Editing Oudenburg

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Oudenburg
|type             = city
|picture          = Abdijhoeve Oudenburg 30-05-2023 13-11-48.jpg
|picture-legend   = Gate of the abbey's farm
|map              = Oudenburg West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Oudenburg in West Flanders
|arms             = Oudenburg wapen.svg
|flag             = Oudenburg vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Ostend|Ostend]]
|nis              = 35014
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Romina Vanhooren ([[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open Vld]])
|majority         = [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open Vld]], [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]], [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]
|postal-codes     = 8460
|telephone-area   = 059
|web              = [http://www.oudenburg.be/ www.oudenburg.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|51|11|04|N|03|00|17|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Oudenburg''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʌudə(m)ˌbʏr(ə)x}}; {{langx|fr|Audembourg}} {{IPA|fr|odɑ̃buʁ||}}; {{langx|vls|Oednburg}} {{IPA|vls|ˈʊdn̩bœrh|}}; {{langx|la|Aldenburgensis}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1985/07/19/1985001298/staatsblad |date=19 July 1985 |lang=nl |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenburg itself and the towns of [[Ettelgem]], [[Roksem]] and [[Westkerke, Belgium|Westkerke]]. On January 1, 2006 Oudenburg had a total population of 8,929. The total area is 35.38&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 252 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

Oudenburg is situated on the location of a Roman ''[[castellum]]'' built in the 4th century, whose outline is still visible in the city's streetplan. Some of the stones of the former walls were later used in the construction of the abbey. The former abbey of St. Peter at Oudenburg, founded by [[Arnold of Soissons]], was destroyed during the [[French Revolution]].

==History==
*1070 AD: [[Arnold of Soissons]] founded the [[Abbey of St. Peter in Oudenburg]].
*1087: Death of Arnold of Soissons. (also known as Arnold of Oudenburg or Saint Arnold.)
*1226: The City is represented on a Seal.
*1843, February 2: The arms were granted.
The arms show a castle with the arms of the medieval Lords of Oudenburg in the gate. The castle (Burcht) is a [[Canting arms|canting]] element. The castle already appeared on the oldest [[Seal (emblem)|seal]] of the city, dating from 1226. All later seals showed a castle, but the size and shape of the castle has changed considerably through the centuries. The small shield appeared for the first time in the 16th century.

In the 19th century, it was rumored that Attilla the Hun was responsible for the destruction of the town, which was claimed to have happened in the 5th century. <ref>{{Citation|date=1888|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Belgium_and_Holland/nrYVAAAAYAAJ|title=Belgium and Holland: hand-book for travellers|location=Leipzig|oclc=05970948|page=8|access-date=February 28, 2025|publisher=[[Karl Baedeker]]|edition=9th}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Raphael de Mercatellis]], church official and imperial counsellor.
* [[Felipe Diricksen]],  baroque painter primarily of portraits and religious paintings.
* [[Charles Geleyns]], abbot of the abbey of St. Peter of Oudenburg.
* [[André Gennevoise]], owner of the abbey of St. Peter of Oudenburg.
* [[Maurits Gysseling]], researcher into historical linguistics and paleography.
* [[John Cordier]], founder of [[Telindus]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="154px" heights="200px" perrow="8">
RAM (Oudenburg) voormalig abtsgebouw 22-07-2021 11-27-21.jpg|Abbot's building and current Roman Archeological Museum
Oudenburg Polder 34 - 26370 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg|[[Frisian farmhouse]] of the local 'Maenhoudthoeve'
Abdijhoeve Oudenburg 30-05-2023 13-09-55.jpg|Court of the St.-Peter's abbey's farm
Oudenburg - 1641.jpg|Map of Oudenburg in [[Flandria illustrata]]
Atlas de Wit 1698-pl109-Plassendaal-KB PPN 145205088.jpg|[[Fort Plassendale]] (1585-1783)

</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.oudenburg.be Official website ] - Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
*[https://news.google.com/archivesearch?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLJ&q=oudenburg&um=1&scoring=t&sa=X&oi=archive&ct=title Google News Archives for Oudenburg]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Oudenburg
|North     = [[De Haan, Belgium|De Haan]]
|East      = [[Jabbeke]]
|South     = [[Ichtegem]]
|Southwest = [[Gistel]]
|Northwest = [[Ostend]]
}}
{{Municipalities in West Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]