Nevele facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Nevele
Village and former municipality
St Mauritius and Gezellen Church
Flag Seal
Nevele Location in Belgium
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Province	East Flanders
Arrondissement	Ghent
Municipality	Deinze
Area
• Total	13.90 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,875
• Density	206.83/km2 (535.70/sq mi)
Time zone	CET
Postal code	9850
Dialing code	09
Website	www.deinze.be

Nevele (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːvələ]) is a village and former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. In 2018, the municipality of Nevele had a total population of 12,179. The total area is 51.89 km².

Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality was merged into Deinze.

Subdivisions

Nevele consisted of six deelgemeenten (sub-municipalities).

Famous inhabitants

• Cyriel Buysse, novelist
• Renaat de Rudder: born in Oostakker in 1897, he moved with his parents to Landegem in 1909. In 1914 he volunteered for the Belgian army to fight in the first World War, where he wrote on the physical and moral pain he was suffering, until he died on 12 December 1917.
• Rosalie Loveling and Virginie Loveling, writers, aunts of Cyriel Buysse
• Leo Lovaert
• Monika van Paemel

Gallery

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  Former tobacco factory

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  View on Landegem

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  House in Nevele

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  Farm in Nevele