Nevele is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

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 province of East Flanders

East Flanders

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. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare

Vosselare

Vosselare is a submunicipality and parish of the community of Nevele.-History:The parish is first mentioned in 694 as Fursitio in the yearbook of the St-Peter Abbey of Ghent, and again in 802...

. On January 1, 2006 Nevele had a total population of 11,217. The total area is 51.89 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 216 inhabitants per km².

Famous inhabitants

• Cyriel Buysse
  Cyriel Buysse
  Cyrillus Gustave Emile "Cyriel", Baron Buysse was a Flemish naturalist author and playwright. He also wrote under following pseudonyms: Louis Bonheyden, Prosper Van Hove and Robert Palmer.-Biography:...
  
  , novelist
• Renaat de Rudder: born in Oostakker
  Oostakker
  Oostakker, formerly spelled Oostacker, is one of the smaller former municipalities which were merged into Ghent , the capital of the Belgian province of East Flanders...
  
   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
  Rosalie Loveling
  Rosalie Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels and essays.-Biography:Rosalie Loveling was born in Nevele, Belgium, and was the older sister of Virginie Loveling, also an author, with whom she co-wrote part of her oeuvre...
  
   and Virginie Loveling
  Virginie Loveling
  Virginie Loveling was a Flemish author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories. She also wrote under the pseudonym W.E.C Walter.- Biography :...
  
  , writers, aunts of Cyriel Buysse
• Leo Lovaert
• Monika van Paemel
  Monika van Paemel
  Baroness Monika van Paemel is a Belgian writer. Born in Poesele, aged 14 she attended the Heilig Graf boarding school in Turnhout, where she graduated in commercial sciences. In 1963 she married Theo Butsen, whome she divorced some years later...
  
  

Deelgemeenten

Nevele consists of six deelgemeenten (part-municipalities).

Nevele has borders with:

• a. Lovendegem
  Lovendegem
  Lovendegem is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Lovendegem proper and Vinderhoute. On January 1, 2006 Lovendegem had a total population of 9,358...
  
  
• b. Drongen
  Drongen
  Drongen is a submunicipality of the city of Ghent .Drongen is divided into three parishes: Drongen, Luchteren and Baarle....
  
   (Ghent)
• c. Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze)
• d. Bachte-Maria-Leerne (Deinze)
• e. Meigem (Deinze)
• f. Lotenhulle (Aalter)
• g. Bellem (Aalter)
• h. Zomergem
  Zomergem
  Zomergem is a municipality located in the Flanders and in the province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostwinkel, Ronsele and Zomergem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zomergem had a total population of 8,011. The total area is 38.78 km² which gives a population...
  
  

List

#	Name	Area	Population
I	Nevele	13,86
II	Hansbeke	9,83
III	Merendree	10,94
IV	Landegem	8,48
V	Poesele	2,52
VI	Vosselare Vosselare Vosselare is a submunicipality and parish of the community of Nevele.-History:The parish is first mentioned in 694 as Fursitio in the yearbook of the St-Peter Abbey of Ghent, and again in 802...	6,27

External links

• Official website - Only available in Dutch
  Dutch language
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