Sint-Eloois-Winkel
Place in Flemish Region, Belgium
Location of Sint-Eloois-Winkel within Ledegem
Sint-Eloois-Winkel is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a deelgemeente of the municipality of Ledegem, separated from the center of the town by highway A17. The population of Sint-Eloois-Winkel is 3800, only a few hundred less than that of central Ledegem.
History
In the 18th century Sint-Eloois-Winkel was divided by the almost as three times bigger neighbor town, Gullegem, only to get back its dependence after a few years of separation from Ledegem, since there is no own mail, library and city hall.
Sport
- Sint-Eloois-Winkel is well known for its annual horse races in October.[1]
- The Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport football club belongs to the Royal Belgian Football Association and plays in the national Belgian First Amateur Division.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sint-Eloois-Winkel.
- ^ Treloar, Iain (5 October 2023). "Just a small-town Belgian horse vs. cyclist race, what of it?". Escape Collective. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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