Gistel

Gistel
	Gistel
	Gistel
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	West Flanders
District :	East End
Coordinates :	51 ° 9 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E
Area :	42.25 km²
Residents:	12,178 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	288 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	8470
Prefix:	059
Mayor:	Bart Halewyck ( CD&V )
; Local government address :	Administratief Centrum ; Heyvaertlaan 18 ; 8470 Gistel
Website:	www.gistel.be

Gistel is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders . The municipality includes the town of Gistel and the districts of Moere , Snaaskerke and Zevekote .

Town twinning

The partnership between Gistel and the Büdingen district of Aulendiebach goes back to the earlier independence of Aulendiebach and can therefore be seen as a pioneer of the international town partnership with the German city of Büdingen .

Personalities

Frédéric Théllusson (1894–1960), racing car driver
Sylvère Maes (1909–1966), Belgian racing cyclist, has a. a. won the Tour de France
Alfred Ronse junior (1909–1966), mayor
Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp
Johan Museeuw (* 1965), racing cyclist
Eugène Van Oye, Flemish poet and playwright
Theodore Heyvaert, politician
Leopold Decloedt (* 1964), Germanist and entrepreneur
Patrick De Baets, professor at Ghent University
Léopold Gernaey (1927–2005), Belgian national football player

Web links

Commons : Gistel - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Ghistell in the Topographia Circuli Burgundici (Mathäus Merian) - sources and full texts

Church of Our Lady in the Zevekote sub-community