Editing Pittem

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Pittem
|picture          = Pittem, de Onze Lieve Vrouwkerk oeg211770 foto1 2013-05-12 13.59.jpg
|picture-legend   = Pittem, church: Onze Lieve Vrouwkerk
|map              = Pittem West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Pittem in [[West Flanders]]
|arms             = Blason ville be Pittem.svg
|flag             = Pittem vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tielt|Tielt]]
|nis              = 37011
|pyramid-date=01/01/2006
|0-19=23.53
|20-64=58.71
|65=17.76
|foreigners=0.76
|foreigners-date=01/07/2005
|mayor            = Denis Fraeyman ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]])
|majority         = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]]
|postal-codes     = 8740
|telephone-area   = 051
|web              = {{website|http://www.pittem.be/}}
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|59|N|03|16|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Pittem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈpɪtəm}}, {{IPA|vls|ˈpɛtəm|lang}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of Egem and Pittem. Pittem has a population of more than 6,700.<ref>https://www.vlaanderen.be/gemeenten-en-provincies/provincie-west-vlaanderen/pittem</ref> The total area is 34.42&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 192 inhabitants per km².

==Notable people==
*[[Ferdinand Verbiest]] (1623–1688), scientist and missionary
*[[Félix de Muelenaere]] (1793-1862), politician; first prime minister of Belgium (1831-1832)
*[[Rodolphe Poma]] (1884–1954), Olympic rower
*[[May Claerhout]] (1939–2016), artist sculptor

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://www.pittem.be Official website ] - Available only in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050830020412/http://www.cityofshawnee.org/cityclerk/SisterCities/sister.htm Sister City (since 1984)] with [[Shawnee, Kansas]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Pittem
|N = [[Wingene]]
|E = [[Tielt]]
|S = [[Meulebeke]]
|W = [[Ardooie]]
}}
{{Municipalities in West Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]


{{WestFlanders-geo-stub}}