Saint-Idesbald

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| name = Sint-Idesbald

| official_name = Sint-Idesbald

| settlement_type = Deelgemeente

| image_skyline = Sint-Idesbald - Sint-Idesbalduskerk 1.jpg

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| image_caption = Church of St. Idesbaldus, Saint-Idesbald.

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| map_caption = Sint-Idesbald ("V") on the map of Koksijde

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| subdivision_name = Belgium

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| subdivision_name1 = {{Belgian province WVLA}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Koksijde

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| postal_code = 8670

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Saint-Idesbald ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃tidɛsbal}}; {{langx|nl|Sint-Idesbald}}) a village at the Belgian West Coast, part of Koksijde, which also includes Oostduinkerke. Its name refers to Saint Idesbald (or Idesbaldus), a 12th-century abbot of the Abbey of Ten Duinen.

In 1931, George Grard set up his studio at Saint-Idesbald, where his house became a rendezvous of artists including Pierre Caille, the Haesaerts brothers, Edgard Tytgat and Paul Delvaux.

In 1982, the Paul Delvaux Museum opened in Saint-Idesbald.{{cite book |last=Barthelman |first=Z. |year=2007 |title=Paul Delvaux: Odyssey of a Dream |location=Saint-Idesbald |publisher=BAI and Foundation Paul Delvaux |page=236 |isbn=978-90-8586-407-3 }}

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