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(Redirected from Landegem) This article is about the town in East Flanders, Belgium. For the Catskills resort, see Nevele Grand Hotel. Village and former municipality in Flemish Region

Nevele
Village and former municipality
St Mauritius and Gezellen Church
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NeveleLocation in Belgium
Coordinates: 51°02′N 03°33′E / 51.033°N 3.550°E / 51.033; 3.550
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Province	East Flanders
Arrondissement	Ghent
Municipality	Deinze
Area
• Total	13.90 km (5.37 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,875
• Density	210/km (540/sq mi)
Time zone	CET
Postal code	9850
Dialing code	09
Website	www.deinze.be

Nevele (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːvələ]) is a village and former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2018, the municipality of Nevele had a total population of 12,179. The total area is 51.89 km.

Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality was merged into Deinze.

Subdivisions

Nevele consisted of six deelgemeenten (sub-municipalities).

#	Name	Area
I	Nevele	13,86
II	Hansbeke	9,83
III	Merendree	10,94
IV	Landegem	8,48
V	Poesele	2,52
VI	Vosselare	6,27

Nevele has borders with:

a. Lovendegem
b. Drongen (Ghent)
c. Sint-Martens-Leerne (Deinze)
d. Bachte-Maria-Leerne (Deinze)
e. Meigem (Deinze)
f. Lotenhulle (Aalter)
g. Bellem (Aalter)
h. Zomergem

Famous inhabitants

Cyriel Buysse, novelist
Renaat de Rudder: born in Oostakker in 1897, he moved with his parents to Landegem in 1909. In 1914 he volunteered for the Belgian army to fight in the first World War, where he wrote on the physical and moral pain he was suffering, until he died on 12 December 1917.
Rosalie Loveling and Virginie Loveling, writers, aunts of Cyriel Buysse
Leo Lovaert
Monika van Paemel