Knesselare
Sign in to saveKnesselare () is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Aalter and a former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprised the towns of Knesselare proper and .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Knesselare
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Deelgemeente
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kerk Knesselare.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town centre and Saint Willibrord Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Blason ville be Knesselare.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Knesselare.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belgium
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Belgium
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- East Flanders
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Arrondissement
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ghent
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Aalter
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 37.45
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 8,211
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Aalter
- Population
- 8236
- Area
- 37.27
- Shares border with
- Beernem
- Official website
- www.knesselare.be
- Image
- Knesselare dorpskerk.JPG
- Dialing code
- 09
- Significant event
- merger
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- Commons category
- Knesselare
- postal code
- 9933
- annual number of weddings
- 24
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2018-12-31
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Knesselare () is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Aalter and a former municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprised the towns of Knesselare proper and .
The municipality's name is derived from the Germanic words "klisse" (herb) and "laar", (a soggy brushwood terrain), and was first attested in 1128.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knesselare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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