Oosterzele

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Oosterzele is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish region with 13,420 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). The municipality comprises the main town and the districts Balegem, Gijzenzele, Landskouter, Moortsele and Scheldewindeke. The municipality is located 8 kilometers (km) north of Zottegem, 12 km south-southwest of Ghent, 17 km west of Aalst and well 40 km west-northwest of Brussels.

Oosterzele has a regional railway station on the line Gent- Oosterzele - Zottegem - Geraardsbergen; four parts of municipalities along the line have access to a train station (train stations in Landskouter, Moortsele, Scheldewindeke and Balegem, where there are two train stations: Balegem village and Balegem South).

Geography

Osterzele limited to the following ( sub-) communities:

A Wetteren, b. Westrem ( Wetteren ), c. Bavegem (Sint -Lievens -Houtem ), d Letterhoutem (Sint -Lievens -Houtem ), e Sint- Lievens- Houtem, f Elene ( Zottegem ), g Velzeke - Ruddershove ( Zottegem ), h Dikkelvenne ( Gavere ), i Baaigem ( Gavere ), j. Munter ( Merelbeke ), k Bottelare ( Merelbeke ), l Lemberge ( Merelbeke ), m. Gontrode ( Melle ), n Melle,

Community structure

Oosterzele insists on a total of six sub- communities, which can be divided by size into two groups. In the north, the smaller boroughs Gijzenzele, Landskouter and Moortsele, and to the south the larger Balegem, Scheldewindeke and the actual Oosterzele. In addition, there are a greater number of spots / population centers spread all over the municipality. In alphabetical order, these anchors, Heet, Houw, Kalle, Langemunte, Meerstraat, Smissenbroek, Steenberg and Walzegem.

Opm: Cijfers zijn van XX/XX/20XX

Sons and daughters of the community

  • Frans Van De Velde (1909-2002), missionary
  • Gustaaf Joos Kardinaal (1923-2004), Kardinaal
  • Gerard Vekeman (1933 ), poet
  • Johan Van Hecke ( 1954), politicians
  • Walter Muls (1961 ), politicians
  • Els De Temmerman (1962 ), journalist, activist
  • Tom De Sutter ( 1985), footballer
  • Jan Van De Wiele ( b. 1948 ), cyclist, born in Scheldewindeke

Weblink

  • Official Homepage of the municipality ( Dutch)

Aalst | Aalter | Assenede | Berlare | Beveren | Brakel | Buggenhout | De Pinte | Deinze | Denderleeuw | Dendermonde | Destelbergen | Eeklo | Erpe -Mere | Evergem | Gavere | Ghent | Geraardsbergen | Haaltert | Hamme | Herzele | Horebeke | Kaprijke | Kluisbergen | Knesselare | Kruibeke | Kruishoutem | Laarne | Lebbeke | Lede | Lierde | Lochristi | Lokeren | Lovendegem | Maarkedal | Maldegem | Melle | Merelbeke | Moerbeke -Waas | Nazareth | Nevele | Ninove | Oosterzele | Oudenaarde | Ronse | Sint- Gillis- Waas | Sint -Laureins | Sint -Lievens -Houtem | Sint -Martens- Latem | Sint -Niklaas | Stekene | Temse | Waarschoot | Waasmunster | Wachtebeke | Wetteren | Wichelen | Wortegem- Petegem | Zele | Zelzate | Zingem | Zomergem | Zottegem | Zulte | Zwalm

  • Oosterzele
  • Municipality in the province of East Flanders
  • Place in the province of East Flanders
Arrondissement of Ghent Aalst, Belgium Sint-Lievens-Houtem Erpe-Mere Melle, Belgium Nazareth, Belgium Sint-Gillis-Waas Sint-Laureins Sint-Martens-Latem Sint-Niklaas Wortegem-Petegem
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