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Zottegem

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Zottegem is a municipality and city in Belgium, in the Flemish province of East Flanders, and in older English and French sources it appears as Sotteghem or Sottegem. The municipality consists of the town of Zottegem itself together with the villages of Elene, Erwetegem, Godveerdegem, Grotenberge, Leeuwergem, Oombergen, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove, Sint-Maria-Oudenhove, Strijpen and Velzeke-Ruddershove. On 1 January 2018 it had 26,373 inhabitants on 56.66 square kilometers, a density of about 470 people per square kilometer. It lies in the hilly Flemish Ardennes, whose cobbled streets feature in the spring cycling classics, and it is known for its ties to Lamoral, Count of Egmont, who is commemorated by a castle, a museum room, two statues and a crypt.

Facts
Population
26,373 1
Area (sq km)
56.66 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 2
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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1. Zottegem (source article)
  • Lead
    On 1 January 2018, Zottegem had a total population of 26,373.
  • Lead [area-sq-km]
    The total area is 56.66 km2 which gives a population density of 470 inhabitants per km2.
  • Part Of: Belgium, Lead, first sentence
    Zottegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzɔtəɣɛm], Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a municipality and city located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders.
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead, first sentence
    Zottegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈzɔtəɣɛm], Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a municipality and city located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders.
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2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 3.75
50.75 3.75 Cfb
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3. GeoNames: Zottegem - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2783175, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2783175, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.86955 3.81052 P PPL BE VLG VOV 41 41081 24434 63 Europe/Brussels
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