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Belgium / Western Europe

Ypres City Intelligence

Ypres is a West Flanders town widely recognised for its First World War remembrance sites, including the Menin Gate and the surrounding Flanders Fields memorials near the French border. Ypres is a western europe city of about ~35K in Belgium. On the composite city-intelligence score, Ypres sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (63/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~35K
View of Ypres, Belgium

Image credit: Image: Paul Hermans at Dutch Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall score

Use the Ypres profile to compare affordability, air quality, and heritage-tourism context alongside Bruges, Kortrijk, and Ostend.

Overall63/100
Affordability67/100
Air quality66/100
Energy58/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

63/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Ypres data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Ypres city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score63/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living67/100Ypres's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality66/100Ypres's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy58/100Ypres's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety62/100Ypres's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed61/100Ypres's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Ypres's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience60/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety81/100
Low crime83/100
Personal safety82/100
Night safety78/100
Road safety77/100

Ypres ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (81/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life82/100
Healthcare87/100
Education83/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure86/100
Mobility64/100

Ypres has a very high quality-of-life estimate (82/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness84/100
Education83/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety81/100

Ypres scores very high for family living (84/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability74/100
Walkability76/100
Cycling80/100
Infrastructure86/100

Ypres is high for remote workers (74/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability80/100
Healthcare87/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle53/100

Ypres is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Ypres

Local public safety guidance for Ypres, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Ypres, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Belgium emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Ypres

Healthcare context for Ypres, with national-level information from Belgium where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Ypres, see the Belgium healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Ypres

Local mobility context for Ypres, with national-level context from Belgium where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Ypres, see the Belgium transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Ypres. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Ypres

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Ypres will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Ypres air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Ypres modules

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Cost of Living in Ypres

Ypres's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Ypres

Ypres's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Ypres

Ypres's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Ypres

Ypres's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Ypres

Ypres's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Ypres

Ypres's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Ypres

Cost of living estimates for Ypres — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Ypres

Climate profile for Ypres — Oceanic climate, annual average 10.7°C, comfort score 64/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Ypres

Economy and jobs profile for Ypres — tourism economy, economy score 72/100, key industries including manufacturing, tourism, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Ypres

Education profile for Ypres — regional education center, education score 59/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Ypres

Source-attributed visual context for Ypres using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Ypres

Weekend trip planning checklist for Ypres — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Ypres

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Ypres

Estimate a monthly budget for Ypres using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Ypres

Plan a trip budget for Ypres using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Ypres

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Ypres. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Kortrijk, Belgium

Same region · about 27 km from Ypres. Explore Kortrijk's city intelligence profile.

Lille, France

Cross-border · about 27 km from Ypres. Explore Lille's city intelligence profile.

Béthune, France

Cross-border · about 40 km from Ypres. Explore Béthune's city intelligence profile.

Dunkirk, France

Cross-border · about 41 km from Ypres. Explore Dunkirk's city intelligence profile.

Ostend, Belgium

Nearby city · about 42 km from Ypres. Explore Ostend's city intelligence profile.

Tournai, Belgium

Same region · about 45 km from Ypres. Explore Tournai's city intelligence profile.

Bruges, Belgium

Same region · about 46 km from Ypres. Explore Bruges's city intelligence profile.

Lens, France

Cross-border · about 47 km from Ypres. Explore Lens's city intelligence profile.

Arras, France

Cross-border · about 63 km from Ypres. Explore Arras's city intelligence profile.

Ghent, Belgium

Same region · about 63 km from Ypres. Explore Ghent's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Ypres — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Ypres profile to compare affordability, air quality, and heritage-tourism context alongside Bruges, Kortrijk, and Ostend. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (67/100) and air quality (66/100). The area most worth watching is energy (58/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Belgium country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Ypres appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.