Avelgem

Avelgem is a town in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality has more than 10,000 inhabitants. Avelgem is in the extreme southeast of the province, southeast of Kortrijk, along the Scheldt, against the border with the provinces of East Flanders and Hainaut.
  • Locality with 10,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 12 metres (39 feet)
  • …is also known as “34003”
  • Description: municipality in West Flanders, Belgium

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Martin’s Church (Avelgem) and Brug van de Waterhoek.

Church

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiegem and Escanaffles.

Village
is a village in the municipality of , near , , .

Village
is a village of in the Belgian municipality of , .

Village
is a village.

Avelgem

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Latitude
50.7812° or 50° 46′ 52″ north
Longitude
3.4601° or 3° 27′ 36″ east
Open location code
9F25QFJ6+F2
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Avelgem” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Avelgem”
  • Breton: “Avelgem”
  • Bulgarian: “Авелгем”
  • Catalan: “Avelgem”
  • Cebuano: “Avelgem”
  • Chinese: “阿弗尔海姆”
  • Czech: “Avelgem”
  • Danish: “Avelgem”
  • Dutch: “Avelgem”
  • Esperanto: “Avelgem”
  • Estonian: “Avelgemi vald”
  • French: “Avelgem”
  • French: “Avelghem”
  • German: “Avelgem”
  • Greek: “Άβελχεμ”
  • Hungarian: “Avelgem”
  • Irish: “Avelgem”
  • Italian: “Avelgem”
  • Limburgan: “Avelgem”
  • Luxembourgish: “Avelgem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avelgem”
  • Norwegian: “Avelgem”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Avelgem”
  • Persian: “اولژم”
  • Polish: “Avelgem”
  • Portuguese: “Avelgem”
  • Romanian: “Avelgem”
  • Russian: “Авелгем”
  • Slovak: “Avelgem”
  • Spanish: “Avelgem”
  • Swedish: “Avelgem (kommun i Belgien)”
  • Swedish: “Avelgem”
  • Turkish: “Avelgem”
  • Turkish: “Avelghem”
  • Urdu: “ایول گیم”
  • Uzbek: “Avelgem”
  • Vietnamese: “Avelgem”
  • Vlaams: “Oavelgem”
  • Volapük: “Avelgem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Avelgem”
  • Western Frisian: “Avelgem”
  • Zeeuws: “Aovelgem”

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