West Flanders
Arrondissement of Diksmuide
Koekelare

Bovekerke

Bovekerke is a village in the province of , and since 1971 it's a “deelgemeente” of the municipality of . Besides the chief town of Koekelare proper, Bovekerke also borders the villages and .
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  • Type: Village with 989 residents
  • Description: section of Koekelare, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Boevekerke”, “Bovekercke”, “Bovenkercke”, “Bovenkerke”, and “Bovequerque”
  • Postal code: 8680

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bovekerke Churchyard and Sint-Gertrudiskerk.

Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cemetery.

Church
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY 2.5.
is a church.

Heritage site
Photo: Käthe Kollwitz, Public domain.
Vladslo German war cemetery is about three kilometres north east of , near , . Established during World War I, the cemetery originally held 3,233 wartime burials. is situated 3 km northwest of Bovekerke.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Werken and Vladslo.

Village
is a small rural village in the centre of the province of with around a thousand inhabitants. It is a district of . is situated 3 km south of Bovekerke.

Village
is a village in the province of and a part of the municipality of . The rural village has slightly over 1,200 inhabitants. is situated 3½ km west of Bovekerke.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , province, . The ice cream manufacturer Ysco was founded here in 1949. is situated 4 km south of Bovekerke.

Bovekerke

Latitude
51.05426° or 51° 3′ 15″ north
Longitude
2.96341° or 2° 57′ 48″ east
Population
989
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE BHH
Open location code
9F343X37+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 715301156
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2801193
Wiki­data ID
Q2854293
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Vlaams—“Bovekerke” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Bovekerke”
  • Bulgarian: “Бовекерке”
  • Cebuano: “Bovekerke”
  • Dutch: “Bovekerke”
  • French: “Bovekerke”
  • Hungarian: “Bovekerke”
  • Irish: “Bovekerke”
  • Persian: “بوکرک”
  • Polish: “Bovekerke”
  • Portuguese: “Bovekerke”
  • Russian: “Бовекерке”
  • Swedish: “Bovekerke”
  • Vlaams: “Bovekerke”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bescheewege and De Mokker.

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Highlights include Kasteel Ter Heyde and Vrouwhillewal.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bovekerke”. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.