Sint-Eloois-Winkel is a village 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. It is a deelgemeente

Deelgemeente

A deelgemeente is a subdivision of a gemeente in Belgium and the Netherlands.-Belgium:...

of the municipality of Ledegem

Ledegem

Ledegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ledegem proper, Rollegem-Kapelle and Sint-Eloois-Winkel. On January 1, 2006 Ledegem had a total population of 9,306. The total area is 24.76 km² which gives a population density of...

, separated from the center of the town by highway A17. The population of Sint-Eloois-Winkel is 3800, only a few hundred less than that of central Ledegem.

History

In the 18th century Sint-Eloois-Winkel was divided by the almost as three times bigger neighbor town, Gullegem, only to get back its dependence after a few year of separation from Ledegem, since there is no own mail, library and city hall.

Sport

• Sint-Eloois-Winkel is well known for its annual horse races in October.
• The Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport football club belongs to the Royal Belgian Football Association and since 1999 has played in the national Fourth Division
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