Leeuwergem Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 41081C . Statistics Belgium . 5 May 2022 .
  2. Web site: Leeuwergem . Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed . 5 May 2022. nl.
  3. Web site: Zottegem . Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed . 5 May 2022. nl.
  4. Koenraad DE WOLF and Ignace DE TEMMERMAN, Het parkdomein van Leeuwergem: een historische reconstructie, in "Monumenten en Landschappen", bimonthly of the Ministry of Flanders, Division of Monuments and Landscapes, edition 19/3, Brussels, May–June 2000, pp. 6-27.