Nevele

Nevele
Municipality
Landegem
Flag Coat of arms
Nevele Location in Belgium show Location of Nevele in East Flanders
Coordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E / 51.033; 3.550Coordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E / 51.033; 3.550
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	East Flanders
Arrondissement	Ghent
Government
• Mayor	Johan Cornelis (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V, Nieuw Nevele
Area
• Total	51.89 km2 (20.03 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	12,179
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Postal codes	9850
Area codes	09
Website	www.deinze.be

Nevele (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːvələ]) is a former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, and Vosselare. On January 1, 2006 Nevele had a total population of 11,217. The total area is 51.89 km² which gives a population density of 216 inhabitants per km².

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

Subdivisions[]

Nevele consists of six deelgemeenten (sub-municipalities).

Famous inhabitants[]

• Cyriel Buysse, novelist
• : 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
• Monika van Paemel

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Nevele at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website - Only available in Dutch

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