Bossuit
Village in Belgium
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Bossuit is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and is a submunicipality of Avelgem. It was an independent municipality until 1977. It covers an area of 198 ha (490 acres) and had 441 inhabitants.[1]
The Bossuit Castle is located in Bossuit.[2]
History
Bossuit was already inhabited during the Roman era, with archaeological finds of roof tile fragments and pottery shards along the Kortrijk-Bossuit canal). The oldest mention of the settlement is from 998. In a charter of 1038, the French king Henry I confirms the Ghent Saint Peter's Abbey in its rights and possessions, including the church with land in Bossuit.[1]
