Pittem (, ) is a

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located 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 ...

. The municipality comprises the towns of Egem and Pittem. Pittem has a population of more than 6,700.https://www.vlaanderen.be/gemeenten-en-provincies/provincie-west-vlaanderen/pittem The total area is 34.42 km² which gives a

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of 192 inhabitants per km².

Notable people

Ferdinand Verbiest Ferdinand Verbiest, (9 October 1623 – 28 January 1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in the County of Flanders (now part of Belgium). He is known as Nan Huairen () in Chine ...

(1623–1688), scientist and missionary * Félix de Muelenaere (1793-1862), politician; first prime minister of Belgium (1831-1832) *

Rodolphe Poma Rodolphe Antoine Pierre Thérèse Poma (12 October 1885 – 12 October 1954), also known as Rudolph Poma, was a Belgian rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1908 Summer Olympics for Belgium Belgium, officially the King ...

(1884–1954), Olympic rower *

May Claerhout May Claerhout (21 February 1939 – 7 November 2016) was a Belgian artist who was born in Pittem. She created sculptures in bronze and terracotta, and she created several statues for public buildings in Belgium. Her studio was located in Malle. ...

(1939–2016), artist sculptor

References

External links

*
Official website
- Available only in

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Sister City (since 1984)
with

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Municipalities of West Flanders {{WestFlanders-geo-stub