Bavikhove Sint-Amanduskerk

Bavikhove is a village (''

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'') in the Belgian municipality of

Harelbeke Harelbeke (; vls, Oarlbeke) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total pop ...

within the

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province of

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. It is located between Harelbeke-centre and

Hulste Hulste is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Hulste has 3456 inhabitants (2008) and an area of 7.86 km2. It fused in 1977 to become part of the city of Harelbeke Harelbeke (; vls, Oarlbeke) is a city and municipality located ...

, along the

Leie The Lys () or Leie () is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt. Its source is in Pas-de-Calais, France, and it flows into the river Scheldt in Ghent, Belgium. Its total length is . Historically a very pollute ...

river. It is known for the Bavik Brewery which brews a

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and Wittekerke Beer, among others. Famous people of Bavikhove include cyclists

Stijn Devolder Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for (2002–2003), (2004–2007), (2008–2010), (2011–2012), (2013–2016), (2017–2018) and (2019). Career Born in ...

Leif Hoste Leif Hoste (born 17 July 1977) is a retired Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team team . Born in Kortrijk, Hoste's career highlights included winning two stages and the overall title at the ...

Dirk Demol Dirk Demol (born 4 November 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and a cycling team manager. He is currently assistant sports director of . As a rider, he specialized in the spring classics, having himself won the 1988 editio ...

and Flemish actor and singer

Wim Opbrouck Wim Opbrouck (born 5 February 1969) is a Flemish actor and singer. He is especially known for his work on stage. Opbrouck comes from Bavikhove, part of Harelbeke and studied at the Herman Teirlinck Studio. As an actor, he joined the Blue Mond ...

. The name of the village was featured in a sketch of ''

In de gloria ''In de Gloria'' ("In the Glory") was a 2000–01 Flemish TV sketch comedy show, directed by Jan Eelen and produced by the company ''Woestijnvis''. It was a mockumentary series which satirized reality television and human interest shows, especial ...

'' where Gerrit Callewaert, played by Wim Opbrouck, protested against subtitling

West Flemish West Flemish (''West-Vlams'' or ''West-Vloams'' or ''Vlaemsch'' (in French-Flanders), nl, West-Vlaams, french: link=no, flamand occidental) is a collection of Dutch dialects spoken in western Belgium and the neighbouring areas of France and t ...

speakers on Flemish television. Populated places in West Flanders Harelbeke {{WestFlanders-geo-stub