Waregem
Waregem, spelled Waereghem before, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Lys, between Kortrijk and Ghent.
- Type: Town with 35,900 residents
- Description: municipality in West Flanders, Belgium
- Also known as: “Groot Waregem”, “Groot-Waregem”, “Waereghem”, “ヴァーレヘム”, and “ワレゲム”
- Postal code: 8790
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kasteel Casier and Elindus Arena.
Elindus Arena
Stadium
Photo: V4nco, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gaverke and Sint-Eloois-Vijve.
Sint-Eloois-Vijve
Village
Sint-Eloois-Vijve is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Waregem.
Waregem
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, and locality
- Location: Waregem, Arrondissement of Kortrijk, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.88682° or 50° 53′ 13″ north
Longitude
3.43236° or 3° 25′ 57″ east
Population
35,900
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BE WAR
Open location code
9F25VCPJ+PW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Waregem” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վարեգեմ”
- Basque: “Waregem”
- Belarusian: “Варэгем”
- Breton: “Waregem”
- Bulgarian: “Варегем”
- Catalan: “Waregem”
- Cebuano: “Waregem”
- Chinese: “瓦勒海姆”
- Czech: “Waregem”
- Danish: “Waregem”
- Dutch: “Waregem”
- Esperanto: “Waregem”
- Estonian: “Waregemi vald”
- Finnish: “Waregem”
- French: “Waregem”
- Galician: “Waregem”
- German: “Waregem”
- Greek: “Βάρεγκεμ”
- Hebrew: “וארכם”
- Hungarian: “Waregem”
- Irish: “Waregem”
- Italian: “Waregem”
- Japanese: “ワレヘム”
- Korean: “바레험”
- Latvian: “Varegema”
- Limburgan: “Waregem”
- Lithuanian: “Varegemas”
- Luxembourgish: “Waregem”
- Macedonian: “Варегем”
- Malay: “Waregem”
- Mongolian: “Варегем”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waregem”
- Norwegian: “Waregem”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Waregem”
- Persian: “وارخم”
- Persian: “وروژم”
- Polish: “Waregem”
- Portuguese: “Waregem”
- Romanian: “Waregem”
- Russian: “Варегем”
- Serbian: “Varegem”
- Serbian: “Варегем”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waregem”
- Silesian: “Waregem”
- Slovak: “Waregem”
- Slovenian: “Waregem”
- Spanish: “Waregem”
- Swahili: “Waregem”
- Swedish: “Waregem”
- Turkish: “Waregem”
- Ukrainian: “Варегем”
- Urdu: “واریگیم”
- Vlaams: “Woaregem”
- Volapük: “Waregem”
- Waray (Philippines): “Waregem”
- Western Frisian: “Waregem”
- Zeeuws: “Waoregem”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Jeugdeiland and Torenhof.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: St. Amandus and St. Blasius Church and Roepsteen.
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Worth a closer look: Bruges and Kortrijk.
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