Oosterzele () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality ...
located in the
Flemish
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province of
East Flanders
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, settlement_type = Province of Belgium
, image_flag = Flag of Oost-Vlaanderen.svg
, flag_size =
, image_shield = Wapen van O ...
, in
Belgium
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. The municipality comprises the towns of , , , , Oosterzele proper and . In 2021, Oosterzele had a total population of 13,740. The total area is 43.12 km².
Its twin town is
Oberkirch in Germany.
Geography
Oosterzele is subdivided into 6
sub-municipalities:
Famous inhabitants
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Els De Temmerman, journalist, activist
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Johan Van Hecke
Johan Jozef Marie Clara Van Hecke (born 2 December 1954 in Ghent) 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 ...
, politician
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Gustaaf Joos, Roman Catholic cardinal
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Frans Van De Velde (1909-2002),
missionary
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*
Gerard Vekeman
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(1933), poet
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Walter Muls (1961),
politician
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*
Tom De Sutter (1985),
football player
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*
Johan Taeldeman Johan
* Johan (given name)
* ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Jo-Han, a manu ...
, linguist, dialectologist, professor-emeritus
UGent
References
External links
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Official website
Municipalities of East Flanders
Populated places in East Flanders
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