page_title: Menen
section_title: Notable people from Menen
hierarchical_section_title: Menen / Notable people from Menen
caption_attribution_description: Paul Deman&#160;: portrait du coureur cycliste avant le départ
context_page_description: Menen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on the French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413. The total area is 33.07 km² which gives a population density of 980 inhabitants per km².
  The city of Menen gives its name to the Menin Gate in Ypres which is a monument to those killed in World War I. The gate is so called as the road from that gate is the road to Menen.
context_section_description: Jonathan Breyne (born 1991), cyclist
  Yves Chauvin (1930–2015), French chemist, Nobel Prize winner 2005
  Paul Deman (1889–1961), cyclist
  David De Marchi (born 1985), Industrial Markets Goeroe, was born in La Louviere
  Bernard Lietaer, (1942-2019), economist, was born in Lauwe
  Jean-André van der Mersch (1734–1792), leader of the Brabant patriots in the Brabant Revolution in 1789
  Arthur Van Overberghe (born 1990), cyclist
  Yvonne Serruys (1873–1953), Franco-Belgian artist
  Gerard Vandenbussche (1902–1986) entrepreneur
  Louis Verhelst (born 1990), cyclist
  Maurits Withouck (born 1928), sculptor
caption: Paul Deman 1914
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