Pittem () is a

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located in the

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province of

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. The municipality comprises the towns of Egem and Pittem proper. Pittem has
population of more than 6,700
The total area is 34.42 km² which gives a

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of 192 inhabitants per km².

Notable people

Rodolphe Poma Rodolphe Antoine Pierre Thérèse Poma (12 October 1885 – 1954), also known as Rudolph Poma, was a rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics for Belgium. He competed in 1900 as coxswain of the Royal Club Nauti ...

(1884–1954), Olympic rower *

Ferdinand Verbiest Father Ferdinand Verbiest (9 October 1623 – 28 January 1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in the County of Flanders (now part of Belgium). He is known as Nan Huairen () in Chi ...

(1623–1688), scientist and missionary

References

External links

*
Official website
- Available only in

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Sister City (since 1984)
with

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