Aalbeke

Aalbeke is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and since 1977 a part of Kortrijk. Aalbeke has 8511 as a postal code and covers an area of 717 ha. The district had 2,953 inhabitants on December 31, 2007.

Aalbeke is located 6 km southwest of the central area of Kortrijk and is surrounded by Rollegem, Mouscron, Lauwe and Marke. Nearby Aalbeke, the interchange of the E17 and E403 is located.

Mayors

 * Jacob van de Kerckhove (1679–1699)
 * Willem de Schynckele (1699–1706)
 * Joost Cannaert (1706–1717)
 * Cornelius van den Bulcke (1717–1734)
 * Noël de Praetere (1734–1740)
 * Jan Lesaege (1748–1755)
 * Pieter Cannaert (1755–1761)
 * Jan van den Bulcke (1761–1763)
 * Jan-Baptist de Kimpe (1763–1775)
 * Pieter Cannaert (1775–1789)
 * Antoon-Frans Lienaert (1789–1792)
 * Jan de Kimpe (1792–1798)
 * Pieter Lerouge (1798–1808)
 * Jan-Baptist Cannaert (1808–1815)
 * Jan-Jacob Cottignies (1815–1829)
 * Joseph-Bernard Berton (1829–1842)
 * Honoré Dufaux (1843–1852)
 * Pieter-Jan Margo (1852–1857)
 * Victor Pycke (1858–1868)
 * Jean-Louis Mullier (1868–1895)
 * Henri Bonte (1896–1931)
 * Henri Castel (1931–1932)
 * Edward Torreele (1933–1939)
 * Alphons Ovaere (1942–1944)
 * René Bonte (1944–1946)
 * Georges Gheysen (1946)
 * René Vanhoenackere (1947–1964)
 * Georges Neirynck (1965–1976)