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NIEUPORT (Flem. Nieuwpoort)

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 673 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
NIEUPORT (Flem. Nieuwpoort) , a town of Belgium in the province of West
Flanders
 . Pop. (1904) 3780. It was the port of Ypres, and is situated on the Yser about lo m. S. of Ostend. It was strongly fortified in the middle ages and its siege by the French in 14881489 is an episode of its heroic period. Under its walls in 1600 Maurice of Nassau defeated the Archduke Albert and the Spaniards. It contains an ancient
cloth
  market, a fine town-
hall
  and an old
church
 , and outside is a lighthouse dating from 1289.
Nieuport
  Bains, 2 M. from the town, is a fashionable seaside resort dating only from 1869. It has a fine pier extending 15oo yds. out to sea and flanking the entrance to the Yser, which has been canalized. The bathing is excellent, and in the season the place is largely frequented by visitors.


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