Nevele

Nevele
Municipality
Landegem
Flag Coat of arms
Nevele Location in Belgium
Location of Nevele in East Flanders
Coordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°ECoordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E
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 km^2 (20.03 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
• Total	12,071
• Density	230/km^2 (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.

Subdivisions

Nevele consists of six deelgemeenten (sub-municipalities).

#	Name	Area	Population
I	Nevele	13,86
II	Hansbeke	9,83
III	Merendree	10,94
IV	Landegem	8,48
V	Poesele	2,52
VI	Vosselare	6,27

Nevele has borders with: a. Lovendegem b. Drongen (Ghent) c. Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze) d. Bachte-Maria-Leerne (Deinze) e. Meigem (Deinze) f. Lotenhulle (Aalter) g. Bellem (Aalter) h. Zomergem

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 2016 (XLS; 397 KB)

External links

• Media related to Nevele at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Only available in Dutch