Heuvelland
Sign in to saveHeuvelland () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Dranouter, Kemmel, De Klijte, Loker, Nieuwkerke, Westouter, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Heuvelland is a thinly populated rural municipality, located between the small urban centres of Ypres and Poperinge and the metropolitan area of Kortrijk-Lille along the E17. On 1 January 2006 Heuvelland had a total population of 8,217. The total area is 94.24 km2 which gives a population density of 87 inhabitants per km2. The name heuvelland is Dutch meaning "hill country", as the
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Heuvelland
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Heuvelland vanaf de Rodeberg.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Heuvelland West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Heuvelland in West Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Heuvelland.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Heuvelland.svg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Ypres
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 33039
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Wieland De Meyer (GB)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Gemeentebelangen (GB)
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 8950-8954, 8956, 8958
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 057
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.heuvelland.be
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Ypres
- Capital
- Kemmel
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 7862
- Area
- 94.24
- Elevation
- 89
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Mesen
- Official website
- www.heuvelland.be
- Image
- Heuvelland vanaf de Rodeberg.jpg
- Dialing code
- 057
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- Commons category
- Heuvelland
- topic's main category
- Category:Heuvelland
- postal code
- 8952
- annual number of weddings
- 29
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-57-45-04-50
- inception
- 1977-01-01
- contains settlement
- Loker
- P13200
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Landscape
- Municipality parts
- Neighbouring villages and towns
- History
- World War I
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Heuvelland () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Dranouter, Kemmel, De Klijte, Loker, Nieuwkerke, Westouter, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Heuvelland is a thinly populated rural municipality, located between the small urban centres of Ypres and Poperinge and the metropolitan area of Kortrijk-Lille along the E17. On 1 January 2006 Heuvelland had a total population of 8,217. The total area is 94.24 km2 which gives a population density of 87 inhabitants per km2. The name heuvelland is Dutch meaning "hill country", as the municipality is characterized by the different hills on its territory.
==Geography== ===Landscape=== The municipality is located in an area known as the West-Flemish Hills. The highest hill in Heuvelland is the Kemmelberg (154 m); followed by the Vidaigneberg (136 m), the Rodeberg (129 m), the Scherpenberg (125 m) and a lower hill in Wijtschate (82 m). On the border with France is the Zwarteberg.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heuvelland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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