Evergem () is a
municipality
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located in the
Belgian
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province of
East Flanders
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. The municipality comprises the towns of ,
Doornzele,
Ertvelde, Evergem proper, ,
Kluizen, ,
Sleidinge and . In 2021, Evergem had a total population of 35,791.
Demographics
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History
In the 1st world war,
Ertvelde was used as a blockade in case the
Netherlands
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attacked from the north. Ertvelde has a lot of bunkers due that, almost every 200m you can find one. Now they're mostly on fields used by farmers. The government decided that the bunkers are from the people where it stand. Some farmers destroyed it and some use it as storage, but some are still visitable.
Famous inhabitants
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Angelus de Baets Angelus "Ange" de Baets (24 November 1793 in Evergem – 24 April 1855 in Ghent) was a Belgian painter of portraits and architectural subjects. He was born at Everghem in 1793. He executed a great number of pictures, most of them views in Ghent ...
, portrait painter (1793- Ghent, 1855)
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Luc De Vos
Luc De Vos (12 July 1962 – 29 November 2014) was a Belgian musician and writer, best known as the lead singer of the Dutch-language alternative rock formation Gorki and as a guest in multiple television shows. He also voiced VW bus in the Flemis ...
, singer of the band
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Wilfried Martens
Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens (; 19 April 1936 – 9 October 2013) was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish Christian People's Party, during his premiership ...
, former Belgian prime minister, former chairman of the
European People's Party
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(1963 - 2013)
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Eddy Wally, singer
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Evergem is
twinned
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with:
Gallery
File:EvergemKerk.JPG, Evergem, church: de Sint Kristoffelkerk
File:Sleidinge, Dorp 4 tm 6 oeg34408+9, 2013-05-05 14.54.jpg, Sleidinge, Dorp 4 tm 6
File:Wippelgem, de Gerardsmolen oeg87626 foto2 2013-05-13 11.39.jpg, Wippelgem, windmill: de Gerardsmolen
File:Kluizen, de Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk foto2 2013-05-13 11.54.jpg, Kluizen, church: de Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk
File:Ertvlede, parochiekerk Onze Lieve Vrouwe Hemelvaart oeg33934 foto10 2013-05-13 12.19.jpg, Ertvelde, church: parochiekerk Onze Lieve Vrouwe Hemelvaart
File:Ertvelde, de Stenenmolen oeg33946 foto2 2013-05-13 12.25.jpg, Ertvelde, windmill: de Stenenmolen
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Municipalities of East Flanders