Alveringem (; vls, Oalveringem) is a
municipality
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located in the
Belgian
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province of
West Flanders
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. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper,
Beveren-aan-de-IJzer,
Gijverinkhove,
Hoogstade,
Izenberge,
Leisele,
Oeren,
Sint-Rijkers and
Stavele. On January 1, 2006, Alveringem had a total population of 4,887. The total area is 80.01 km² which gives a
population density
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of 61 inhabitants per km². The mayor of Alveringem is Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen) since 2006.
Cyriel Verschaeve was as a priest attached to the
parish
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of Alveringem and re-buried near Alveringem's church in 1973.
Towns
The municipality of Alveringem has a relatively low population density and the number of inhabitants has still decreased last decades. The extensive territory comprises nine rural towns or ''
deelgemeente
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Belgium
Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 Ja ...
s''. The largest town is Alveringem proper, the chief town, located in the northeast of the municipality. During the merger of municipalities in 1971, the villages
Hoogstade,
Oeren and
Sint-Rijkers were added to Alveringem. In 1977,
Leisele and
Stavele, independent municipalities at the time, were added as well. As from 1971, Leisele also comprised the villages
Gijverinkhove and
Izenberge;
Beveren-aan-de-IJzer was a part of
Stavele. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes.
:
(*) The population of the small villages of Oeren and Sint-Rijkers is contained in the number for Alveringem proper
:
Source: Streekplatform Westhoek https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072054/http://www.westhoek.be/streekplatform/Tabellen/3.2..htm
Due to its rural extent, the municipality of Alvergem borders a large number of small villages:
Map
References
External links
Official website - Available only in
Dutch
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