Egem
Sign in to saveEgem is a hamlet in the sub-municipality of Bambrugge in the municipality of Erpe-Mere in Flanders, Belgium. It is located on the Molenbeek, in the Denderstreek, within the southeast of East Flanders and belongs to the Arrondissement of Aalst. It is bordered by the sub-municipalities of Bambrugge proper, Vlekkem (municipality of Erpe-Mere), Ottergem (municipality of Erpe-Mere) and Zonnegem (municipality of Sint-Lievens-Houtem). Egem also borders the domain Steenberg. Egem consists of two streets, the Egemstraat and Everdal.
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Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to Egem, and connects out to Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Erpe-Mere and Populated places in East Flanders.
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Egem is a hamlet in the sub-municipality of Bambrugge in the municipality of Erpe-Mere in Flanders, Belgium. It is located on the Molenbeek, in the Denderstreek, within the southeast of East Flanders and belongs to the Arrondissement of Aalst. It is bordered by the sub-municipalities of Bambrugge proper, Vlekkem (municipality of Erpe-Mere), Ottergem (municipality of Erpe-Mere) and Zonnegem (municipality of Sint-Lievens-Houtem). Egem also borders the domain Steenberg. Egem consists of two streets, the Egemstraat and Everdal.
== History == Through the centuries, Egem has had multiple names. In the oldest documents it was found to be named Heddeghem (1571), later it was also mentioned as Edeghem (1629), Hettegem (1638), Eedegem (1763), Eghem (1779) and Eegem (1842).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Egem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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