Editing Deinze (section)

==History==
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In 1695, during the [[Nine Years' War]], an English force garrisoned in the town under the command of the Irish general [[Francis Fergus O’Farrell]] was forced to surrender to French forces.

===Postal history===
The DEYNZE post office opened in 1836 with the postal code 31 (before 1864), then 94 prior to 1874. The only other office in the area before 1910 was PETEGHEM (not to be confused with PETEGHEM-LEZ-AUDENAERDE), which opened 1 June 1874.<ref>Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.</ref>

Postal codes in 1969<ref>Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.</ref> (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):
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* 9800 Deinze
* 9801 Astene
* 9802 [[Petegem-aan-de-Leie]]
* 9803 Gottem
* 9804 Grammene
* 9805 Wontergem
* 9806 Vinkt
* 9807 [[Zeveren]]
* 9852 Sint-Martens-Leerne
* 9853 Bachte-Maria-Leerne
* 9854 Meigem
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