West Flanders
Arrondissement of Kortrijk
Wevelgem

Wevelgem

Wevelgem is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the towns of Gullegem, Moorsele and Wevelgem proper.
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  • Type: Village with 30,900 residents
  • Description: municipality in West Flanders, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Wevelghem”
  • Postal code: 8560
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Hilariuskerk and Wevelgem Communal Cemetery.

Church
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is a church.

Cemetery
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Aerodrome
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, Flanders Airport or Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport is an airport located in the town of Wevelgem, in the Flemish Region of and partly also in the section of the city of (2 nautical miles west.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rekkem and Bissegem.

Suburb
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is a section of the Belgian city of , in the province of . Until 1977, it was an independent municipality. It was called Retchème in Picard. is situated 3 km southwest of Wevelgem.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of , . It is part of the urban area of this city. As of 2020 it had a population of 5,283. It also has a railway station, with trains to leper, Kortrijk, Dendermonde, Sint-Niklaas and Brussels. is situated 3½ km northeast of Wevelgem.

Village
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is a submunicipality of the city of , . It is part of the urban area of this city. As of the 2022 census, it has a population of 7,511. It is the second largest part of . is situated 3½ km east of Wevelgem.

Wevelgem

Latitude
50.80896° or 50° 48′ 32″ north
Longitude
3.1841° or 3° 11′ 3″ east
Population
30,900
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE WEV
Open location code
9F25R55M+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 678832474
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2783759
Wiki­data ID
Q392343
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Wevelgem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وفلجم”
  • Arabic: “ويفلغم”
  • Armenian: “Վևելգեմ”
  • Basque: “Wevelgem”
  • Breton: “Wevelgem”
  • Bulgarian: “Вевелгем”
  • Catalan: “Wevelgem”
  • Cebuano: “Wevelgem (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Wevelgem”
  • Chinese: “韋弗爾海姆”
  • Chinese: “韦弗尔海姆”
  • Chinese: “韦纲尔赫姆”
  • Danish: “Wevelgem”
  • Dutch: “Wevelgem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويڤيلجيم”
  • Esperanto: “Wevelgem”
  • Estonian: “Wevelgem”
  • Finnish: “Wevelgem”
  • French: “Wevelgem”
  • German: “Wevelgem”
  • Greek: “Βέφελχεμ”
  • Hungarian: “Wevelgem”
  • Irish: “Wevelgem”
  • Italian: “Wevelgem”
  • Japanese: “ウェヴェルヘム”
  • Japanese: “ウェフェルヘム”
  • Latvian: “Vevelgema”
  • Limburgan: “Wevelgem”
  • Lithuanian: “Vevelgemas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Wevelgem”
  • Macedonian: “Вевелгем”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wevelgem”
  • Norwegian: “Wevelgem”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wevelgem”
  • Persian: “وول‌جم”
  • Polish: “Wevelgem”
  • Portuguese: “Wevelgem”
  • Romanian: “Wevelgem”
  • Russian: “Вевелгем”
  • Russian: “Вевельгеме”
  • Serbian: “Vevelgem”
  • Serbian: “Wevelgem”
  • Serbian: “Вевелгем”
  • Slovak: “Wevelgem”
  • Spanish: “Wevelgem”
  • Swedish: “Wevelgem”
  • Tatar: “Vevelgem”
  • Turkish: “Wevelgem”
  • Vietnamese: “Wevelgem”
  • Vlaams: “Wevelgem”
  • Vlaams: “Wevelhem”
  • Volapük: “Wevelgem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wevelgem”
  • Western Frisian: “Wevelgem”
  • Zeeuws: “Wevelgem”

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