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Aalbeke
Coat of arms
Aalbeke Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 50°46′N 3°13′E
Country	Belgium
Province	West Flanders
Municipality	Kortrijk
Area
• Total	2.77 sq mi (7.17 km2)
Population  (2007)
• Total	2,953
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8501
Area code	056
Website	www.kortrijk.be

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)