Ichtegem

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Ichtegem
picture=Kerk Ichtegem.jpg
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arms=Ichtegem2.jpg


region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-WV
arrondissement=Ostend
nis=35006
pyramid-date=
0-19=
20-64=
65=
foreigners=
foreigners-date=
mayor=Karl Bonny (CD&V)
majority=CD&V, BLAUW
postal-codes=8480
telephone-area=050, 051, 059
web= [http://www.ichtegem.be/ www.ichtegem.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=06
lon_deg=03
lon_min=00

Ichtegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders 15 km southwest of Bruges. The municipality comprises the towns of Bekegem, Eernegem and Ichtegem proper. On January 1 2006 Ichtegem had a total population of 13,423. The total area is 45.33 km² which gives a population density of 296 inhabitants per km². The current mayor is Karl Bonny.

In 2006, Ichtegem was declared the official "Dorp van de Ronde" (Town of the Tour) for the 90th annual road cycling race the "Ronde van Vlaanderen".

External links

* [http://www.ichtegem.be Official website ] - Available only in Dutch