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{{Infobox Belgium municipality |name = Poperinge |type = city |picture = Poperinge Town Hall and Grote Markt.jpg |picture-legend = Street banners welcome visitors to Poperinge's Town Hall and Grote Market |map = Poperinge West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg |map-legend = Location of Poperinge in West Flanders |arms = Poperinge wapen.svg |flag = Poperinge vlag.svg |region = {{BE-REG-FLE}} |community = {{BE-NL}} |province = {{BE-PROV-WV}} |arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Ypres|Ypres]] |nis = 33021 |pyramid-date = |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners = |foreigners-date = |mayor = Christof Dejaegher (CD&V) |majority = [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]], Samen |postal-codes = 8970, 8972, 8978 |telephone-area = 057 |web = [http://www.poperinge.be/ www.poperinge.be] |coordinates = {{coord|50|51|N|02|44|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} }} '''Poperinge''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈpoːpəˌrɪŋə|-|Nl-Poperinge.wav}}; {{langx|fr|Poperinghe}}, {{lang|fr|Poperingue}} {{IPA|fr|pɔpʁɛ̃ɡ|}}; {{langx|vls|Poperienge}}) is a [[City status in Belgium|city]] and [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]], [[Flemish Region]], and has a history going back to medieval times. The municipality comprises the town of Poperinge proper and surrounding villages. The area is famous for its [[hops]] and [[lace]].
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