Zedelgem | |
Map: | Zedelgem West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg |
Map-Legend: | Location of Zedelgem in West Flanders |
Arms: | Zedelgem wapen.svg |
Flag: | Zedelgem vlag.svg |
Arrondissement: | Bruges |
Nis: | 31040 |
Pyramid-Date: | 01/01/2006 |
0-19: | 23.84 |
20-64: | 60.40 |
65: | 15.76 |
Foreigners: | 0.80 |
Foreigners-Date: | 01/07/2005 |
Mayor: | Annick Vermeulen (CD&V-Nieuw) |
Majority: | CD&V-Nieuw |
Postal-Codes: | 8210, 8211 |
Telephone-Area: | 050 |
Web: | www.zedelgem.be |
Coordinates: | 51.1333°N 11°W |
Zedelgem (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈzeːdəlɣɛm/; Zillegem) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Aartrijke, Loppem, Veldegem and Zedelgem proper. On January 1, 2019, Zedelgem had a total population of 22,813. The total area is 60.34km2 which gives a population density of 378PD/km2.
Zedelgem and the surrounding area was home to a prisoner-of-war camp towards the end of World War II. Although the camp was disbanded and prisoners released after the war, the site remained military domain until 1994. It is now a nature park.