Tielt-Winge () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
located in the
Belgian province of
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant ( ; ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also ...
. The municipality comprises the towns of Houwaart, Meensel-Kiezegem, Sint-Joris-Winge and Tielt. On 1 January 2006, Tielt-Winge had a total population of 11,604. The total area is 44.16 km² which gives a
population density
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of 227 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Villages
Sint-Joris-Winge
Sint-Joris-Winge is a village in Tielt-Winge, which as of 2003, had 2,870 inhabitants.
It is one source of the last name
Winge, which is a habitational name derived from the village's name.
Gallery
File:Kz-gedenkstätte-neuengamme-gedenkhain-statue-verzweiflung-meensel-kiezegem.JPG, Hamburg, Memorial of Neuengamme concentration camp: memorial area, statue desperation of Meenzel-Kiezegem. In memory of the victims of the deportation 1944.
References
External links
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Municipalities of Flemish Brabant
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