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Ostend ( Dutch : Oostende [oːstˈɛndə] ; French : Ostende [ɔstɑ̃d] ; German : Ostende [ʔɔstˈʔɛndə] ) is a Belgian coasted city and municipality , located in the province of West-Flanders . It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke , Raversijde , Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.
In earlier times, Ostend was a small village built on the east-end (oost-einde) of an island (originally called Testerep ) between the North Sea and a beach lake. Although small, the village rose to the status of "town" around 1265 when the inhabitants were allowed to hold a market and to build a market hall.
The major source of income for the inhabitants was fishing. The North Sea coastline has always been rather unstable and in 1395 the inhabitants decided to build a new Ostend behind large dikes and further away from the always-threatening sea.