District of Ypres

District of Ypres
region	Flanders
province	West Flanders
Residents	106,279 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density	193 inhabitants / km²
surface	549.62 km²
Communities	8th
NIS code	33000
Location of the district of Ypres in the province of West Flanders

The district of Ypres is one of eight districts (arrondissements) in the Belgian province of West Flanders . It covers an area of ​​549.62 km² with 106,279 inhabitants ( as of January 1, 2019 ) in eight municipalities.

It is both an administrative and a judicial district. The municipalities of Staden and Moorslede of the Roeselare district also belong to the judicial district .

Municipalities in the Ypres district

local community	Residents January 1, 2019	Area km²	Density of population / km²	NIS code	Post Code
Heuvelland	7,909	94.24	84	33039	8950, 8951, 8952, 8953, 8954, 8956, 8958
Langemark-Poel Chapel	7,819	52.53	149	33040	8920
Mesen	1,065	3.58	297	33016	8957
Poperinge	19,702	119.33	165	33021	8970, 8972, 8978
Vleteren	3,691	38.15	97	33041	8640
Wervik	18,767	43.61	430	33029	8940
Ypres	34,845	130.61	267	33011	8900, 8902, 8904, 8906, 8908
Zonnebeke	12,481	67.57	185	33037	8980
District of Ypres	106.279	549.62	193	33000	-

history

The area of ​​the district of Ypres belonged to the county of Flanders , which was part of the Austrian Netherlands , until the end of the 18th century . In 1790 the United Belgian States emerged from this temporarily . In the First Coalition War , the area was occupied in 1794 and united with the French Republic on the basis of a resolution made by the French National Convention on October 1, 1795 . The administration and the judiciary were adapted to the still new French system and départements , arrondissements and cantons with the associated communes were established. The Arrondissement Ypres ( French Arrondissement d'Ypres ) belonged 1795 to 1814 for Département de la Lys and divided into cantons or peace jurisdictions Elverdinge ( Elverdinghe ) Hooglede ( Hooglede ), Mesen ( Messines ), Passendale ( Passchendaele ), Poperinge ( Poperinghe ), Wervik ( Wervicq ) and Ypres ( Ypres ) (2 cantons).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)
2. ↑ Indeling van de gemeenten volgens administratieve enerechtelijke arrondissementen ( Memento of December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 283 kB)
3. ^ Carl von Rotteck : General Political Annals , Volume 7, Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1831, p. 105 ( Google Books )
4. ^ Almanach Impérial 1812 , Paris, p. 427 ( Bibliothèque nationale de France )