Alveringem (; vls, Oalveringem) 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

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province of

West Flanders ) , settlement_type = Province of Belgium , image_flag = Flag of West Flanders.svg , flag_size = , image_shield = Wapen van West-Vlaanderen.svg , shield_size = , image_map ...

. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren-aan-de-IJzer,

Gijverinkhove Alveringem (; vls, Oalveringem) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren-aan-de-IJzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge, Leisele, Oeren, Sint-Ri ...

, Hoogstade,

Izenberge Izenberge is a Belgian village in the province of West Flanders. Since a fusion in the seventies it belongs now to the larger agglomeration of Alveringem Alveringem (; vls, Oalveringem) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West F ...

, Leisele,

Oeren Alveringem (; vls, Oalveringem) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren-aan-de-IJzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge, Leisele, Oeren, Sint-R ...

, Sint-Rijkers and

Stavele Alveringem (; vls, Oalveringem) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren-aan-de-IJzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge, Leisele, Oeren, Sint-Ri ...

. On January 1, 2006, Alveringem had a total population of 4,887. The total area is 80.01 km² which gives a

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

of 61 inhabitants per km². The mayor of Alveringem is Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen) since 2006. Cyriel Verschaeve was as a priest attached to the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

of Alveringem and re-buried near Alveringem's church in 1973.

Towns

The municipality of Alveringem has a relatively low population density and the number of inhabitants has still decreased last decades. The extensive territory comprises nine rural towns or ''

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s''. The largest town is Alveringem proper, the chief town, located in the northeast of the municipality. During the merger of municipalities in 1971, the villages Hoogstade,

and Sint-Rijkers were added to Alveringem. In 1977, Leisele and

, independent municipalities at the time, were added as well. As from 1971, Leisele also comprised the villages

and

; Beveren-aan-de-IJzer was a part of

. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes. :(*) The population of the small villages of Oeren and Sint-Rijkers is contained in the number for Alveringem proper :Source: Streekplatform Westhoek https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072054/http://www.westhoek.be/streekplatform/Tabellen/3.2..htm Due to its rural extent, the municipality of Alvergem borders a large number of small villages:

Map

References

External links

Official website
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