Wetteren () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

located in the

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province of

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. The municipality comprises the towns of , and Wetteren proper. In 2021, Wetteren had a total population of 26,206. The total area is 36.68 km². Wetteren - Town hall 1

Educational institutions

* Gemeenschapsonderwij

Noordlaan 10, Wetteren * Basischool Schepper

Cooppallaan 82, Wetteren * Basisschool Sint-Gertrudi

F. Leirensstraat 31, Wetteren * Basisschool Sint-Joze

Wegvoeringstraat 59 a, Wetteren * Scheppersinstituu

Cooppaallaan 128, Wetteren * Sint-Gertrudiscolleg

Wegvoeringstraat 21, Wetteren * Sint-Jozefinstituu

Wegvoeringstraat 59 a, Wetteren * Mariagaar

Oosterzelsesteenweg 80, Wetteren

Notable people

Julien De Wilde Julien, Baron De Wilde (b. Wetteren, 7 January 1944) is a Belgian businessman. He is Chairman of Nyrstar, Chairman of the Prince Albert Fund Foundation, honorary chairman of Agoria and a member of the board of Bekaert, Telenet and Agfa-Gevaert. ...

(b. Wetteren, 7 January 1967), businessman * Émile Pierre Joseph Storms (1846-1918) Explorer of Congo Free State, General *

Cecile Bombeek Cecile Bombeek (1933-2019) was a Order of Saint Joseph nun and Belgian serial killer who killed three people between 1976 to 1977. She died in 2019 at St. Jozef, Wetteren. She was 86 years old. Background and Crimes Cecile Bombeek was born in ...

, serial killer

References

External links

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Official website

Chiro Overschelde Wetteren
Liefkenshoek 24, Wetteren
Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen Wetteren (St.-Jan)
Groenstraat 33, Wetteren
Scouts & Gidsen Vlaanderen Wetteren (Prins Boudewijn)
Groene Wegel, Wetteren
Chess Club De Wetterse Vrijpion
Warandelaan 14, Wetteren Municipalities of East Flanders Populated places in East Flanders {{EastFlanders-geo-stub