Harelbeke, West Flanders Province, The Flemish Region, Belgium
🇧🇪 Harelbeke (Oarlbeke) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total population of 28,447. The total area is 29.14 km² which gives a population density of 898 inhabitants per km². Inhabitants consider their hometown to be a "Weireldstad" (metropolis), which also led to a monthly "Harelbekedag" amongst the students of Harelbeke studying in Ghent.
In Harelbeke a museum remembers the life and work of musician and composer Peter Benoit, called the Peter Benoit Huis.
1New British Cemetery This cemetery is located just outside the downtown of Harelbeke and was designed by Willian Harrison Cowlishaw and contains the graves of 1126 Commonwealth soldiers who died during WWI (1055 from the UK, 26 from Canada, 7 from Australia, 4 from South Africa and 3 from Newfoundland). In addition 10 British soldiers who died during WWII are buried here.
1Events Harelbeke has, since 1958, been the start and finish place of the E3 Harelbeke, a semi classic cycling race held the week before the Tour of Flanders.
1Europe/Brussels/West_Flanders_Province
Harelbeke has a population of over 27,886 people. Harelbeke also forms part of the wider Kortrijk arrondissement which has a population of over 287,823 people. It is also a part of the larger West Flanders Province. Harelbeke is situated 5 km north-east of Kortrijk.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Harelbeke has links with:
🇳🇦 Eenhana, Namibia 🇨🇿 Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic 🇩🇪 Kinheim, Germany🏴 Blandford Forum 50.856
🇧🇪 Schaerbeek 50.859
🏴 Locks Heath 50.862
🇧🇪 Schaarbeek 50.867
🇧🇪 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean 50.85
🇧🇪 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 50.85
🏴 St Leonards-on-Sea 50.85
🇧🇪 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 50.85
🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 50.85
🏴 Bexhill-on-Sea 50.845
Locations Near: Harelbeke 3.3,50.85
🇧🇪 Kortrijk 3.265,50.828 d: 3.5
🇧🇪 Mouscron 3.217,50.733 d: 14.2
🇫🇷 Wattrelos 3.217,50.7 d: 17.7
🇫🇷 Tourcoing 3.159,50.722 d: 17.3
🇫🇷 Roubaix 3.182,50.69 d: 19.6
🇧🇪 Roeselare 3.123,50.945 d: 16.2
🇧🇪 Tournai 3.388,50.606 d: 27.9
🇫🇷 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 3.145,50.623 d: 27.5
🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 3.6,50.85 d: 21.1
Antipodal to: Harelbeke -176.7,-50.85
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🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15912.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15874.9
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15601
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