Gistel

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Gistel is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality includes the city and the neighborhoods Gistel Moere, Snaaskerke and Zevekote.

Twinning

The partnership between Gistel and the Büdinger district Aulendiebach goes back to the earlier independence of Aulendiebach and can consequently be regarded as a pioneer in international town twinning with the German town of Büdingen.

Personalities

  • Sylvère Maes (1909-1966), Belgian cyclist, has, inter alia, won the Tour de France
  • Alfred Ronse junior (1909-1966), Mayor
  • Johnan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp
  • Johan Museeuw, cyclist
  • Eugène Van Oye, Flemish poet and playwright
  • Theodore Heyvaert, politicians
  • Leopold Decloedt, German scholar and entrepreneur
  • Patrick De Baets, Professor at Ghent University
  • Léopold Gernaey, Belgian national football team
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