Editing Poperinge (section)

==Administration==
In addition to the town centre of Poperinge, the municipality also comprises the submunicipalities (so-called "[[deelgemeente]]n") of Krombeke, [[Proven]], [[Reningelst]], [[Roesbrugge-Haringe]] and Watou. The hamlets of [[Abele (village)|Abele]] and Sint-Jan-Ter-Biezen are also located within the municipality, but they do not have the status of "deelgemeente", since they were not independent municipalities before the mergers of municipalities which took place in Belgium in the 1970s.

Roesbrugge-Haringe actually comprises two separate villages, [[Roesbrugge]] and Haringe. The hamlet of Abele is located on the border with France and partially lies on French territory.

{| border="0" style="border:1px solid #999; background:#fff;"
|-  style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"
! # !! Name !! Area !! Population (1999)
|-  style="text-align:right; background:#efefef;"
|I || style="text-align:left;"| Poperinge || 47,61 || 12.644
|- style="text-align:right;"
|II || style="text-align:left;"| [[Krombeke]] || 8,54 || 711
|-  style="text-align:right; background:#efefef;"
|III || style="text-align:left;"| [[Proven]] || 13,10 || 1.394
|- style="text-align:right;"
|IV || style="text-align:left;"| [[Reningelst]] || 15,20 || 1.405
|-  style="text-align:right; background:#efefef;"
|V <br/><small>(VII)</small> <br/> <small>(VIII)</small>|| style="text-align:left;"| [[Roesbrugge-Haringe]] <br/> - [[Roesbrugge]] <br/> - [[Haringe]] || 11,60 <br/>&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp; || 1.105<br/>&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;
|- style="text-align:right;"
|VI <br/><small>(IX)</small> <br/> <small>(X)</small>|| style="text-align:left;"| [[Watou]] <br/> - [[Sint-Jan-Ter-Biezen]] <br/> - [[Abele (village)|Abele]] || 23,28 <br/>&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp; || 1.940 <br/>&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;
|}

The municipality borders many rural villages, and because of the long border is also close to many French municipalities.