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Deinze

Coordinates: 50°59′N 03°32′E / 50.983°N 3.533°E / 50.983; 3.533
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Deinze
City and municipality
Clockwise from top: Marketplace, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Old City Hall, Ooidonk Castle
Flag of Deinze
Flag
Coat of arms of Deinze
Coat of arms
Location of Deinze
Map
Deinze is located in Belgium
Deinze
Deinze
Location in Belgium
Location of Deinze in East Flanders
Coordinates: 50°59′N 03°32′E / 50.983°N 3.533°E / 50.983; 3.533
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceEast Flanders
ArrondissementGhent
Government
 • MayorJan Vermeulen (CD&V)
 • Governing party/iesCD&V, Open Deinze
Area
 • Total
128.03 km2 (49.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2022-01-01)[1]
 • Total
44,315
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Postal codes
9800
NIS code
44083
Area codes09
Websitewww.deinze.be

Deinze (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛinzə] ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, Poesele [nl], Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. On 1 January 2022, Deinze had a population of 44,315. The municipality's total area is 128.03 km2 (49 sq mi), giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per km2.

On 1 January 2019, the municipality of Nevele was merged into Deinze.

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

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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.[2]

Postal codes in 1969[3] (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):

  • 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

Sports

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Deinze is the starting location of the cycling race Gent–Wevelgem. It is also the operational base of the Ineos Grenadiers cycle racing team, formally Team Sky.

Places of interest

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Famous inhabitants

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  • Deinze on the Ferraris map (around 1775)
    Deinze on the Ferraris map (around 1775)
  • Deinze, church: parochiekerk Sint-Martinus en Sint-Antonius Abt
    Deinze, church: parochiekerk Sint-Martinus en Sint-Antonius Abt
  • Bachte Maria Leerne, de Blauwe Poort (entrance gate to castle: kasteel van Ooidonk)
    Bachte Maria Leerne, de Blauwe Poort (entrance gate to castle: kasteel van Ooidonk)
  • Bachte Maria Leerne, church: de parochiekerk Sint Petrus en Paulus
    Bachte Maria Leerne, church: de parochiekerk Sint Petrus en Paulus

References

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  1. ^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2022". Statbel.
  2. ^ Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
  3. ^ Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.
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