Leeuwergem

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Leeuwergem
Village
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Leeuwergem Castle (2008)
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Leeuwergem
Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°53′N3°49′E / 50.883°N 3.817°E / 50.883; 3.817
Country Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Region Flemish Region
Province East Flanders
Municipality Zottegem
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.49 km2 (0.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
1,776
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone CET

Leeuwergem is a village within the municipality of Zottegem. It is located on the Molenbeek, within the Denderstreek and Flemish Ardennes, a hilly region in the southern part of the East Flanders province, Belgium.

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Leeuwergem was formerly part of the heerlijkheid of Zottegem. From 1271 onwards, it formed a heerlijkheid with Massemen. [2] It was an independent municipality until 1970, when it was merged into Zottegem. [3]

Leeuwergem and the neighbouring village of Elene are home to the 18th-century Leeuwergem Castle domain, a private estate spanning 32 hectares. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 41081C". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Leeuwergem". Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Zottegem". Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Koenraad DE WOLF and Ignace DE TEMMERMAN, Het parkdomein van Leeuwergem: een historische reconstructie, in "Monumenten en Landschappen", bimonthly of the Ministry of Flanders, Division of Monuments and Landscapes, edition 19/3, Brussels, May–June 2000, pp. 6-27.
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