Heist-aan-Zee (Heyst), Belgium - general view, woods, girls - postcard c.1920s

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• Picture / Image:  Heist-aan-Zee (Heyst aan Zee / sur Mer) - General view and little woods - Algemeen zicht van het boschje 
• Publisher: Nels
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  removed
• Postmark(s): illeg cds
• Sent to:  London E5, England
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Heist-aan-Zee, or Heist, is a town in Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium. Till 1971 it was a municipality.

Georges Lemmen, Beach at Heist, 1892

It was a prominent summer beach resort in the 1890s.

It had a beach front lined with hotels and a "dike" paved walked way on a storm fender. Fishing boats were mooring on the beach, and one could purchase a ticket to bathe in the sea.

Knokke-Heist (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌknɔkəˈɦɛi̯st]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle. On January 1, 2006 Knokke-Heist had a total population of 34,063. The total area is 56.44 km² which gives a population density of 603 inhabitants per km². Knokke-Heist is located along the North Sea in a polder area on the Belgian border with the Netherlands. It is Belgium’s best-known and most affluent seaside resort.