Nevele () is a village and former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ...

province of

East Flanders , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van O ...

. The municipality comprises the towns of

Hansbeke Hansbeke is a village and '' deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Deinze in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is located about west of Ghent. History The village was first mentioned in 1147 as Hansbeka, and ...

Landegem Nevele () is a village and former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2018, the municipality of Nevele had ...

Merendree Nevele () is a village and former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2 ...

, Nevele proper, Poesele and

Vosselare Vosselare is a village and submunicipality of the municipality of Deinze, Belgium in the province of East-Flanders, Belgium. History The parish is first mentioned in 694 as Fursitio in the yearbook of the St-Peter Abbey of Ghent, and again in 802. ...

. In 2018, the municipality of Nevele had a total population of 12,179. The total area is 51.89 km². Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality was merged into

Deinze Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, ...

Subdivisions

Nevele consisted of six ''

deelgemeente A deelgemeente (, literally ''part-municipality'') or section ( French) is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well. Belgium Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 J ...

n'' (sub-municipalities). NeveleMap

Nevele has borders with: *a.

Lovendegem Lovendegem () is a town and former municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprised the towns of Lovendegem proper and Vinderhoute. In 2018, Lovendegem had a t ...

*b.

Drongen Drongen ( French: ''Tronchiennes'') is a district within the city of Ghent (Arrondissement of Ghent). Drongen is divided into three parishes: Drongen, Luchteren and Baarle, East Flanders, Baarle. Monastery Drongen is known for its early medieval ...

(Ghent) *c.

Sint-Martens-Leerne Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, ...

(Deinze) *d.

Bachte-Maria-Leerne Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, ...

(Deinze) *e.

Meigem Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, ...

(Deinze) *f. Lotenhulle (Aalter) *g.

Bellem Bellem is a village and ''deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Aalter in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village was originally called ''Bethlehem''. Bellem is located about west of Ghent. History The parish Bell ...

(Aalter) *h.

Zomergem Zomergem () is a town and former municipality located in the Flanders and in the province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostwinkel, Ronsele and Zomergem proper. On 1 January 2018, Zomergem had a total popul ...

Famous inhabitants

Cyriel Buysse Cyriel may refer to: *Cyriel Barbary (1899–2004), the last known Belgian veteran of the First World War *Cyriel Buysse (1859–1932), Flemish naturalist author and playwright *Cyriel Coupe (1918–1998) (pseudonym Anton van Wilderode), Belgian pr ...

, novelist * Renaat de Rudder: born in

Oostakker Oostakker (), formerly spelled Oostacker, is one of the smaller former municipalities which were merged into Ghent (from which it is only two miles), the capital of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The hamlet is mainly known for the Shrine o ...

in 1897, he moved with his parents to Landegem in 1909. In 1914 he volunteered for the Belgian army to fight in the first World War, where he wrote on the physical and moral pain he was suffering, until he died on 12 December 1917. *

Rosalie Loveling Rosalie Loveling (20 March 1834 – 4 May 1875) was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, and essays. Biography Rosalie Loveling was born in Nevele, Belgium, and was the older sister of Virginie Loveling, also an author, with whom she co-wrote p ...

and

Virginie Loveling Virginie (Marie) Loveling (17 May 1836 – 1 December 1923) was a Flanders, Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W. E. C. Walter. Biography Virginie Loveling was born in Nevele i ...

, writers, aunts of Cyriel Buysse *

Leo Lovaert Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts an ...

Monika van Paemel Monika, Baroness van Paemel (born 4 May 1945) is a Belgian writer. Born in Poesele, at age 14 she attended the ''Heilig Graf'' boarding school in Turnhout, where she graduated in ''commercial sciences''. In 1963, she married Theo Butsen, whom sh ...

Gallery

File:Nevele - Old tabac factory.jpg, Former tobacco factory Landegem - dorp - België.jpg, View on Landegem File:Tweewoonst Kerrebroek - Nevele- juni 2021.jpg, House in Nevele File:Hof ten Steine - Nevele (06).jpg, Farm in Nevele

References

External links

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Deinze Populated places in East Flanders {{EastFlanders-geo-stub