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<td><a href="Staat" title="Staat">Staat</a>:
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<td><span style="display:none">Belgien</span><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Belgien" title="Belgien"></a></span> <a href="Belgien" title="Belgien">Belgien</a>
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<td><a href="Verwaltungsgliederung_Belgiens#Regionen" title="Verwaltungsgliederung Belgiens">Region</a>:
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<td><a href="Flandern" title="Flandern">Flandern</a>
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<td><a href="Verwaltungsgliederung_Belgiens#Provinzen" title="Verwaltungsgliederung Belgiens">Provinz</a>:
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<td><a href="Verwaltungsgliederung_Belgiens#Bezirke" title="Verwaltungsgliederung Belgiens">Bezirk</a>:
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<td><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Koordinaten</a>:
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<td><span id="Wevelgem" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:50.809166666667,3.1844444444444"><span title="Breitengrad">50° 49′ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">3° 11′ <abbr title="Ost">O</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">50.809166666667</span><span class="longitude">3.1844444444444</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td>Fläche:
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<td>38,76 km²
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<td>Einwohner:
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<td>31.884 <small>(1. Jan. 2024)</small>
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<td>Bevölkerungsdichte:
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<td>823 Einwohner je km²
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<td><a href="Postleitzahl_(Belgien)" title="Postleitzahl (Belgien)">Postleitzahl</a>:
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<td>8560
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<td><a href="Telefonvorwahl_(Belgien)" title="Telefonvorwahl (Belgien)">Vorwahl</a>:
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<td>056
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<td>Bürgermeister:
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<td>Jan Seynhaeve (<a href="Christen_Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen Democratisch en Vlaams">CD&V</a>)
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<td>Adresse der<br>Kommunal-<br>verwaltung:
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<td style="width:140px">Gemeente Wevelgem<br>Vanackerestraat <br>850 Wevelgem
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<p><b>Wevelgem</b> ist eine Stadt in der <a href="Belgien" title="Belgien">belgischen</a> <a href="Provinz_Westflandern" title="Provinz Westflandern">Provinz Westflandern</a>. Die Stadt zählt 31.884 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2024). Zur Gemeinde Wevelgem gehören die Ortsteile Wevelgem, Moorsele und Gullegem.
</p><p>In Wevelgem findet man den <a href="Deutscher_Soldatenfriedhof_Menen" title="Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Menen">Deutschen Soldatenfriedhof Menen</a> des <a href="Erster_Weltkrieg" title="Erster Weltkrieg">Ersten Weltkrieges</a>. Er befindet sich am Ende der Kruisstraat an der Grenze zu <a href="Menen" title="Menen">Menen</a>. 47.864 Soldaten wurden dort begraben.
</p><p>Wevelgem ist regelmäßig Zielort des <a href="Stra%C3%9Fenradsport" title="Straßenradsport">Radsport</a>-<a href="Klassiker_(Radsport)" title="Klassiker (Radsport)">Klassikers</a> <a href="Gent%E2%80%93Wevelgem" title="Gent–Wevelgem">Gent–Wevelgem</a>, im Ortsteil <b>Gullegem</b> findet seit 2018 der internationale <a href="Cyclocross_Gullegem" title="Cyclocross Gullegem">Cyclocross Gullegem</a> statt.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politik">Politik</h2></div>
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<li class="vorlage-farblegende" style="list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; margin: 0;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid; border-left-color: #D60915; margin-right: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 0 .1em #ffffff" title="Farbe #D60915"></span><a href="Vooruit" title="Vooruit">Vooruit</a>: 2 </li>
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<li class="vorlage-farblegende" style="list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; margin: 0;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid; border-left-color: #005DAA; margin-right: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 0 .1em #ffffff" title="Farbe #005DAA"></span><a href="Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten">VLD</a>: 0 </li>
<li class="vorlage-farblegende" style="list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; margin: 0;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid; border-left-color: #F47216; margin-right: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 0 .1em #ffffff" title="Farbe #F47216"></span><a href="Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">CD&V</a>: 18 </li>
<li class="vorlage-farblegende" style="list-style-type: none; list-style-image: none; margin: 0;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid; border-left-color: #F9B919; margin-right: 0.4em; box-shadow: 0 0 0 .1em #ffffff" title="Farbe #F9B919"></span><a href="Nieuw-Vlaamse_Alliantie" title="Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie">N-VA</a>: 6 </li>
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<p>Nach der Wahl hatte die <a href="CD%26V" class="mw-redirect" title="CD&V">CD&V</a> eine <a href="Absolute_Mehrheit" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute Mehrheit">absolute Mehrheit</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Persönlichkeiten"><span id="Pers.C3.B6nlichkeiten"></span>Persönlichkeiten</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Gaston_Rebry_junior" title="Gaston Rebry junior">Gaston Rebry junior</a> (1933–2007), kanadischer Maler</li>
<li><a href="Serge_Dorny" title="Serge Dorny">Serge Dorny</a> (* 1962), belgischer Opernintendant</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wevelgem.be/">Offizielle Website der Gemeinde Wevelgem</a> (niederländisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://okt24.vlaanderenkiest.be/#/gemeente/34041"><i>LV2024 Wevelgem.</i></a> In: <i>okt24.vlaanderenkiest.be.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 29. November 2025</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AWevelgem&rft.title=LV2024+Wevelgem&rft.description=LV2024+Wevelgem&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fokt24.vlaanderenkiest.be%2F%23%2Fgemeente%2F34041&rft.date=&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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