title: Lichtervelde
text: # Lichtervelde
  
  Lichtervelde (Dutch pronunciation:) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Lichtervelde. On January 1, 2006 Lichtervelde had a total population of 8,400. The total area is 25.93 km² which gives a population density of 324 inhabitants per km². The church is 64 m high. In this town the inventor Charles Joseph Van Depoele was born.
  
  * Market Place and Sint-Jacobus church
  * Sint-Jacobus church
  * Gustaaf Colpaert, mayor 1927-1932
  * The railway station beginning 20th Century postcard
  * Lichtervelde station of NMBS
  