Sign in

Private company

Deinze

Logo: deinze.be4

City and municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Deinze (Dutch pronunciation: ) is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, Poesele, Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. On 1 January 2022, Deinze had a population of 44,315.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersDeinze, Belgium1
  • Websitewww.deinze.be
  • Legal formCities and municipalities1
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI699400CT6724KV43LD583
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBrielstraat 2, 9800 Deinze, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 06976081623

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

OLVkerkDeinze
Photo: Peter Maes at Dutch Wikipedia ( Original text: Peter Maes ), CC BY 2.0 be, via Wikimedia Commons6

Deinze (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛinzə] ) is a city and a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It comprises the city of Deinze, and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Hansbeke, Landegem, Meigem, Merendree, Nevele, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, Poesele, Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Vosselare, Wontergem, and Zeveren. On 1 January 2022, Deinze had a population of 44,315. The municipality's total area is 128.03 km2 (49 sq mi), giving a population density of 342 inhabitants per km2.2

The story

In 1695, during the Nine Years' War, an English force garrisoned in the town under the command of the Irish general Francis Fergus O’Farrell was forced to surrender to French forces.

Postal history

The DEYNZE post office opened in 1836 with the postal code 31 (before 1864), then 94 prior to 1874. The only other office in the area before 1910 was PETEGHEM (not to be confused with PETEGHEM-LEZ-AUDENAERDE), which opened 1 June 1874.

Postal codes in 1969 (before the merger of municipalities in 1977):

From Wikipedia’s article on Deinze, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. Jun 1, 2018Founded Deinze is founded3

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
    Company websiteDeinze logo
  5. 5
  6. 6