Melle, Belgium
Encyclopedia
Melle is a municipality
located in the Belgian
province of East Flanders
. The municipality comprises the villages of Gontrode and Melle proper. On January 1, 2006 Melle had a total population of 10,585. The total area is 15.21 km² which gives a population density
of 696 inhabitants per km².
Melle is already being mentioned in documents of the year 830, although the archeological findings prove the region was inhabited long before that date.
The name Melle has two possible meanings: The Celtic
word Melina means Brown Water, on the other side the prehistoric name Melinos means Honey Yellow.
The village Melle consists of three regions: Melle-Centre, Melle-Vogelhoek and Gontrode (since the fusion in 1976).
One of its famous products is the Delirium Tremens
beer, bottled by the Huyghe brewery.
This beer is exported worldwide and has been elected as "Best beer in the world" in 1998 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Miss Belgium
2000, Joke Van De Velde grew up and went to highschool in Melle.
The College van de paters Jozefieten, founded in 1837 by canon Constant Van Crombrugghe is known all around the country. At this school different Belgian and international celebrities went to school (e.g. Cédric Van Brantegem (runner), a brother of Princess Mathilde, ...). This was the first school in Belgium where a commercial science and an industrial science course were offered. An Irish student brought along a football in 1863. This was the first football to reach the European continent.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
Belgium
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province of East Flanders
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
. The municipality comprises the villages of Gontrode and Melle proper. On January 1, 2006 Melle had a total population of 10,585. The total area is 15.21 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 696 inhabitants per km².
Melle is already being mentioned in documents of the year 830, although the archeological findings prove the region was inhabited long before that date.
The name Melle has two possible meanings: The Celtic
Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
word Melina means Brown Water, on the other side the prehistoric name Melinos means Honey Yellow.
The village Melle consists of three regions: Melle-Centre, Melle-Vogelhoek and Gontrode (since the fusion in 1976).
One of its famous products is the Delirium Tremens
Delirium Tremens (beer)
Delirium Tremens is a brand of Belgian strong pale ale produced by Huyghe Brewery in Melle.-History:Delirium Tremens was launched on 26 December 1989. The beer uses three different yeasts and is packaged in a bottle that is painted to resemble cologne ceramics...
beer, bottled by the Huyghe brewery.
This beer is exported worldwide and has been elected as "Best beer in the world" in 1998 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Miss Belgium
Miss Belgium
Miss Belgium is the largest national beauty pageant in Belgium, responsible for selecting the country's representatives to Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International pageants.-Winners since 1969:-2008 controversy:...
2000, Joke Van De Velde grew up and went to highschool in Melle.
The College van de paters Jozefieten, founded in 1837 by canon Constant Van Crombrugghe is known all around the country. At this school different Belgian and international celebrities went to school (e.g. Cédric Van Brantegem (runner), a brother of Princess Mathilde, ...). This was the first school in Belgium where a commercial science and an industrial science course were offered. An Irish student brought along a football in 1863. This was the first football to reach the European continent.