Editing Houthulst

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Houthulst
|picture          = Houthulst Gemeentehuis.jpg
|picture-legend   = Houthulst town hall
|map              = Houthulst West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Houthulst in West Flanders
|arms             = Blason Houthulst.svg
|flag             = Houthulst vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Diksmuide|Diksmuide]]
|nis              = 32006
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Jeroen Vandromme ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]])
|majority         = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]], [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]]
|postal-codes     = 8650
|telephone-area   = 051
|web              = {{website|http://www.houthulst.be/}}
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|59|N|02|57|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Houthulst''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦʌutɦʏlst}}; {{langx|vls|Oetulst}}, {{IPA|vls|ˈutœːst|pron}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Provinces of Belgium|province]] of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality consists of the sub-municipalities Houthulst, [[Jonkershove]], [[Klerken]] and [[Merkem]]. On January 1, 2006, Houthulst had a total population of 9,051. The total area is 55.89&nbsp;km² which gives a [[population density]] of 162 inhabitants per km².

==Landmarks==
* The ''Sint-Jan Baptistkerk'' (Church of Saint John the Baptist) is the church of Houthulst. It was rebuilt in [[1924]] after being completely destroyed during [[World War I]].
* The {{Interlanguage link|Belgian Military Cemetery|nl|3=Belgisch militaire begraafplaats van Houthulst}}, containing the [[grave]]s of almost 1800 Belgian soldiers killed during World War I. The cemetery also contains 81 [[Italy|Italian]] graves. Most of the [[soldier]]s who have been buried here were killed during the [[Fifth Battle of Ypres|final assault on the Germans]] on [[September 28]], [[1918]], to liberate the [[Vrijbos|Vrijbos forest]].

[[File:Houthulst - Military Cemetery 1.jpg|thumb|none|Houthulst - Military Cemetery]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[https://www.houthulst.be Official website] - Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Houthulst
|North     = [[Diksmuide]]
|Northeast = [[Kortemark]]
|East      = [[Staden]]
|South     = [[Langemark-Poelkapelle]]
|West      = [[Lo-Reninge]]
}}
{{Municipalities in West Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]


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