Ypres

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Ypres is a historic town in western Belgium that was the site of several major and devastating battles during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
coordinateLatitude 50.851
coordinateLongitude 2.885
country Belgium
economyIncludes agriculture
services
tourism
grantedCityRights 13th century
hasDutchName Ieper
hasFrenchName Ypres self-link
hasGermanName Ypres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ypern
hasHeritageStatus several protected monuments
hasLandmark Cloth Hall of Ypres
Menin Gate
St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres
surface form: St Martin’s Cathedral, Ypres

Ypres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ypres Ramparts
historicalRegion County of Flanders
hostsEvent Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate
knownFor In Flanders Fields Museum
Menin Gate Memorial
World War I battlefields
cloth trade in the Middle Ages
war cemeteries
LastPostCeremonyFrequency daily
locatedIn Flanders
West Flanders
western Belgium
locatedOn Ypres–Comines Canal
near French border
officialLanguage Dutch
partOf Ypres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ypres Salient

arrondissement of Ypres
population approximately 35000
postalCode 8900
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
twinnedWith Battle of Passchendaele
surface form: Passchendaele

Saint-Omer
Ypres self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ypres, Canada
wasHeavilyDamagedDuring World War I
wasRebuiltAfter World War I
wasSiteOf Battle of Passchendaele
Fifth Battle of Ypres
First Battle of Ypres
Fourth Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres
Battle of Passchendaele
surface form: Third Battle of Ypres

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Flanders contains Ypres
Irish Guards battleHonour Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres 1914
Welsh Guards battleHonour Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres 1917
Zlín twinCity Ypres
West Flanders contains Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres front Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battleHonour Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres 1915
Battle of Passchendaele front Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Slough hasTwinTown Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres, Belgium
Ypres hasFrenchName Ypres self-link
Ypres hasGermanName Ypres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ypern
Ypres hasLandmark Ypres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ypres Ramparts
Ypres twinnedWith Ypres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ypres, Canada
Ypres partOf Ypres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada battleHonour Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres 1915
Royal Canadian Regiment battleHonour Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres 1915
Cavalry School of Ypres locatedNear Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Flanders Fields contains Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres Salient
Flanders Fields majorTown Ypres
Yser River passesNear Ypres
Hasselt twinCity Ypres
First Battle of Ypres geographicalFeature Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres salient
Diksmuide nearbyCity Ypres
Arras twinTown Ypres
Passchendaele Canadian Memorial near Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres (Ieper)
Battle of St. Julien relatedPlace Ypres
this entity surface form: Ypres, Belgium
Dave Gallaher placeOfDeath Ypres
this entity surface form: Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Ypres 1917 hasLocation Ypres
Roeselare locatedNear Ypres
Siegen twinTown Ypres