Nevele

Nevele
Municipality
Landegem

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Nevele
Location in Belgium
Location of Nevele in East Flanders
Coordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E / 51.033; 3.550Coordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E / 51.033; 3.550
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province East Flanders
Arrondissement Ghent
Government
 • Mayor Johan Cornelis (CD&V)
 • Governing party/ies CD&V, Nieuw Nevele
Area
 • Total 51.89 km2 (20.03 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017)[1]
 • Total 12,110
 • Density 230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Postal codes 9850
Area codes 09
Website www.nevele.be

Nevele (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːvələ]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. On January 1, 2006 Nevele had a total population of 11,217. The total area is 51.89 km² which gives a population density of 216 inhabitants per km².

Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality will be merged into Deinze.

Subdivisions

Nevele consists of six deelgemeenten (sub-municipalities).

#NameAreaPopulation
INevele13,86
IIHansbeke9,83
IIIMerendree10,94
IVLandegem8,48
VPoesele2,52
VIVosselare6,27

Famous inhabitants

  • Cyriel Buysse, novelist
  • Renaat de Rudder: born in Oostakker in 1897, he moved with his parents to Landegem in 1909. In 1914 he volunteered for the Belgian army to fight in the first World War, where he wrote on the physical and moral pain he was suffering, until he died on 12 December 1917.
  • Rosalie Loveling and Virginie Loveling, writers, aunts of Cyriel Buysse
  • Leo Lovaert
  • Monika van Paemel

References

  1. ↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)


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