About the town » Ieper, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
Popular surnames at Ieper
- Cailliau 275
- Segers 71
- Clinckemaillie 67
- Deruyter 63
- Castelein 57
- Boudry 54
- Baudry 53
- Baelde 53
- Vanlerberghe 49
- Casteleyn 47
- Devos 40
- Ossieur 37
- Vermeulen 33
- Clinckemaille 31
- Durnez 30
- Nollet 27
- Seghers 27
- Verstraete 27
- Kestelijn 26
- Gryson 24
Records from Ieper
Source: Wikipedia Information
Ypres is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. Though Ieper is the Dutch and only official name, The French Ypres is most commonly used in English for its role in World War I, when Belgian maps still named Flemish cities only by their French names. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres and the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote. Together, they count some 34,900 inhabitants. During World War I, Ypres was the centre of intense and sustained battles between the German and the Allied forces. During the war, because it was hard to pronounce in English, British troops nicknamed the city "Wipers".
