Oudenaarde (BE)
Oudenaarde is a Belgian municipality (31,132 inhabitants end 2017) in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, Heurne, Leupegem, Mater, Melden, Mullem, Nederename, Welden, Volkegem and a part of Ooike. From the 15th to the 18th century, but especially in the 16th century, Oudenaarde was a world-known centre of tapestry production. The town's name, meaning “old field”, still lingers on in “outnal”, an obsolete English term for a kind of brown linen thread.
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Postal history before 1910
The post office (named AUDENAERDE) opened before 1830. It used a Perception code 9 (before 1864), and 21 with points before 1874. Other offices opened before 1910: - EYNE on 1 December 1873 - EENAME on 7 February 1905 - MAETER and MELDEN on 4 July 1906 - BEVERE-lez-Audenaerde on 23 October 1906
Postmarks after 1950
Postal code: 9700