Poperinghe, an old commercial town of Belgium, in the province of West Flanders, 4 miles from the French frontier, and 8 miles W. of Ypres by rail. The town has manufactures of lace, linens, and woolen cloths. Pop. 11,065.
Poperinghe
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 325
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