Koekelare

Koekelare

Koekelare

Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Koekelare (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkukəlaːrə]; West Flemish: Kookloare) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Bovekerke, Koekelare proper and Zande.[2] On 1 January 2006 Koekelare had a total population of 8,291. The total area is 39.19 km² which gives a population density of 212 inhabitants per km².

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Koekelare was formerly written as Couckelaere.

Towns

The municipality comprises Koekelare proper, but also contains the villages Bovekerke, Zande and De Mokker. Bovekerke and Zande are "deelgemeentes", who were independent municipalities until the 70s; De Mokker is part of Koekelare proper.

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Source :Streekplatform Westhoek. Socio-economische beleidsvisie & hefboomprojecten voor de Westhoek

Koekelare borders the following villages:

  • a. Handzame (more specifically Edewalle) (Kortemark)
  • b. Werken (Kortemark)
  • c. Vladslo (Diksmuide)
  • d. Leke (Diksmuide)
  • e. Sint-Pieters-Kapelle (Middelkerke)
  • f. Zevekote (Gistel)
  • g. Moere (Gistel)
  • h. Eernegem (Ichtegem)
  • i. Ichtegem (Ichtegem)
Koekelare, towns and neighbouring towns. The yellow areas are urban areas.

Sights

Museums

Buildings, monuments and structures

References

  1. [1]
    "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Vandeputte, Omer; Devos, Filip (2007). Gids voor Vlaanderen: toeristische en culturele gids voor alle steden en dorpen in Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Lannoo Uitgeverij. p. 636. ISBN 978-90-209-5963-5.


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