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Lievegem
Sign in to saveLievegem () 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
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Named after
- Lieve
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Ghent
- 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
- P13200
- Natural History
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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