Editing Alveringem (section)

==Towns==
The municipality of Alveringem has a relatively low population density and the number of inhabitants has still decreased last decades. The extensive territory comprises nine rural towns or ''[[deelgemeente]]s''. The largest town is Alveringem proper, the chief town, located in the northeast of the municipality. During the merger of municipalities in 1971, the villages [[Hoogstade]], [[Oeren]] and [[Sint-Rijkers]] were added to Alveringem. In 1977, [[Leisele]] and [[Stavele]], independent municipalities at the time, were added as well. As from 1971, Leisele also comprised the villages [[Gijverinkhove]] and [[Izenberge]]; [[Beveren-aan-de-IJzer]] was a part of [[Stavele]]. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes.
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! # !! Name!! Area !! Population (1999)
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|I || align="left" | Alveringem || &nbsp; || 1.583 (*)
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|II || align="left" | [[Oeren]] || &nbsp; || (*)
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|III || align="left" | [[Sint-Rijkers]] || &nbsp; || (*)
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|IV || align="left" | [[Izenberge]] || &nbsp;  || 395
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|V || align="left" |  [[Leisele]] || &nbsp;  || 774
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|VI || align="left" | [[Hoogstade]] || &nbsp;  || 352
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|VII || align="left" | [[Gijverinkhove]] || &nbsp;  || 308
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|VIII || align="left" | [[Beveren (Alveringem)|Beveren]] || &nbsp;  || 659
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|IX || align="left" | [[Stavele]] || &nbsp;  || 661
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:<small>(*) The population of the small villages of Oeren and Sint-Rijkers is contained in the number for Alveringem proper</small>
:<small>Source: Streekplatform Westhoek https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072054/http://www.westhoek.be/streekplatform/Tabellen/3.2..htm </small>

Due to its rural extent, the municipality of Alvergem borders a large number of small villages:
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*a. [[Houtem]] (city of Veurne)
*b. [[Vinkem]]  (city of Veurne)
*c. [[Wulveringem]] (city of Veurne)
*d. [[Eggewaartskapelle]] (city of Veurne)
*e. [[Zoutenaaie]] (city of Veurne)
*f. [[Lampernisse]] (city of Diksmuide)
*g. [[Lo (Lo-Reninge)|Lo]] (city of Lo-Reninge)
*h. [[Pollinkhove]] (city of Lo-Reninge)
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*i. [[Oostvleteren]] (municipality of Vleteren)
*j. [[Wesvleteren (plaats)|Westvleteren]] (municipality of Vleteren)
*k. [[Krombeke]] (city of Poperinge)
*l. [[Proven]] (city of Poperinge)
*m. [[Roesbrugge-Haringe]] (city of Poperinge)
*n. [[Bambecque]] (France)
*o. [[Oost-Cappel]] (France)
*p. [[Hondschoote]] (France)
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===Map===
[[Image:MapAlveringem.svg|thumb|450px|left|Alveringem, deelgemeenten and neighbouring villages. The yellow areas are urban areas.]]
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