- Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke)
Infobox Belgische deelgemeente
kaart1=
naam= Zandvoorde
provincie=WVLA
gemeente=Zonnebeke
latitudeGraden= 50
latitudeMinuten= 48
latitudeSeconden= 46
longitudeGraden= 2
longitudeMinuten= 58
longitudeSeconden= 52
opp= 6.68
inw= 474
datum= 1999
dichtheid=
postcode=8980|Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of
West Flanders and a part (deelgemeente ) of the municipality ofZonnebeke . Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province.History
Old listings of the place date back to
1102 , as "Sanfort". "Sant" refers tosand (in modern Dutch: "zand"), "fort" refers to Ford (in modern Dutch: "voorde"), a shallow crossing in a watercourse.The village was completely destroyed during
World War I .Landmarks
* The Parish and its church are named after
Saint Bartholomew . The current church dates from 1923-1925, after the old church had been destroyed during the First World War.
* TheZantvoorde New British Cemetery is aCommonwealth War Graves Commission World War I military cemetery. In the village centre, there is a British war memorial, the "The Household Cavalry Monument".Trivia
* In the north of the province of West Flanders, there's another village with the name Zandvoorde, a part of the city of
Oostende
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