๐ง๐ช Melle is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Gontrodeย and Melle proper. The total area is 15.21ย kmยฒ which gives a population density of 761 inhabitants per kmยฒ.
Melle was mentioned in documents in 830, although the archeological findings prove the region was inhabited long before that date.
The name Melle has two possible derivations: the Celtic word melina means "brown water"; the prehistoric name Melinos means "honey yellow".
The village of Melle consists of three regions: Melle-Centre, Melle-Vogelhoek and Gontrode (since the fusion in 1976).
One of its famous products is the Delirium Tremens beer, bottled by the Huyghe brewery. This beer is exported worldwide and was voted "Best beer in the world" in 1998 at the World Beer Championships in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Miss Belgium 2000, Joke van de Velde grew up and went to high school in Melle.
The College van de paters Jozefieten, founded in 1837 by canon Constant Van Crombrugghe is known all around the country. Several Belgian and international celebrities went to this school (e.g. Cรฉdric Van Branteghem (runner), a brother of Princess Mathilde). It was the first school in Belgium where a commercial science and an industrial science course were offered. An Irish student brought along a football in 1863. This was the first football to reach the European continent.
The village gained more national fame thanks to the TV show Schalkse Ruiters, which featured host Bart De Pauw playing a comedy character named The Man from Melle and who claimed to be from the (then non-existent) Koekoekstraat nr. 70 in Melle. At a certain point the city council decided to name one of their new streets Koekoekstraat and painted a door with house number 70 on the wall.
Melle has a population of over 11,574 people. Melle also forms part of the wider Ghent Arrondissement which has a population of over 553,961 people. It is also a part of the larger East Flanders Province. Melle is situated near Ghent.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Melle has links with:
๐ฉ๐ช Melle, Germany๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Petersfield 51.004
๐ฉ๐ช Bergisch Gladbach 50.992
๐ฉ๐ช Erfurt-Stotternheim 50.983
๐ซ๐ท Le Puy-en-Velay 3.884
๐ซ๐ท Montpellier 3.896
๐ซ๐ท Avesnes-sur-Helpe 3.927
Locations Near: Melle 3.8,51
๐ง๐ช Ghent 3.725,51.055 d: 8
๐ง๐ช Gent 3.717,51.05 d: 8.1
๐ง๐ช Aalst 4.033,50.933 d: 17.9
๐ง๐ช Oudenaarde 3.6,50.85 d: 21.8
๐ง๐ช Eeklo 3.566,51.185 d: 26.3
๐ง๐ช Dendermonde 4.1,51.033 d: 21.3
๐ณ๐ฑ Terneuzen 3.833,51.333 d: 37.1
๐ง๐ช Tielt 3.317,51 d: 33.8
Antipodal to: Melle -176.2,-51
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16693.3
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15902.1
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15863
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15612.3
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11884.3
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11809.1
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11797
๐บ๐ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11791.6