History
Wulveringem appears on a map from 1770 on which it is identified as "Wulveringhem". The village was barely smaller then than it is today. The centre in 1770 comprised approximately 55 buildings, and well beyond the centre there were a number of large and small farms. The land is flat and often damp: about ten of the Wulveringem farms were partially or wholly surrounded by moats. The church and the small cemetery around it were almost wholly circled by a moat as were two adjacent farms.Population decline since 1830
The registered population peaked in 1830 at 1,080 before the lure if higher wages in the industrializing towns and the mechanisation of agriculture led to a slow decline, to 822 in 1910. The population rose significantly by 1920, but then continued to decline, reaching 508 in 1970 and 336 in 2011.Visiting Wulveringem
The centre of the village has been carefully preserved/restored. It is sometimes possible to visit Beauvoorde Castle which is positioned across a moat to the south side of the church yard. Populated places in West Flanders