Male is a former hamlet and today a quarter in the east of

Sint-Kruis Sint-Kruis ( vls, Sinte-Kruus) is a suburb of Bruges in the province of West Flanders in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is border ...

, a suburb of

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population. The area of the whole city a ...

West Flanders ) , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of West Flanders.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van West-Vlaanderen.svg , shield_size = , image_map ...

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 ...

. The hamlet, which retains its small historic center, clusters around

Male Castle Maele Castle, Bruges Maele Castle ( nl, Grafelijk Slot van Male) is a former castle in Male, Belgium, Male, once a separate village, now part of Sint-Kruis, a suburb of Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium. The buildings, almost entirely rebuilt and rest ...

, best known as the birthplace of Louis, count of Flanders in 1329.

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Populated places in West Flanders Geography of Bruges {{WestFlanders-geo-stub