Aalter
Aalter (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːltər]) is a municipality located between Bruges and Ghent in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Aalter, Bellem, Lotenhulle, Poeke, Knesselare and Ursel. It is bordered on the north by Maldegem, on the east by Zomergem and Nevele, on the south by Deinze, and on the west by the province of West Flanders. On January 1, 2007, Aalter had a total population of 18,887. The total area is 81.92 km² which gives a population density of 231 inhabitants per km². The mayor is Pieter De Crem.
Aalter | |
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Aalter Location in Belgium
Location of Aalter in East Flanders | |
Coordinates: 51°05′N 03°27′E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | Flemish Community |
Region | Flemish Region |
Province | East Flanders |
Arrondissement | Ghent |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pieter De Crem (CD&V) |
• Governing party/ies | CD&V |
Area | |
• Total | 81.92 km2 (31.63 sq mi) |
Postal codes | 9880 |
Area codes | 09 |
Website | www.aalter.be |
Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality of Knesselare was merged into Aalter.
Gallery
- Mariahove castle in Bellem
gollark: Luarocks is for libraries.
gollark: They have standards bodies and then someone goes off and does their own thing and that gets popular and then they try to merge the popular thing with the standard so we get weird bodges.
gollark: Likely result:one program uses itit's posted on the forums then ignored
gollark: Hahahahathatwillneverwork.
gollark: I have many slightly useful libraries:* skynet* libdatatape* polychoron* okay that's three
See also
References
External links
Media related to Aalter at Wikimedia Commons - Official website - Only available in Dutch
- Page about Aalter on rootsweb.com
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