Provincial Domain Bergelen, Nature park and province domain in Wevelgem, Belgium

Provincial Domain Bergelen is a nature park covering 49 hectares with walking paths, a large artificial pond, and varied green spaces for outdoor recreation. The site features observation huts for bird watching, fishing areas, and separate routes designed for cyclists and horse riders.

This site developed around an artificial sand pit created in the 1970s during construction of the E403 motorway. Once sand extraction ceased, the excavated area was allowed to fill with water and eventually transformed into a protected natural space.

The name Bergelen comes from the district "Berghelines", a seigneurie that existed just before the French Revolution; residents of the Bergelen district later took a road to Izegem to have grain milled at the Hondschotemolen across the Heulebeek. The Meiboom, a protected monument since 2005, is a simple 19th-century cast-iron crucifix with a figure of Christ on a conical brick base, surrounded by six lime trees and placed at the crossing of the roads to the seigneuries of Hondschote and Bergelen.

The domain lies along the Heulebeek in Gullegem, with an equestrian path laid out and a bird hide at the pond for watching waterfowl. Anglers may fish part of the pond with a permit, for carp, perch, gudgeon and roach. The grounds cover 49 hectares, with wet meadows kept along the stream and the rest reforested.

The Meiboom, a 19th-century cast-iron crucifix with a figure of Christ on a conical brick base, has been a protected monument since 2005. It stands at the crossing of two old roads linking the lordships of Hondschote and Bergelen, surrounded by six lime trees.