Harelbeke Oarlbeke (West Flemish)
City and municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Harelbeke
Harelbeke Location in Belgium Location of Harelbeke in West-Flanders
Coordinates: 50°51′N 03°18′E / 50.850°N 3.300°E / 50.850; 3.300
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	West Flanders
Arrondissement	Kortrijk
Government
• Mayor	Alain Top (Vooruit-Groen)
• Governing party/ies	Vooruit-Groen, CD&V
Area
• Total	29.4 km2 (11.4 sq mi)
Population  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	27,886
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Postal codes	8530, 8531
NIS code	34013
Area codes	056
Website	www.harelbeke.be

Harelbeke (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːrəlbeːkə]; West Flemish: Oarlbeke) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total population of 28,447. The total area is 29.14 km² which gives a population density of 898 inhabitants per km². Inhabitants consider their hometown to be a "Weireldstad" (metropolis), which also led to a monthly "Harelbekedag" amongst the students of Harelbeke studying in Ghent.^{[citation needed]}

In Harelbeke a museum remembers the life and work of musician and composer Peter Benoit, called the Peter Benoit Huis.^[2]

• Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543 – 1591), composer of the late Renaissance
• Jacobus Vaet (1529-1567), Renaissance composer, possibly born in Harelbeke
• Armand Coeck (1941 - 2024), avant-garde composer
• Jan Bucquoy (1945 - ), anarchist and film-maker (Camping Cosmos)
• Peter Benoit, composer
• Wim Opbrouck, actor and singer

This cemetery is located just outside the downtown of Harelbeke and was designed by Willian Harrison Cowlishaw^[3] and contains the graves of 1126 Commonwealth soldiers who died during WWI (1055 from the UK, 26 from Canada, 7 from Australia, 4 from South Africa and 3 from Newfoundland). In addition 10 British soldiers who died during WWII are buried here.

Harelbeke has, since 1958, been the start and finish place of the E3 Harelbeke, a semi classic cycling race held the week before the Tour of Flanders.

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  Harelbeke, church: the Sint-Salvatorkerk
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  Roundabout in Bavikhove decorated with artwork referring to (and sponsored by) the local Bavik Brewery

• Kinheim, Germany (1997)
• Eenhana, Namibia (2007)
• Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harelbeke.

• Official website - Available only in Dutch
• all about the town of Hulste - Available only in Dutch

Places adjacent to Harelbeke
Ingelmunster Oostrozebeke Lendelede Kuurne Harelbeke Wielsbeke Waregem Deerlijk Kortrijk Zwevegem

v t e Municipalities in the Province of West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Bruges	Beernem Blankenberge Bruges/Brugge Damme Jabbeke Knokke-Heist Oostkamp Torhout Zedelgem Zuienkerke
Diksmuide	Diksmuide Houthulst Koekelare Kortemark Lo-Reninge
Kortrijk	Anzegem Avelgem Deerlijk Harelbeke Kortrijk Kuurne Lendelede Menen Spiere-Helkijn Waregem Wevelgem Zwevegem
Ostend	Bredene De Haan Gistel Ichtegem Middelkerke Oostende/Ostend Oudenburg
Roeselare	Hooglede Ingelmunster Izegem Ledegem Lichtervelde Moorslede Roeselare Staden
Tielt	Ardooie Dentergem Meulebeke Oostrozebeke Pittem Ruiselede Tielt Wielsbeke Wingene
Veurne	Alveringem De Panne Koksijde Nieuwpoort Veurne
Ypres	Heuvelland Ieper/Ypres Langemark-Poelkapelle Mesen Poperinge Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke
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Authority control databases
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National	Germany
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