Lichtervelde | |
Picture-Legend: | Town hall of Lichtervelde |
Map: | Lichtervelde West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg |
Map-Legend: | Location of Lichtervelde in West Flanders |
Arms: | Blason ville be Lichtervelde.svg |
Flag: | Lichtervelde vlag.svg |
Arrondissement: | Roeselare |
Nis: | 36011 |
Mayor: | Ria Beeusaert-Pattyn |
Majority: | CD&V |
Postal-Codes: | 8810 |
Telephone-Area: | 051 |
Web: | www.lichtervelde.be |
Coordinates: | 51.0333°N 11°W |
Lichtervelde (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈlɪxtərˌvɛldə/) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Lichtervelde. On January 1, 2006 Lichtervelde had a total population of 8,400. The total area is 25.93 km² which gives a population density of 324 inhabitants per km². The church is 64 m high. In this town the inventor Charles Joseph Van Depoele was born.