Ieper, commonly known in English by its French name Ypres, is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders, in the Flanders region. The Dutch name Ieper is the official one, though Ypres remains the form most widely used in English.
The municipality is larger than the historic city itself: it comprises the city of Ieper together with the villages of Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus, Elverdinge, Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele, Zillebeke, and Zuidschote. Together these are home to about 34,900 inhabitants.
Its position in West Flanders places it among the cities of Belgium's Dutch-speaking northern region, and its dual naming reflects the country's French and Dutch linguistic traditions.