Anzegem

Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

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Location of Anzegem

Anzegem

Location in Belgium

Location of Anzegem in West-Flanders

Coordinates: 50°50′N 03°28′E / 50.833°N 3.467°E / 50.833; 3.467Country

BelgiumCommunityFlemish CommunityRegionFlemish RegionProvinceWest FlandersArrondissementKortrijkGovernment

• MayorGino Devogelaere (Samen Eén) • Governing party/iesSamen Eén, Inzet, N-VAArea

• Total42.35 km² (16.35 sq mi)Population

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total14,609 • Density340/km² (890/sq mi)Postal codes

8570, 8572, 8573

NIS code

34002

Area codes056Websitewww.anzegem.be

Anzegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑnzəɣɛm] ^ⓘ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster, Tiegem and Vichte. On 1 January 2006 Anzegem had a total population of 14,609. The total area is 41.79 km² which gives a population density of 349 inhabitants per km².

One of the most famous inhabitants of Anzegem was Stijn Streuvels, the Flemish writer who died in Ingooigem in 1969, aged 98.

On the night of 16 October 2014, Anzegem's medieval parish church of Saint John the Baptist (Sint Jan de Doperkerk in Dutch) was destroyed in a fire.^[2]

References

^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "Huge fire destroys Belgian church". BBC News. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.