Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove is a village situated in the municipality of

Zottegem Zottegem (, Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a city and municipality located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem pr ...

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. It is located in the

Flemish Ardennes The Flemish Ardennes (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Vlaamse Ardennen'') is an informal name given to a hilly region in the south of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Highest summit is the Hotondberg (151 m). Main characteristics of the region ar ...

, the hilly southern part of the province of

East Flanders East Flanders ( ; ; ; ) is a Provinces of Belgium, province of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp (province), Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut (provinc ...

. Its name refers to

Saint Gaugericus Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) ( 550 – August 11, 619) was a bishop of Cambrai, France. Biography He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at ''Eposium'' (present C ...

(''En. Saint Gery''),

Bishop of Cambrai This is a List of bishops and archbishops of Cambrai, that is, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai. Bishops For the first bishops of Arras and Cambrai, who resided at the former place, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Arras. On the death ...

during the 7th century. Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove used to contain two small ''

heerlijkheden A ''heerlijkheid'' (a Dutch word; pl. ''heerlijkheden''; also called ''heerschap''; Latin: ''Dominium'') was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries before 1800. ...

'' which were part of the barony of Zottegem. Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove in an agricultural community. In 1970, the municipality merged into Zottegem.

Gallery

File:Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove - tijdens het EK Voetbal 2021 (01).jpg, Pub during the 2021 football championship File:Sint Gorikkerk - panoramio.jpg, St Gorik Church File:Vlaamse Ardennen 10.jpg, Landscape near Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove File:Langendries Zottegem 04.jpg, Street view

References

Zottegem Populated places in East Flanders {{EastFlanders-geo-stub