Evergem is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of East Flanders

East Flanders

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. The municipality comprises the towns of Belzele, Doornzele, Ertvelde

Ertvelde

Ertvelde is a village of the Belgian municipality of Evergem.Eddy Wally used to have his legendary show venue in the village-center, called "Paris, Las Vegas"....

, Evergem proper, Kerkbrugge-Langerbrugge, Kluizen, Rieme, Sleidinge and Wippelgem. On January 1, 2006 Evergem had a total population of 32,244. The total area is 75.04 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 430 inhabitants per km².

Famous inhabitants

• Luc De Vos, singer of the band Gorki
  Gorki (band)
  Gorki is a Belgian rock group, consisting of lead singer and guitarist Luc De Vos, Luc Heyvaerts on keyboard and clarinet, Erik van Biesen on bass guitar and Eric Bosteels on the drums....
  
  
• Wilfried Martens
  Wilfried Martens
  Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....
  
  , former Belgian prime minister, chairman of the European People's Party
  European People's Party
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• Eddy Wally
  Eddy Wally
  Eddy Wally is a singer from Zelzate , and is the self-proclaimed "Voice Of Europe".-General information:...
  
  , singer

Twin towns — Sister cities

Evergem is twinned with:

Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola is the largest city and capital of Stalowa Wola County with a population of 64,353 inhabitants, as of June 2008. It is located in southeastern Poland in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...