Nazareth, Belgium
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Location of Nazareth in East Flanders
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Country | Belgium | ||
Community | Flemish Community | ||
Region | Flemish Region | ||
Province | East Flanders | ||
Arrondissement | Ghent | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Danny Claeys[citation needed] | ||
• Governing party/ies | CD&V[citation needed] | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 35.19 km2 (13.59 sq mi) | ||
Population (1 January 2013)[1] | |||
• Total | 11,351 | ||
• Density | 320/km2 (840/sq mi) | ||
Postal codes | 9810 | ||
Area codes | 09 | ||
Website | www.nazareth.be |
Nazareth (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnaːzɑrɛt]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Eke and Nazareth proper. On January 1, 2011, Nazareth had a total population of 11,252.[citation needed] The total area is 35.19 km²[citation needed] which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per km².
Etymology
There are various hypotheses for the origin of the name "Nazareth", dated to a text of songs from 1259 CE.[citation needed] It is possible that Nazareth was named after the biblical city of Nazareth.[citation needed] It is also possible, but less likely, that Nazareth was originally a slip of the word magherhet (thinness).[citation needed]
History
The community was first recorded in 1259.[citation needed]
Heraldry
The arms of Nazareth is a composition of two family crests[citation needed]:
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- The first part is the arms of the family Rockolfing: three gold roses geknopt throat in the field, vert scrolled head and a shield charged with a throat depth and looking round lion of gold, tongued gules[citation needed].
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- The second part is the escutcheon of the family Kervyn Volkaersbeke: saber in a twill together right in the head by an acorn, stemmed and browsed in two pieces, left in the mind of a six-pointed star, everything from gold and the one point eagle leg of silver[citation needed].
Sights
- 19th-century church (1861 – 1870)
References
- ↑ Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (Dutch)
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