Oosterzele is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Flemish

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 province of East Flanders

East Flanders

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, in Belgium

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. The municipality comprises the towns of Balegem, Gijzenzele, Landskouter, Moortsele, Oosterzele proper and Scheldewindeke. On January 1, 2006 Oosterzele had a total population of 13,172. The total area is 43.12 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 305 inhabitants per km².

Famous inhabitants

• Els de Temmerman
  Els de Temmerman
  Els de Temmerman is a former Belgian journalist who established Childsoldiers, an organization that works for the rehabilitation of child soldiers in Africa....
  
  , journalist, activist
• Johan Van Hecke
  Johan Van Hecke
  Johan Jozef Marie Clara Van Hecke is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.He is also a...
  
  , politician
• Gustaaf Joos, Roman Catholic cardinal

Map

Oosterzele and its composition.



Map descriptions

#	Deelgemeente Deelgemeente A deelgemeente is a subdivision of a gemeente in Belgium and the Netherlands.-Belgium:... s	Area (km²)	Population	Population density
I	Oosterzele
II	Balegem	12,02
III	Scheldewindeke	11,84
IV	Moortsele	3,64
V	Landskouter
VI	Gijzenzele	1,87