Opdorp
Opdorp is one of the three towns making up the municipality of Buggenhout in East Flanders, Belgium. Sometimes it's classified in the Denderstreek.
Opdorp | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Geographical centre of Flanders, Belgium | |
  Opdorp Location in Belgium | |
| Coordinates: 51.02744°N 4.22040°E | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| Region | Flemish Region |
| Province | East Flanders |
| Municipality | Buggenhout |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,226 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET |
Opdorp is at the geographical centre of Flanders, Belgium. It is also the point at which three provinces meet: Brabant, Antwerp, and East Flanders.[2]
Opdorp developed around a triangular dries (village square). The dries contains a chapel and the village pump. The town hall, school and former monastery were built around the square.[3]
Gallery
Dries chapel and village pump
Former brewery Van Den Bossche
Former town hall
St Amandus Church
See also
References
- "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 42004A2". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- "Middelpuntwandeling te Opdorp". Pasar (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- "Opdorp". Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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