Koksijde

Koksijde
	Koksijde
	Koksijde
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	West Flanders
District :	Veurne
Coordinates :	51 ° 6 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ E
Area :	43.96 km²
Residents:	21,910 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	498 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	8670
Prefix:	058
Mayor:	Marc Vanden Bussche ( LDD )
; Local government address :	Gemeentehuis Koksijde ; Zeelaan 303 ; 8670 Koksijde
Website:	www.koksijde.be

Koksijde is a municipality in the province of West Flanders on the Flemish coast. The community has 21,910 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). The main source of income is tourism. In the Oostduinkerke district, crabs are still fished with nets and horses.

history

In 1777 the place appears as Cauxyde in the Ferraris maps . In 1977 the municipalities of Oostduinkerke , Wulpen and Koksijde including Sankt Idesbald (Flemish Sint-Idesbald ) were merged. In 2004 the Studio Koksijde cinema was built; it is the only cinema on the Belgian west coast and in the Westhoek .

reception

The vacationers of the summer of 1914 saw themselves “stranded at the most beautiful end of the world,” wrote the writer Jakob Hein in Lieutenant Stern's novel Die Orient-Mission .

Attractions

701 hectares of nature reserve
The Paul Delvaux Museum in Sankt Idesbald opened in 1982 .
Hoge Blekker, a nature reserve since 1999 with the highest dune (33 m) on the Belgian coast.
Ten Duinen Monastery
Beach between 250 and 700 m wide at low tide
Koksijde military airfield , base of the Belgian air component