Roesbrugge is a small rural

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Belgian province of

West Flanders West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ...

. Roesbrugge is the larger of two villages that make up the "

deelgemeente A (, literally ''sub-municipality''), or section (), is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well. Belgium Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 January 1961 bu ...

Roesbrugge-Haringe Roesbrugge-Haringe is a place in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a part of the municipality (a deelgemeente) of Poperinge. Roesbrugge-Haringe consists of two small rural villages, Roesbrugge and Haringe, located in the north western ...

in the municipality of

Poperinge Poperinge (; , ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, and has a history going back to medieval times. The municipality comprises ...

. Roesbrugge is located in the northwestern part of Poperinge and in the northern part of Roesbrugge-Haringe. The town center is located along the

Yser The Yser ( , ; ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the '' Ganzepoot'' and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort. The source of the Yser is in ...

river. An old branch of this river, the Dode IJzer (''Dead Yser'') makes up the northern border of the town center. The built-up area extends across the Dode IJzer into the hamlet Beveren-Kalsijde, a settlement on the territory of

Beveren-aan-de-IJzer Beveren-aan-de-IJzer (West Flemish: ''Bevern-a'n-Yzer'') is a village in the municipality of Alveringem in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The village is located near the border with France, and was therefore called ''Beveren aan de Franse ...

in the municipality of

Alveringem Alveringem (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren (Alveringem), Beveren-aan-de-IJzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade ...

. The small village of Haringe is located one kilometer to the southwest of Roesbrugge; both make up the deelgemeente Roesbrugge-Haringe. The Catholic

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and

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of Roesbrugge are named after Saint Martin. The church was built between 1806 and 1837.

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Roesbrugge, het dorp aan de ijzer
- website Roesbrugge {{coord, 50, 55, N, 2, 37, E, region:BE_type:city, display=title Poperinge Populated places in West Flanders

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