Lombardsijde, also Lombartzyde, is a district in the
Belgian municipality of
Middelkerke
Middelkerke () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend. The municipality comprises the villages of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-Kapell ...
in
West Flanders
)
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province, in northwestern
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
near
Nieuwpoort.
Fighting occurred in and around Lombardsijde during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
[''Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary'', Third Edition, p. 662]
Notes
References
* ''Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary'', Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1997. .
Populated places in West Flanders
Sub-municipalities of Middelkerke
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