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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
| name             = Bredene
| picture          = Bredene - Skyline 1.jpg
| picture-legend   = 
| map              = Bredene West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
| map-legend       = Location of Bredene in West Flanders
| arms             = Blason Bredene.svg
| flag             = Flag of Bredene.svg
| province         = [[West Flanders]]
| arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Ostend|Ostend]]
| nis              = 35002
| mayor             = Steve Vandeberghe ([[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]])
| majority          = [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]], [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]]
| postal-codes      = 8450
| telephone-area    = 059
| web               = {{url|http://www.bredene.be/}}
| coordinates       = {{coord|51|14|N|02|58|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Bredene''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈbreːdənə|-|Nl-Bredene.ogg}}; {{langx|vls|Brèinienge}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality only comprises the town of Bredene proper. On 1 January 2006, Bredene had a total population of 15,118. The total area is 13.08&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 1156 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

Bredene is situated at the Belgian coast and makes its income mostly out of tourism. In the period of July and August, the population doubles due to many events that attract people from everywhere. Belgium's only [[nude beach]] is at {{coord|51|14|58|N|02|57|38|E|display=inline}} near [[tram stop]] "Bredene Renbaan (Hippodroom)".<ref name="expa_BENe">{{Cite web
| title = Nudists win more beach at Bredene
| author = 
| work = Expatica Communications
| date = 18 August 2005
| access-date = 2014-11-02
| url = http://www.expatica.com/be/news/country-news/Nudists-win-more-beach-at-Bredene_131725.html
| language = 
| quote = 
| archive-date = 2014-11-02
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141102112116/http://www.expatica.com/be/news/country-news/Nudists-win-more-beach-at-Bredene_131725.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name="dere_Bred">{{Cite web
| title = Bredene nudist beach: what do local politicians think?
| author =
| work = Flanders News
| date = 22 September 2012
| access-date = 2016-08-24
| url = http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/LocalElections_ENG/1.1436340
| quote =
}}</ref>{{sfn|Elliott|2010|p=70}}

== Notes and references ==
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* {{cite book|last=Elliott|first=Mark |title=CultureShock! Belgium: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSKJAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|year=2010|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-981-4484-25-1}}
{{refend}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.bredene.be}} - Information available in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and limited information available in [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Bredene
|N = ''[[North Sea]]''
|E = [[De Haan, Belgium|De Haan]]
|S = [[Ostend]]
|W = [[Ostend]]
}}
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{{Municipalities in West Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Bredene| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]
[[Category:Nude beaches]]


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