Zottegem
Sign in to saveZottegem (, Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a municipality and city located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem proper and the villages of Elene, Erwetegem, Godveerdegem, Grotenberge, Leeuwergem, Oombergen, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove, Sint-Maria-Oudenhove, Strijpen and Velzeke-Ruddershove. On 1 January 2018, Zottegem had a total population of 26,373. The total area is 56.66 km2 which gives a population density of 470 inhabitants per km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Zottegem
- Belgium municipality.type
- city
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Markt_met_stadhuis_en_Egmontstandbeeld,_Zottegem,_Vlaanderen,_België_02.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- the market square, the town hall, House of "The Catholic Circle" and the statue of Egmont
- Belgium municipality.map
- Zottegem East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Zottegem in East Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Zottegem.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Zottegem.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- East Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Aalst
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 41081
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Evelien De Both N-VA
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, N-VA, Positief
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 9620
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 09
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.zottegem.be and www.visit-zottegem.be
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Demonym
- Zottegemnaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Aalst
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 26373
- Area
- 56.66
- Elevation
- 63
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Brakel
- Official website
- www.zottegem.be
- Image
- Markt met stadhuis en Egmontstandbeeld, Zottegem, Vlaanderen, België 02.jpg
- Dialing code
- 09
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- contains settlement
- Erwetegem
- postal code
- 9620
- Commons category
- Zottegem
- P13200
- Samoa
- topic's main category
- Category:Zottegem
- twinned administrative body
- Mödling
- annual number of weddings
- 120
- located in/on physical feature
- Denderstreek
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-9-364-65-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Zottegem (, Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a municipality and city located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem proper and the villages of Elene, Erwetegem, Godveerdegem, Grotenberge, Leeuwergem, Oombergen, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove, Sint-Maria-Oudenhove, Strijpen and Velzeke-Ruddershove. On 1 January 2018, Zottegem had a total population of 26,373. The total area is 56.66 km2 which gives a population density of 470 inhabitants per km2.
Zottegem is part of the hilly geographical area of the Flemish Ardennes (Vlaamse Ardennen); the hills and cobblestone streets (Paddestraat) are regular locations in the springtime cycle classics of Flanders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zottegem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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