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Country
  
Belgium

Community
  
Flemish Community

Area
  
8.76 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 8:27 PM

Province
  
West Flanders

Region
  
Flemish Region

Postal codes
  
8880

Postal code
  
8880

Municipality
  
Ledegem

Sint-Eloois-Winkel

Weather
  
9°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 84% Humidity

Sint-Eloois-Winkel is a village in the Belgian province of West-Flanders. It is a deelgemeente of the municipality of Ledegem, separated from the center of the town by highway A17. The population of Sint-Eloois-Winkel is 3800, only a few hundred less than that of central Ledegem.

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Map of Sint-Eloois-Winkel, 8880 Ledegem, Belgium

History

In the 18th century Sint-Eloois-Winkel was divided by the almost as three times bigger neighbor town, Gullegem, only to get back its dependence after a few year of separation from Ledegem, since there is no own mail, library and city hall.

Sport

  • Sint-Eloois-Winkel is well known for its annual horse races in October.
  • The Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport football club belongs to the Royal Belgian Football Association and plays in the national Belgian Promotion Third Division.

    • References

    Sint-Eloois-Winkel Wikipedia
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