Moregem is a village of the municipality

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...

 Wortegem-Petegem located in the Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 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...

. It has 406 ha. The village has as European sister village the French village Moringhem

Moringhem

Moringhem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Moringhem lies about 5 miles west of Saint-Omer, at the D207 and D223 crossroads. The A26 autoroute passes by about a half mile to the west.-Population:-Places of interest:* The stone...

.

History

The history of Moregem goes back to the 10th century. It was first mentioned under the name "Moringehim". The writing often changed:
Moringem in 1038, Morenghene in 1182, Morenghem in 1330, Mooreghem in 1735, Mooregem around 1800. Finally the name changed to its present name, Moregem.

External links

Official website of Wortegem-Petegem