Nevele

Village and former municipality in Flemish Region

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51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E / 51.033; 3.550Country

BelgiumRegionFlemish RegionProvinceEast FlandersArrondissementGhentMunicipalityNinoveArea

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• Total13.90 km² (5.37 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total2,875 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneCETPostal code

9850

Dialing code09Websitewww.deinze.be

Nevele (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːvələ]) is a village and former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2018, the municipality of Nevele had a total population of 12,179. The total area is 51.89 km².^[2]

Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality was merged into Deinze.

Subdivisions

Nevele consisted of six deelgemeenten (sub-municipalities).

#	Name	Area
I	Nevele	13,86
II	Hansbeke	9,83
III	Merendree	10,94
IV	Landegem	8,48
V	Poesele	2,52
VI	Vosselare	6,27

Nevele has borders with:

a. Lovendegem
b. Drongen (Ghent)
c. Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze)
d. Bachte-Maria-Leerne (Deinze)
e. Meigem (Deinze)
f. Lotenhulle (Aalter)
g. Bellem (Aalter)
h. Zomergem

Famous inhabitants

Cyriel Buysse, novelist
Renaat de Rudder: born in Oostakker in 1897, he moved with his parents to Landegem in 1909. In 1914 he volunteered for the Belgian army to fight in the first World War, where he wrote on the physical and moral pain he was suffering, until he died on 12 December 1917.
Rosalie Loveling and Virginie Loveling, writers, aunts of Cyriel Buysse
Leo Lovaert
Monika van Paemel

Gallery

Former tobacco factory
View on Landegem
House in Nevele
Farm in Nevele

References

^ ^a ^b "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 44094A". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 6 May 2022. Nevele only
^ ""Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018"". StatBel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.