What is Ypres?
{{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Ypres<br /> Ieper {{in lang|nl}} |picture=Grand Place, Ypres.jpg |picture-legend=Cloth Hall in the Grand Place |map=IeperLocatie.png |map-legend=Location of Ypres in [[West Flanders]] |arms=Wapenschild-ieper.jpg |flag=Flag of Ypres.svg |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-WV}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Ypres|Ypres]] |nis=33011 |pyramid-date=1 January 2006 |0–19=22.52 |20–64=58.08 |65=19.40 |foreigners=1.89 |foreigners-date=1 July 2005 |mayor=Luc Dehaene ([[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]) |majority=[[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]] |postal-codes=8900, 8902, 8904, 8906, 8908 |telephone-area=057 |web=[http://www.ieper.be/ www.ieper.be] |lat_deg=50 |lat_min=51 |lon_deg=02 |lon_min=53 }} '''Ypres''' ({{lang-nl|Ieper}}) is a [[municipality]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality is made up of the [[city]] of Ypres and the villages of [[Boezinge]], [[Brielen]], [[Dikkebus]], [[Elverdinge]], [[Hollebeke]], [[Sint-Jan]], [[Vlamertinge]], [[Voormezele]], [[Zillebeke]], and [[Zuidschote]]. In 2007, 34919 people lived in the municipality.<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 50° 51 North, 02° 53 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> Poison gas was first used here, in the [[Second Battle of Ypres]] in 1917. == References == {{reflist}} {{West_Flanders}} {{Belgium-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Munici