Aalbeke is a village in the Belgian province of
West Flanders
West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ...
and since 1977 a part of
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...
. Aalbeke has 8511 as a postal code and covers an area of 717 ha. The district had 2,953 inhabitants on December 31, 2007.
Aalbeke is located 6 km southwest of the central area of Kortrijk and is surrounded by
Rollegem
Rollegem is a submunicipality of the city of Kortrijk, Belgium
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,
Mouscron
Mouscron (; Dutch language, Dutch and , ; Picard language, Picard and Walloon language, Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city of Wallonia located in the Belgium, Belgian Hainaut Provinc ...
,
Lauwe and
Marke. Nearby Aalbeke, the interchange of the E17 and E403 is located.
Mayors
*Jacob van de Kerckhove (1679–1699)
*Willem de Schynckele (1699–1706)
*Joost Cannaert (1706–1717)
*Cornelius van den Bulcke (1717–1734)
*Noël de Praetere (1734–1740)
*Jan Lesaege (1748–1755)
*Pieter Cannaert (1755–1761)
*Jan van den Bulcke (1761–1763)
*Jan-Baptist de Kimpe (1763–1775)
*Pieter Cannaert (1775–1789)
*Antoon-Frans Lienaert (1789–1792)
*Jan de Kimpe (1792–1798)
*Pieter Lerouge (1798–1808)
*Jan-Baptist Cannaert (1808–1815)
*Jan-Jacob Cottignies (1815–1829)
*Joseph-Bernard Berton (1829–1842)
*Honoré Dufaux (1843–1852)
*Pieter-Jan Margo (1852–1857)
*Victor Pycke (1858–1868)
*Jean-Louis Mullier (1868–1895)
*Henri Bonte (1896–1931)
*Henri Castel (1931–1932)
*Edward Torreele (1933–1939)
*Alphons Ovaere (1942–1944)
*René Bonte (1944–1946)
*Georges Gheysen (1946)
*René Vanhoenackere (1947–1964)
*Georges Neirynck (1965–1976)
Sub-municipalities of Kortrijk
Populated places in West Flanders
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