Zedelgem

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Zedelgem
picture=
picture-



map-
West Flanders
arms=Zedelgem wapen.gif


region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-WV
arrondissement=Bruges
nis=31040
pyramid-date=01/01/2006
0-19=23.84
20-64=60.40
65=15.76
foreigners=0.80
foreigners-date=01/07/2005
mayor=Hilaire Verhegge (CD&V-NW)
majority=CD&V-NW
postal-codes=8210, 8211
telephone-area=050
web= [http://www.zedelgem.be/ www.zedelgem.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=08
lon_deg=03
lon_min=08

Zedelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Aartrijke, Loppem, Veldegem and Zedelgem proper. On January 1 2006 Zedelgem had a total population of 21,835. The total area is 60.34 km² which gives a population density of 362 inhabitants per km².

Zedelgem and the surrounding area was home to a number of POW camps towards the end of World War II. The camps were disbanded and prisoners released after the war.

Notable people

* Isidoor Teirlinck (1851-1934), writer.

External links

* [http://www.zedelgem-pow-camp.be PoW-camp Zedelgem (Zedelghem - Cedelghema)]
* [http://www.zedelgem.be Official website ] - Available only in Dutch
* [http://latvians.com/en/Exile/Zedelgem/envelope-ZB.php Project to translate Zedelgem POW camp materials into English]