Alveringem
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Alveringem is a municipality
located in the Belgian
province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren a/d Yzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge
, Leisele
, Oeren, Sint-Rijkers and Stavele. On January 1, 2006 Alveringem had a total population of 4,887. The total area is 80.01 km² which gives a population density
of 61 inhabitants per km². The mayor of Alveringem is Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen) since 2006.
Cyriel Verschaeve
was as a priest attached to the parish
of Alveringem and re-buried near Alveringem's church in 1973.
s". The largest town is Alveringem proper, the chief town, located in the northeast of the municipality. During the merger of municipalities in 1971, the villages Hoogstade, Oeren and Sint-Rijkers were added to Alveringem. In 1977, Leisele
and Stavele, independent municipalities at the time, were added as well. As from 1971, Leisele also comprised the villages Gijverinkhove and Izenberge
; Beveren-aan-de-IJzer was a part of Stavele. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes.
Due to its rural extent, the municipality of Alvergem borders a large number of small villages:
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren a/d Yzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge
Izenberge
Izenberge is a small Flemish village in the Belgian province of "West-Vlaanderen". Since a fusion in the seventies it belongs now to the larger agglomeration of Alveringem. It's the home of the open air museum Bachten De Kupe and a local museum of strange curiosities...
, Leisele
Leisele
Leisele is a small Belgian town in Alveringem near the French border with about 750 inhabitants....
, Oeren, Sint-Rijkers and Stavele. On January 1, 2006 Alveringem had a total population of 4,887. The total area is 80.01 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 61 inhabitants per km². The mayor of Alveringem is Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen) since 2006.
Cyriel Verschaeve
Cyriel Verschaeve
Cyriel Verschaeve was a noted Flemish-nationalist priest and writer who collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War.-Biography:...
was as a priest attached to the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Alveringem and re-buried near Alveringem's church in 1973.
Towns
The municipality of Alveringem has a relatively low population density and the number of inhabitants has still decreased last decades. The extensive territory comprises nine rural towns or "deelgemeenteDeelgemeente
A deelgemeente is a subdivision of a gemeente in Belgium and the Netherlands.-Belgium:...
s". The largest town is Alveringem proper, the chief town, located in the northeast of the municipality. During the merger of municipalities in 1971, the villages Hoogstade, Oeren and Sint-Rijkers were added to Alveringem. In 1977, Leisele
Leisele
Leisele is a small Belgian town in Alveringem near the French border with about 750 inhabitants....
and Stavele, independent municipalities at the time, were added as well. As from 1971, Leisele also comprised the villages Gijverinkhove and Izenberge
Izenberge
Izenberge is a small Flemish village in the Belgian province of "West-Vlaanderen". Since a fusion in the seventies it belongs now to the larger agglomeration of Alveringem. It's the home of the open air museum Bachten De Kupe and a local museum of strange curiosities...
; Beveren-aan-de-IJzer was a part of Stavele. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes.
| # | Name | Area | Population (1999) |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Alveringem | 1.583 (*) | |
| II | Oeren | (*) | |
| III | Sint-Rijkers | (*) | |
| IV | Izenberge Izenberge Izenberge is a small Flemish village in the Belgian province of "West-Vlaanderen". Since a fusion in the seventies it belongs now to the larger agglomeration of Alveringem. It's the home of the open air museum Bachten De Kupe and a local museum of strange curiosities... |
395 | |
| V | Leisele Leisele Leisele is a small Belgian town in Alveringem near the French border with about 750 inhabitants.... |
774 | |
| VI | Hoogstade | 352 | |
| VII | Gijverinkhove | 308 | |
| VIII | Beveren | 659 | |
| IX | Stavele | 661 |
- (*) The population of the small villages of Oeren and Sint-Rijkers is contained in the number for Alveringem proper
- Source: Streekplatform Westhoek http://www.westhoek.be/streekplatform/Tabellen/3.2..htm
Due to its rural extent, the municipality of Alvergem borders a large number of small villages:
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External links
- Official website - Available only in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...