Aalter, East Flanders Province, The Flemish Region, Belgium

🇧🇪 Aalter 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. The mayor is Pieter De Crem. Effective 1 January 2019, the municipality of Knesselare was merged into Aalter.

Aalter is located on the border of the Meetjesland with the forest of Flanders. The area was inhabited since prehistory. Artefacts have been recovered from 3,000 to 2,000 BC. The village was first mentioned in 1974 as "Villa Haleftra". The etymology is unclear. The current name started to emerge around 1700. Aalter to home to several small heerlijkheden (landed estates) some of which had motte-and-bailey castles. Between 1613 and 1623, the Ghent-Bruges Canal  was dug, and several fortifications were built by Spanish against the Dutch. In 1838, a railway station opened and Aalter started to developed into a town which nowadays has many commuters.

Europe/Brussels/East_Flanders_Province 

Aalter has a population of over 29,242 people. Aalter also forms part of the wider Ghent Arrondissement which has a population of over 553,961 people.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Aalter has links with:

🇩🇪 Rotenburg, Germany

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North of: 51.083

🇧🇪 Maaseik 51.1

🇩🇪 Dormagen 51.1

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crawley 51.1

🇵🇱 Wrocław 51.111

🇩🇪 Langenfeld 51.112

🇵🇱 Skarżysko-Kamienna 51.117

🇵🇱 Lubań 51.122

🇩🇪 Borna 51.127

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bridgwater 51.128

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Dover 51.13

South of: 51.083

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Barnstaple 51.08

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Hythe 51.072

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Salisbury 51.07

🇵🇱 Radomsko 51.067

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone 51.067

🇧🇪 Veurne 51.067

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Winchester 51.063

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Horsham 51.062

🇩🇪 Heinsberg 51.058

🇵🇱 Starachowice 51.058

East of: 3.45

🇩🇿 Boumerdès 3.471

🇫🇷 Mende 3.501

🇳🇬 Ikorodu 3.505

🇫🇷 Valenciennes 3.523

🇫🇷 Thiers 3.548

🇫🇷 Auxerre 3.566

🇧🇪 Eeklo 3.566

🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 3.6

🇳🇱 Middelburg 3.617

🇫🇷 Laon 3.639

West of: 3.45

🇫🇷 Vichy 3.434

🇳🇬 Ikoyi 3.433

🇧🇪 Tournai 3.388

🇳🇬 Lagos 3.384

🇫🇷 Hérault 3.368

🇳🇬 Surulere 3.35

🇳🇬 Abeokuta 3.348

🇫🇷 Moulins 3.333

🇫🇷 Soissons 3.324

🇫🇷 Lodève 3.323

Antipodal to Aalter is: -176.55,-51.083

Locations Near: Aalter 3.45,51.0833

🇧🇪 Eeklo 3.566,51.185 d: 13.9  

🇧🇪 Tielt 3.317,51 d: 13.1  

🇧🇪 Bruges 3.225,51.209 d: 21  

🇧🇪 Brugge 3.217,51.2 d: 20.8  

🇧🇪 Gent 3.717,51.05 d: 19  

🇧🇪 Ghent 3.725,51.055 d: 19.5  

🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 3.6,50.85 d: 28  

🇧🇪 Kortrijk 3.265,50.828 d: 31.2  

🇧🇪 Roeselare 3.123,50.945 d: 27.6  

🇧🇪 Mouscron 3.217,50.733 d: 42.2  

Antipodal to: Aalter -176.55,-51.083

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16683.1  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15889.1  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15850.6  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15589  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11866.9  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11792.2  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11780.2  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11774.8  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 11774.1  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 11760.9  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 51.0833 3.45

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