Editing Damme (section)

{{Short description|Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium}}
{{Other}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Damme
|type             = city
|picture          = 0 Damme - Stadhuis (1).JPG
|picture-legend   = Damme Town Hall
|map              = Damme West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Damme in [[West Flanders]]
|arms             = Blason Damme.svg
|flag             = Damme vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Bruges|Bruges]]
|nis              = 31006
|pyramid-date     = 01/01/2006
|0-19=22.89
|20-64=58.70
|65=18.41
|foreigners=1.47
|foreigners-date  = 01/07/2005
|mayor            = [[Joachim Coens]] ([[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]])
|majority         = [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]
|postal-codes     = 8340
|telephone-area   = 050
|web              = [http://www.damme.be/ www.damme.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|51|15|N|03|16|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Damme''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdɑmə|-|Nl-Damme.ogg}}) 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]], six kilometres northeast of Brugge ([[Bruges]]). The municipality comprises the city of Damme proper and the villages of [[Hoeke]], [[Lapscheure]], [[Moerkerke]], [[Oostkerke (Damme)|Oostkerke]], [[Sijsele]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Vivenkapelle|nl}}, and {{Interlanguage link multi|Sint-Rita|nl}}. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had a population of 10,899. The total area is 89.52&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, giving a [[population density]] of 122 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.