Opdorp is one of the three towns making up the municipality of
Buggenhout in
East Flanders
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Belgium
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. Sometimes it's classified in the
Denderstreek
The Denderstreek or Denderland is a region in Belgium. It is named after the river Dender. Though the river stretches over three provinces, Hainaut, East Flanders and Flemish Brabant, the region called after the river is situated in East Flande ...
.
Opdorp is at the geographical centre of
Flanders
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,
Belgium
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. It is also the point at which three provinces meet:
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Place names in Europe
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Belgium
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,
Antwerp, and
East Flanders
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Opdorp developed around a triangular ''dries'' (village square). The ''dries'' contains a chapel and the village pump. The town hall, school and former monastery were built around the square.
Gallery
File:Drieskapel met parochiepomp te Opdorp.jpg, ''Dries'' chapel and village pump
File:Brouwerij Van Den Bossche woonhuis.jpg, Former brewery Van Den Bossche
File:Gemeentehuis van Opdorp.jpg, Former town hall
File:Sint-Amandus kerk te Opdorp.jpg, St Amandus Church
See also
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Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin
Nil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin ( wa, Nî) is a Belgian village and district of the municipality of Walhain, Wallonia in the province of Walloon Brabant.
The villages of Nil-Saint-Vincent and Nil-Saint-Martin were merged in 1812. 'Nil' is the name ...
References
External links
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Official site(in Dutch)
Buggenhout
Populated places in East Flanders
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