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Lievegem

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Lievegem () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Waarschoot, Lovendegem and Zomergem.

Key facts

Belgium municipality.name
Lievegem
Belgium municipality.picture
Waarschoot Sint-Ghislenuskerk erfgoed 33247 24-03-2019 14-46-021.jpg
Belgium municipality.map
Lievegem East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
Belgium municipality.map legend
Location of the municipality of Lievegem
Belgium municipality.arms
Wapen Lievegem.jpg
Belgium municipality.flag
Flag of Lievegem.svg
Belgium municipality.province
East Flanders
Belgium municipality.arrondissement
Ghent
Belgium municipality.nis
44085
Belgium municipality.mayor
Kim Martens (CD&V)
Belgium municipality.majority
CD&V, Open VLD
Belgium municipality.postal codes
9920, 9921, 9930, 9931, 9932, 9950
Belgium municipality.telephone area
09
Belgium municipality.web
www.lievegem.be

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Lieve
Country
Belgium
Capital
Lovendegem
Official language
Dutch
Population
26657
Area
80.78
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Body of water
Lieve
Shares border with
Maldegem
Official website
www.lievegem.be
Image
Waarschoot Sint-Ghislenuskerk erfgoed 33247 24-03-2019 14-46-021.jpg
Dialing code
09
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inception
2019-01-01
replaces
Waarschoot
Commons category
Lievegem
topic's main category
Category:Lievegem
postal code
9950
located in/on physical feature
Meetjesland
contains settlement
Waarschoot
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+32-9-396-23-00
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Lievegem () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Waarschoot, Lovendegem and Zomergem.

The merged municipality has an area of 80.78 km2 and is home to 26,441 inhabitants as of 2021. A referendum was held for the new name of the municipality, and 55% voted for Lievegem (literally Lieve Canal settlement).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lievegem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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