Opdorp
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|image_caption = Geographical centre of Flanders, Belgium
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|subdivision_name2 = East Flanders
|subdivision_name3 = Buggenhout
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Opdorp is one of the three towns making up the municipality of Buggenhout in East Flanders, Belgium. Sometimes it's classified in the Denderstreek.
Opdorp is at the geographical centre of Flanders, Belgium. It is also the point at which three provinces meet: Brabant, Antwerp, and East Flanders.{{cite web|url=https://www.pasar.be/activiteit/wandelen/middelpuntwandeling-te-opdorp |title=Middelpuntwandeling te Opdorp |website=Pasar|access-date=26 October 2020|language=nl}}
Opdorp developed around a triangular dries (village square). The dries contains a chapel and the village pump. The town hall, school and former monastery were built around the square.{{cite web|url=https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/themas/14388 |title=Opdorp |website=Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed |access-date=6 May 2022 |language=nl}}
Gallery
File:Drieskapel met parochiepomp te Opdorp.jpg|Dries chapel and village pump
File:Brouwerij Van Den Bossche woonhuis.jpg|Former brewery Van Den Bossche
File:Gemeentehuis van Opdorp.jpg|Former town hall
File:Sint-Amandus kerk te Opdorp.jpg|St Amandus Church
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://opdorp.be Official site] (in Dutch)
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Category:Populated places in East Flanders
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