Pittem

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Pittem
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West Flanders
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-WV
arrondissement=Tielt
nis=37011
pyramid-date=01/01/2006
0-19=23.53
20-64=58.71
65=17.76
foreigners=0.76
foreigners-date=01/07/2005
mayor=Ivan Delaere (CD&V)
majority=CD&V
postal-codes=8740
telephone-area=051
web= [http://www.pittem.be/ www.pittem.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=59
lon_deg=03
lon_min=16

Pittem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Egem and Pittem proper. On January 1 2006 Pittem had a total population of 6,599. The total area is 34.42 km² which gives a population density of 192 inhabitants per km².

Famous inhabitants

Ferdinand Verbiest, 17th century scientist and missionary

External links

* [http://www.pittem.be Official website ] - Available only in Dutch
* [http://www.cityofshawnee.org/cityclerk/SisterCities/sister.htm Sister City (since 1984)] with Shawnee, Kansas