Alveringem
Municipality
Saint Audomar Church in Alveringem
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Alveringem
Alveringem Location in Belgium Location of Alveringem in West Flanders
Coordinates: 51°01′N 02°43′E / 51.017°N 2.717°E / 51.017; 2.717
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Veurne
Government
• Mayor	Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen)
• Governing party/ies	Gemeentebelangen, CD&V
Area
• Total	80.71 km2 (31.16 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	5,089
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Postal codes	8690, 8691
NIS code	38002
Area codes	058
Website	www.alveringem.be

Alveringem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlvərɪŋ(ɣ)ɛm] ^ⓘ; West Flemish: Oalveringem) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren-aan-de-IJzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge, Leisele, Oeren, Sint-Rijkers and Stavele. On January 1, 2006, Alveringem had a total population of 4,887. The total area is 80.01 km² which gives a population density of 61 inhabitants per km². The mayor of Alveringem is Gerard Liefooghe (Gemeentebelangen) since 2006.

Cyriel Verschaeve was as a priest attached to the parish of Alveringem and re-buried near Alveringem's church in 1973.

The municipality of Alveringem has a relatively low population density and the number of inhabitants has still decreased last decades. The extensive territory comprises nine rural towns or deelgemeentes. The largest town is Alveringem proper, the chief town, located in the northeast of the municipality. During the merger of municipalities in 1971, the villages Hoogstade, Oeren and Sint-Rijkers were added to Alveringem. In 1977, Leisele and Stavele, independent municipalities at the time, were added as well. As from 1971, Leisele also comprised the villages Gijverinkhove and Izenberge; Beveren-aan-de-IJzer was a part of Stavele. So, since 1977, the new extended municipality comprised the nine rural deelgemeentes.

(*) The population of the small villages of Oeren and Sint-Rijkers is contained in the number for Alveringem proper

Source: Streekplatform Westhoek https://web.archive.org/web/20070928072054/http://www.westhoek.be/streekplatform/Tabellen/3.2..htm

Due to its rural extent, the municipality of Alvergem borders a large number of small villages:

• Official website - Available only in Dutch