Sint-Idesbald | |
Official Name: | Sint-Idesbald |
Settlement Type: | Deelgemeente |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belgium |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Koksijde |
Population Note: | Source: NIS |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8670 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Saint-Idesbald (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃tidɛsbal/; Dutch; Flemish: 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.[1]