Nieuwpoort, Belgium

Nieuwpoort Nieuwpôort (West Flemish) Nieuport (French)
City and municipality
Belfry and city hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Nieuwpoort
Nieuwpoort Location in Belgium Location of Nieuwpoort in West Flanders
Coordinates: 51°07′N 02°45′E / 51.117°N 2.750°E / 51.117; 2.750
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Veurne
Government
• Mayor	Geert Vanden Broucke (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V
Area
• Total	33.28 km2 (12.85 sq mi)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	11,488
• Density	350/km2 (890/sq mi)
Postal codes	8620
NIS code	38016
Area codes	058
Website	www.nieuwpoort.be

Nieuwpoort (/ˈnjuːpɔːrt/ NEW-port,^[2] Dutch: [ˈniupoːrt] ^ⓘ; West Flemish: Nieuwpôort; French: Nieuport [njøpɔʁ]) is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, in the province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Nieuwpoort proper, as well as Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris. On 1 January 2008, Nieuwpoort had a total population of 11,062. Its land area is 31.00 km² which gives a population density of 350 inhabitants per km². The current mayor of Nieuwpoort is Geert Vanden Broucke (CD&V)

In Nieuwpoort, the Yser flows into the North Sea. It was also the home of a statue created by Jan Fabre called Searching for Utopia. The Stadshalle Grain Hall (market hall) with its belfry was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, owing to its historical civic (not religious) importance and its architecture.^[3]