Official Name: | Leeuwergem |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Belgium |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Belgium |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Name1: | Flemish Region |
Subdivision Name2: | East Flanders |
Subdivision Name3: | Zottegem |
Area Total Km2: | 2.49 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,776 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Coordinates: | 50.8833°N 52°W |
Leeuwergem is a village belonging to the municipality of Zottegem. It is located on the Molenbeek, in the Denderstreek and Flemish Ardennes, which is part of the hilly southern part of the East Flanders province, Belgium.
Leeuwergem used to be part of the heerlijkheid of Zottegem. From 1271 onwards, it formed a heerlijkheid with Massemen.[2] It was an independent municipality until 1970, when it was merged into Zottegem.[3]
Leeuwergem and the neighbouring village of Elene host the 18th-century Leeuwergem Castle domain, a private estate of 32 hectares.[4]