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Deinze

Field	Value
name	Deinze
type	city
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picture-legend	Clockwise from top: Marketplace, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Old City Hall, Ooidonk Castle
map	Deinze East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
map-legend	Location of Deinze in East Flanders
arms	Blason Deinze.svg
flag	Deinze vlag.svg
province	East Flanders
arrondissement	Ghent
nis	44083
mayor	Rutger De Reu (CD&V)
majority	CD&V, Open Deinze
postal-codes	9800
telephone-area	09
web	www.deinze.be
coordinates

|picture-legend = Clockwise from top: Marketplace, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk, Old City Hall, Ooidonk Castle |map-legend = Location of Deinze in East Flanders |postal-codes = 9800 |telephone-area = 09 Deinze () is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, , Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. On 1 January 2022, Deinze had a population of 44,315. The municipality's total area is 128.03 km2, giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per km2.

On 1 January 2019, the municipality of Nevele was merged into Deinze.

History

In 1695, during the Nine Years' War, an English force garrisoned in the town under the command of the Irish general Francis Fergus O’Farrell was forced to surrender to French forces.

Postal history

The DEYNZE post office opened in 1836 with the postal code 31 (before 1864), then 94 prior to 1874. The only other office in the area before 1910 was PETEGHEM (not to be confused with PETEGHEM-LEZ-AUDENAERDE), which opened 1 June 1874.

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):

9800 Deinze
9801 Astene
9802 Petegem-aan-de-Leie
9803 Gottem
9804 Grammene
9805 Wontergem
9806 Vinkt
9807 Zeveren
9852 Sint-Martens-Leerne
9853 Bachte-Maria-Leerne
9854 Meigem

Sports

Deinze is the starting location of the cycling race Gent–Wevelgem. It is also the operational base of the Ineos Grenadiers cycle racing team, formally Team Sky.

Places of interest

Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, a museum dedicated to arts and folk objects created in the Leie region
Ooidonk Castle, a castle dating from the 16th century
Filliers Grain Distillery, a gin distillery

Famous inhabitants

Dirk van Braeckel, head of design at Bentley Motors
Karel Justinus Calewaert, Roman Catholic bishop
Raoul De Keyser, painter
Rudy Dhaenens, cyclist, World Champion in 1990
Poppo of Deinze, saint
Jacques Rogge, former president of the International Olympic Committee
Charles Felix Van Quickenborne, founder of Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Mo., USA
Karel Van Wijnendaele, founder of the Tour of Flanders
Tanneke Sconyncx, alleged witch
Rose Bertram, fashion model

Gallery

File:Deinze, Belgium ; Ferraris map.jpg|Deinze on the Ferraris map (around 1775) File:Deinze. parochiekerk Sint-Martinus en Sint-Antonius Abt IMG 6685 2023-06-06 14.53.jpg|Deinze, church: parochiekerk Sint-Martinus en Sint-Antonius Abt File:Bachte Maria Leerne, de Blauwe Poort (toegangspoort kasteel van Ooidonk) oeg38122 foto2 2013-05-12 16.02.jpg|Bachte Maria Leerne, de Blauwe Poort (entrance gate to castle: kasteel van Ooidonk) File:Bachte Maria Leerne, kerk van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw en Sint-Jan-Baptist.jpg|Bachte Maria Leerne, church: de parochiekerk Sint Petrus en Paulus

References

Catalogue Spécialisé des Oblitérations Belges, 1849-1910, Nationale en Internationale Postzegelmanifestaties Antwerpen (NIPA), Antwerp, 1999.
Liste des Numéros Postaux, Administration des Postes, Bruxelles 1969.

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