Zwevegem
Sign in to saveZwevegem () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heestert, Moen, Otegem, Sint-Denijs and Zwevegem. On January 1, 2019, Zwevegem had a total population of 24,648. The total area is 63.24 km2 which gives a population density of 380 inhabitants per km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Zwevegem
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Zwevegem Gemeentehuis.JPG
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Zwevegem former town hall
- Belgium municipality.map
- Zwevegem West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Zwevegem in West-Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Zwevegem wapen2.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Zwevegem.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- West Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Kortrijk
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 34042
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Isabelle Degezelle
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, NV-A
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 8550-8554
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 056
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.zwevegem.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Demonym
- Zwevegemnaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Kortrijk
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 24619
- Area
- 63.24
- Elevation
- 30
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Bossuit-Kortrijk Canal
- Shares border with
- Harelbeke
- Official website
- www.zwevegem.be
- Image
- ZwevegemGemeentehuis.JPG
- Dialing code
- 056
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- postal code
- 8554
- twinned administrative body
- Lorsch
- Commons category
- Zwevegem
- topic's main category
- Category:Zwevegem
- annual number of weddings
- 102
- phone number
- +32-56-76-55-67
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contains settlement
- Sint-Denijs
- P13200
- Bastille
- number of viewers/listeners
- 493166
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Zwevegem () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heestert, Moen, Otegem, Sint-Denijs and Zwevegem. On January 1, 2019, Zwevegem had a total population of 24,648. The total area is 63.24 km2 which gives a population density of 380 inhabitants per km2.
The Bekaert company was founded in Zwevegem by Baron Leon Leander Bekaert.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zwevegem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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