Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove is a village situated in the municipality of

Zottegem Zottegem (, Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a municipality located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem proper and ...

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. It is located in the

Flemish Ardennes The Flemish Ardennes (Dutch: ''Vlaamse Ardennen'') is an informal name given to a hilly region in the south of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Highest summit is the Hotondberg (145 m). Main characteristics of the region are rural hilly lan ...

, the hilly southern part of the province of

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. Its name refers to

Saint Gaugericus Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France. Biography He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at ''Eposium'' (present Ca ...

(''En. Saint Gery''),

Bishop of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Help ...

during the 7th century. Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove used to contain two small '' heerlijkheden'' which were part of the barony of Zottegem. Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove in an agricultural community. In 1970, the municipality merged into Zottegem.

Gallery

File:Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove - tijdens het EK Voetbal 2021 (01).jpg, Pub during the 2021 football championship File:Sint Gorikkerk - panoramio.jpg, St Gorik Church File:Vlaamse Ardennen 10.jpg, Landscape near Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove File:Langendries Zottegem 04.jpg, Street view

References

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