๐ง๐ช 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, Poesele Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. The municipality's total area is 128.03ย kmยฒ (49ย sqย mi), giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per kmยฒ.
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 OโFarrell 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): โข 9800 Deinze โข 9801 Astene โข 9802 Petegem-aan-de-Leie โข 9803 Gottem โข 9804 Grammene โข 9805 Wontergem โข 9806 Vinkt โข 9807 Zeveren โข 9852 Sint-Martens-Leerne โข 9853 Bachte-Maria-Leerne โข 9854 Meigem.
Sport Deinze is the starting location of the cycling race GentโWevelgem. It is also the operational base of the Ineos Grenadiers cycle racing team, formally Team Sky.
Places of interest โข Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, a museum dedicated to arts and folk objects created in the Leie region โข Ooidonk Castle, a castle dating from the 16th century
๐ฉ๐ช Erfurt-Stotternheim 50.983
๐ฉ๐ช Bergisch Gladbach 50.992
๐ง๐ช Oudenaarde 3.6
๐ณ๐ฑ Middelburg 3.617
Locations Near: Deinze 3.53333,50.9833
๐ง๐ช Oudenaarde 3.6,50.85 d: 15.5
๐ง๐ช Gent 3.717,51.05 d: 14.8
๐ง๐ช Ghent 3.725,51.055 d: 15.6
๐ง๐ช Eeklo 3.566,51.185 d: 22.6
๐ง๐ช Tielt 3.317,51 d: 15.3
๐ง๐ช Kortrijk 3.265,50.828 d: 25.5
๐ง๐ช Bruges 3.225,51.209 d: 33.1
๐ง๐ช Brugge 3.217,51.2 d: 32.7
Antipodal to: Deinze -176.467,-50.983
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16694.4
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15901
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15862.4
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15601.2
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11879.4
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11804.7
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11792.6
๐บ๐ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11787.2