Editing Evergem

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Evergem
|picture         = Sleidinge, rotonde foto4 2013-05-05 14.46.jpg
|picture-legend  = Sleidinge
|map             = Evergem East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Evergem in East Flanders
|arms            = Blason ville be Evergem.svg
|flag            = Evergem vlag.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Ghent|Ghent]]
|nis             = 44019
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor           = Joeri De Maertelaere ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])
|majority        = [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]
|postal-codes    = 9940
|telephone-area  = 09
|web             = [http://www.evergem.be/ www.evergem.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|07|N|03|42|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Evergem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈeːvərɣɛm|-|Nl-Evergem.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of {{ill|Belzele|nl}}, [[Doornzele]], [[Ertvelde]], Evergem proper, {{ill|Kerkbrugge-Langerbrugge|nl}}, [[Kluizen]], {{ill|Rieme|nl}}, [[Sleidinge]] and {{ill|Wippelgem|nl}}. In 2021, Evergem had a total population of 35,791.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 44019 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=7 May 2022 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
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== History ==
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In the 1st world war, [[Ertvelde]] was used as a blockade in case the [[Netherlands]] attacked from the north. Ertvelde has a lot of bunkers due that, almost every 200m you can find one. Now they're mostly on fields used by farmers. The government decided that the bunkers are from the people where it stand. Some farmers destroyed it and some use it as storage, but some are still visitable.

==Famous inhabitants==
* [[Angelus de Baets]], portrait painter (1793- Ghent, 1855)
*[[Luc De Vos]], singer of the band [[Gorki (band)|Gorki]] (1962-2014)
*[[Wilfried Martens]], former Belgian prime minister, former chairman of the [[European People's Party]] (1963 - 2013)
*[[Eddy Wally]], singer (1932-2016)

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Evergem is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stalowa Wola]], [[Poland]]<ref name="Stalowa-Evergem twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.stalowka.net/wiadomosci.php?dx=4843|title=Stalowa Wola podpisała porozumienie z Belgami|access-date = 2013-07-21|last=Błażejowski|first=Tomasz|date=4 June 2010|publisher=Stalowka.NET|language=pl}}</ref>
|}

== Gallery ==
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File:EvergemKerk.JPG|Evergem, church: de Sint Kristoffelkerk
File:Sleidinge, Dorp 4 tm 6 oeg34408+9, 2013-05-05 14.54.jpg|Sleidinge, Dorp 4 tm 6
File:Wippelgem, de Gerardsmolen oeg87626 foto2 2013-05-13 11.39.jpg|Wippelgem, windmill: de Gerardsmolen
File:Kluizen, de Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk foto2 2013-05-13 11.54.jpg|Kluizen, church: de Onze Lieve Vrouw Geboortekerk
File:Ertvlede, parochiekerk Onze Lieve Vrouwe Hemelvaart oeg33934 foto10 2013-05-13 12.19.jpg|Ertvelde, church: parochiekerk Onze Lieve Vrouwe Hemelvaart
File:Ertvelde, de Stenenmolen oeg33946 foto2 2013-05-13 12.25.jpg|Ertvelde, windmill: de Stenenmolen
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.evergem.be Official website] {{in lang|nl}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Evergem
|North     = [[Assenede]]
|Northeast = [[Zelzate]]
|East      = [[Ghent]]
|South     = [[Ghent]]
|West      = [[Waarschoot]]<br>[[Lovendegem]]
|Northwest = [[Kaprijke]]
}}
{{Belgian municipality Evergem}}
{{Municipalities in East Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Evergem| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]]