Alveringem

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Alveringem
Municipality
Saint Audomar Church in Alveringem
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Alveringem
Alveringem Location in Belgium Location of Alveringem in West Flanders Region		Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Veurne
Government
• Mayor	Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen)
• Governing party/ies	Gemeentebelangen, CD&V
Area
• Total	80.71 km2 (31.16 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	5,089
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Postal codes	8690, 8691
NIS code	38002
Area codes	058
Website	www.alveringem.be

Alveringem (Dutch pronunciation:

Cyriel Verschaeve was as a priest attached to the parish 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

. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes.

#	Name	Area	Population (1999)
I	Alveringem		1.583 (*)
II	Oeren		(*)
III	Sint-Rijkers		(*)
IV	Izenberge		395
V	Leisele		774
VI	Hoogstade		352
VII	Gijverinkhove		308
VIII	Beveren		659
IX	Stavele		661

(*) 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:

a. Houtem (city of Veurne) b. Vinkem (city of Veurne) c. Wulveringem (city of Veurne) d. Eggewaartskapelle (city of Veurne) e. Zoutenaaie (city of Veurne) f. Lampernisse (city of Diksmuide) g. Lo (city of Lo-Reninge) h. Pollinkhove (city of Lo-Reninge)

i. Oostvleteren (municipality of Vleteren) j. Westvleteren (municipality of Vleteren) k. Krombeke (city of Poperinge) l. Proven (city of Poperinge) m. Roesbrugge-Haringe (city of Poperinge) n. Bambecque (France) o. Oost-Cappel (France) p. Hondschoote (France)

Map

References

1. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

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• Official website - Available only in Dutch