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Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke)

Zandvoorde
Deelgemeente
ZandvoordeZonnebekeLocation.svg
Coordinates: 50°48′46″N 2°58′52″E / 50.81278°N 2.98111°E / 50.81278; 2.98111Coordinates: 50°48′46″N 2°58′52″E / 50.81278°N 2.98111°E / 50.81278; 2.98111
Country Belgium
Province  West Flanders
Municipality Zonnebeke
Area
 • Total 6.68 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population (1999)
 • Total 474
  Source: NIS
Postal code 8980

Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part (deelgemeente) of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province.

Old listings of the place date back to 1102, as Sanfort. "Sant" refers to sand (in modern Dutch: zand), "fort" refers to Ford (in modern Dutch: voorde), a shallow crossing in a watercourse.

The village was completely destroyed during World War I.


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