Anzegem
Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Anzegem (Template:IPA) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster, Tiegem and Vichte. On 1 January 2018 Anzegem had a total population of 14,609. The total area is 42.35 km2 which gives a population density of 345 inhabitants per km2.
One of the most famous inhabitants of Anzegem was Stijn Streuvels, the Flemish writer who died in Ingooigem in 1969, aged 98.
On the night of 16 October 2014, Anzegem's medieval parish church of Saint John the Baptist (Sint Jan de Doperkerk in Dutch) was destroyed in a fire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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- Official website – Available only in Dutch
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