Gistel at a glance
- Gistel has a population of about 11,000.
- It's part of Flanders.
- It's about 103 km to Brussels, the country's largest city.
- The nearest bigger city is Ostend, about 7 km away.
- Towns nearby: Brugge (19 km), Roeselare (26 km) and Knokke-Heist (30 km).