Deinze

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Deinze ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) 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, Template:Ill, 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 Template:Convert, giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per km².

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

HistoryEdit

Template:Expand section 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 historyEdit

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.<ref>Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.</ref>

Postal codes in 1969<ref>Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.</ref> (before the merger of municipalities in 1977): Template:Div col

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

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SportsEdit

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 interestEdit

Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, a museum dedicated to arts and folk objects created in the Leie region
Ooidonk Castle, a castle dating from the 16th century
Filliers Grain Distillery, a gin distillery

Famous inhabitantsEdit

Dirk van Braeckel, head of design at Bentley Motors
Karel Justinus Calewaert, Roman Catholic bishop
Raoul De Keyser, painter
Rudy Dhaenens, cyclist, World Champion in 1990
Poppo of Deinze, saint
Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee
Charles Felix Van Quickenborne, founder of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Mo., USA
Karel Van Wijnendaele, founder of the Tour of Flanders
Tanneke Sconyncx, alleged witch
Rose Bertram, fashion model

GalleryEdit

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Deinze on the Ferraris map (around 1775)
Deinze. parochiekerk Sint-Martinus en Sint-Antonius Abt IMG 6685 2023-06-06 14.53.jpg

Deinze, church: parochiekerk Sint-Martinus en Sint-Antonius Abt
Bachte Maria Leerne, de Blauwe Poort (toegangspoort kasteel van Ooidonk) oeg38122 foto2 2013-05-12 16.02.jpg

Bachte Maria Leerne, de Blauwe Poort (entrance gate to castle: kasteel van Ooidonk)
Bachte Maria Leerne, kerk van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw en Sint-Jan-Baptist.jpg

Bachte Maria Leerne, church: de parochiekerk Sint Petrus en Paulus

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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Deinzeonline.be - Available in Dutch
Official website - Available in Dutch, French, German and English
Local radio station website Template:In lang

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