What is Damme?
{{dablink|For Damme in Germany - twin town of Damme in Belgium - see [[Damme, Germany]].}} [[File:Damme_R02.jpg|thumb|Damme: panorama]] [[File:Damme vlag.svg|thumb|250px|The flag of Damme]] [[File:Blason Damme.svg|thumb|90px|The coat of arms of Damme]] '''Damme''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]], six kilometres northeast of Brugge ([[Bruges]]). It is made up of the city of Damme proper and the towns of [[Hoeke]], [[Lapscheure]], [[Moerkerke]], [[Oostkerke]], [[Sijsele]], Vivenkapelle, and Sint-Rita. In 2007, 10853 people lived there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |title=Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123144002/http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is at 51° 15 North, 03° 17 East.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |title=Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2004-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723190930/http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Damme}} {{Hanseatic League}} {{West Flanders}} {{authority control}} {{Belgium-stub}} [[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]