Anzegem

Anzegem
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Anzegem Location in Belgium
Location of Anzegem in West-Flanders
Coordinates: 50°50′N 03°28′E / 50.833°N 3.467°ECoordinates: 50°50′N 03°28′E / 50.833°N 3.467°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Kortrijk
Government
• Mayor	Claude Van Marcke(Samenéén)
• Governing party/ies	Eendracht, Samenéén, RED
Area
• Total	41.79 km^2 (16.14 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	14,471
• Density	350/km^2 (900/sq mi)
Postal codes	8570, 8572, 8573
Area codes	056
Website	www.anzegem.be

Anzegem ([ˈɑnzəɣɛm]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster, Tiegem and Vichte. On 1 January 2006 Anzegem had a total population of 13,940. The total area is 41.79 km² which gives a population density of 334 inhabitants per km².

One of the most famous inhabitants of Anzegem was Stijn Streuvels, the Flemish writer who died in Ingooigem in 1969, aged 98.

On the night of 16 October 2014, Anzegem's medieval parish church of Saint John the Baptist (Sint Jan de Doperkerk in Dutch) was destroyed in a fire.^[2]

Anzegem's church of Saint John the Baptist before it was destroyed by fire in 2014.

References

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
2. "Huge fire destroys Belgian church". BBC News. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

External links

• Media related to Anzegem at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website – Available only in Dutch