Anzegem is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster

Kaster

Kaster is a village in West Flanders, Belgium. According to the 2005 census it has a population of 803. The neoclassical St Peter's Church of Kaster, located in the eastern part of the village, dates from 1818.-Geography:...

, Tiegem

Tiegem

Tiegem is a village, near Oudenaarde, West-Flanders, Belgium. Tiegem was birthplace of St. Arnoul....

 and Vichte

Vichte

Vichte is a village in the south of West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium. It has 4,345 inhabitants . Small, densely-populated village with an important textile industry. Famous for its 12th century Roman church and its 16th century castle . It is also the location of Brewery Verhaeghe, well known for...

. On January 1, 2006 Anzegem had a total population of 13,940. The total area is 41.79 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 334 inhabitants per km².

One of the most famous inhabitants of Anzegem was Stijn Streuvels

Stijn Streuvels

Stijn Streuvels, born Franciscus Petrus Maria Lateur, is a Flemish writer. He was born on 3 October 1871 in Heule, Kortrijk, and died in Ingooigem, Anzegem on 15 August 1969 at the age of 98. In 1905 he married Alida Staelens. They had 4 children: Paula , Paul , Dina and Isa...

, the Flemish

Flanders

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 writer who died in Ingooigem in 1969, aged 98.

External links

• Official website - Available only in Dutch
  Dutch language
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