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Harelbeke
Sign in to saveHarelbeke (; ) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total population of 28,447. The total area is 29.14 km² which gives a population density of 898 inhabitants per km². Inhabitants consider their hometown to be a "Weireldstad" (metropolis), which also led to a monthly "Harelbekedag" amongst the students of Harelbeke studying in Ghent.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Harelbeke
- Belgium municipality.type
- city
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Harelebeke Paretteplein -3.JPG
- Belgium municipality.map
- Harelbeke West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Harelbeke in West-Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Harelbeke.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Harelbeke.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- West Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Kortrijk
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 34013
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Alain Top (Vooruit-Groen)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Vooruit-Groen, CD&V
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 8530, 8531
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 056
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.harelbeke.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Demonym
- Harelbekaan
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Kortrijk
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 27886
- Area
- 29.14
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Ingelmunster
- Official website
- www.harelbeke.be
- Image
- Sint-Ritakerk in Harelbeke.jpg
- Dialing code
- 056
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- Commons category
- Harelbeke
- topic's main category
- Category:Harelbeke
- postal code
- 8531
- annual number of weddings
- 118
- webcam page URL
- www.harelbeke.be/webcam
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-56-73-33-11
- twinned administrative body
- Aire-sur-la-Lys
- contains settlement
- Hulste
- P13200
- Neptune
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Famous natives
- Harelbeke New British Cemetery
- Events
- Twin towns
- References
- External links
Harelbeke (; ) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total population of 28,447. The total area is 29.14 km² which gives a population density of 898 inhabitants per km². Inhabitants consider their hometown to be a "Weireldstad" (metropolis), which also led to a monthly "Harelbekedag" amongst the students of Harelbeke studying in Ghent.
In Harelbeke a museum remembers the life and work of musician and composer Peter Benoit, called the Peter Benoit Huis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harelbeke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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