer to a small island that rose above the marshy, water-rich area. The inhabitants of Veurne are called Veurnaars or Veurnenaars.
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West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen [ˌʋɛst ˈflaːndərə(n)] ⓘ; West Flemish: West Vloandern; French: (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale [flɑ̃dʁ ɔksidɑ̃tal]; German: Westflandern [ˈvɛstˌflandɐn] ⓘ) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium.
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