Bellegem is a village situated in
West Flanders
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, near the city of
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
It is the capital and large ...
. In 2013, it had a population of 3,790.
Gallery
File:Bockor14.jpg, The Bockor Brewery
Trivia
On 4 July 1989, an unmanned Soviet
MiG 23
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-genera ...
fighter
crashed on top of a house in Bellegem, killing one inhabitant.
See also
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List of World Beer Cup awards
Sub-municipalities of Kortrijk
Populated places in West Flanders
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