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Bruges ( in English; (オランダ語:Brugge) (:ˈbrʏɣə); (フランス語:Bruges) (:bʁyːʒ); (ドイツ語:Brügge) (:ˈbrʏɡə)) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from ''Brugge aan zee''〔, (Snippet pages 143 )〕 meaning "Bruges on Sea"〔, (page 140 ) 〕). The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval-shaped and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008),〔(Statistics Belgium; ''Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2008'' (excel-file) ) Population of all municipalities in Belgium, as of 1 January 2008. Retrieved on 19 October 2008.〕 of whom around 20,000 live in the city centre. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and has a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.〔(Statistics Belgium; ''De Belgische Stadsgewesten 2001'' (pdf-file) ) Definitions of metropolitan areas in Belgium. The metropolitan area of Bruges is divided into three levels. First, the central agglomeration (''agglomeratie''), which in this case is Bruges municipality, with 117,073 inhabitants (1 January 2008). Adding the closest surroundings (''banlieue'') gives a total of 166,502. And, including the outer commuter zone (''forensenwoonzone'') the population is 255,844. Retrieved on 2008-10-19.〕 Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam and Stockholm, it is sometimes referred to as The Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant economic importance thanks to its port and was once the chief commercial city in the world.〔, quote: "Rise, fall and resurrection make up the life story of Bruges, a city that glittered in Northern Europe with as much panache as Venice did in the Mediterranean World."〕 == Origin of the name == The place is first mentioned in records as ''Bruggas, Brvggas, Brvccia'' in 840–875, then as ''Bruciam'', ''Bruociam'' (in 892), ''Brutgis uico'' (toward end of the 9th century), ''in portu Bruggensi'' (c. 1010), ''Bruggis'' (1012), ''Bricge'' (1037, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), ''Brugensis'' (1046), ''Brycge'' (1049–1052, again in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), ''Brugias'' (1072), ''Bruges'' (1080–1085), ''Bruggas'' (c. 1084), ''Brugis'' (1089), and ''Brugge'' (1116).〔Maurits Gysseling, ''Toponymisch woordenboek van België, Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland (vóór 1226)'', Brussel 1960, p. 195.〕 The name probably derives from the Old Dutch for "bridge"; cf. Middle Dutch ''brucge, brugge'' (or ''brugghe'', ''brigghe'', ''bregghe'', ''brogghe''), and modern Dutch ''bruggehoofd'' ("bridgehead") and ''Brug'' ("bridge"). The form ''brugghe'' would be a southern Dutch variant.〔M. Philippa, F. Debrabandere, A. Quak, T. Schoonheim & N. van der Sijs (2003–2009), ''Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands'', AUP: Amsterdam.〕 The Dutch word and the English "bridge" both derive from Proto-Germanic '' *brugjō-''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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