Zulte

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Zulte
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-OV
arrondissement=Ghent
nis=44081
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20-64=
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mayor=Georges Peirs
majority=CD&V
postal-codes=9870
telephone-area=09
web= [http://www.zulte.be/ www.zulte.be]
lat_deg=50
lat_min=55
lon_deg=03
lon_min=26

Zulte is a Belgian municipality located in Flanders and in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Machelen, Olsene and Zulte proper. On January 1, 2006 Zulte had a total population of 14,611. The total area is 32.52 km² which gives a population density of 449 inhabitants per km².

The town used to have its own beer since 1891 (simply called Zulte) but today they are part of Alken-Maes breweries. The main football club from Zulte merged with K.S.V. Waregem to form a team called S.V. Zulte-Waregem that plays in the Belgian First Division as of 2006.

Famous inhabitants

*Roger Raveel, painter
*Gerard Reve, Dutch writer

External links

*nl icon [http://www.zulte.be Official website]