Pervijze (,
English ''Pervyse'') is a small rural
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
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 a part ("
Deelgemeente
A (, literally ''sub-municipality''), or section (), is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
Belgium
Each municipality in Belgium that existed as a separate entity on 1 January 1961 bu ...
") of the municipality of
Diksmuide
(; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem, Lampernisse, Leke, Nieuwkapelle, Oostkerke ...
. Pervijze has an area of 12.23 km
2 and almost 900 inhabitants.
Before the municipal mergers in 1971, Pervijze was an independent municipality. In 1971,
Lampernisse,
Oostkerke and
Stuivekenskerke were added to the municipality. In 1977 Pervijze became a part of Diksmuide.
During World War I, Pervijze was situated near the
Yser Front
The Yser Front (, or ), sometimes termed the West Flemish Front in British writing, was a section of the Western Front (World War I), Western Front during World War I held by Belgium, Belgian troops from October 1914 until 1918. The front ran alo ...
and was destroyed. Two British nurses,
Elsie Knocker and
Mairi Chisholm, became known as "The Madonnas of Pervyse" in the British press.
In Brussels (more precisely in Etterbeek), there is a street called "Rue de Pervyse" and "Pervijzestraat".
Gallery
File:0 Ferme - Sud de Pervyse 1916.JPG, Farm destroyed during the battle that took place in June 1916 south of Pervyse.
File:Pervijze, parochiekerk Sint-Niklaas en Sint-Katharina oeg78495 foto2 2013-05-12 11.02.jpg, Parish church of Sint-Niklaas en Sint-Katharina
References
External links
Private website on PervijzeBBC website showing the location of the village: ''British 'angels' who braved WW1 trenches'' 5 August 2014, Accessed 5 August 2014
Populated places in West Flanders
Sub-municipalities of Diksmuide
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