Nazareth, East Flanders Province, The Flemish Region, Belgium

Etymology | History | Heraldry | Sights

🇧🇪 Nazareth is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Eke  and Nazareth proper. The total area is 35.19 km² 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. It is possible that Nazareth was named after the biblical city of Nazareth. It is also possible, but less likely, that Nazareth was originally a slip of the word magherhet (thinness).

History The community was first recorded in 1259.

Heraldry The arms of Nazareth is a composition of two family crests: 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.

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.

Sights • 19th-century church (1861 – 1870).

Europe/Brussels/East_Flanders_Province 

Nazareth has a population of over 11,844 people. Nazareth also forms part of the wider Ghent Arrondissement which has a population of over 553,961 people. It is also a part of the larger East Flanders Province. Nazareth is situated near Ghent.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Nazareth has links with:

🇩🇪 Melle, Germany

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See Also: 🇮🇱 Nazareth, Northern District, Israel | 🇺🇸 Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States | 🇮🇱 Nazareth Illit, Northern District, Israel

North of: 50.967

🇩🇪 Erfurt 50.978

🇩🇪 Weimar 50.98

🇩🇪 Eisenach 50.98

🇩🇪 Erfurt-Stotternheim 50.983

🇺🇦 Berezne 50.983

🇩🇪 Bergisch Gladbach 50.992

🇩🇪 Altenburg 50.992

🇳🇱 Sittard 51

🇵🇱 Krasnystaw 51

🇧🇪 Tielt 51

South of: 50.967

🇩🇪 Eisenberg 50.967

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eastleigh 50.967

🇧🇪 Genk 50.967

🇫🇷 Calais 50.958

🇩🇪 Bergheim 50.955

🇩🇪 Pirna 50.95

🇩🇪 Gotha 50.948

🇧🇪 Roeselare 50.945

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yeovil 50.941

🇵🇱 Oława 50.939

East of: 3.6

🇳🇱 Middelburg 3.617

🇫🇷 Laon 3.639

🇳🇬 Sagamu 3.65

🇩🇿 Ghardaïa 3.667

🇫🇷 Ganges 3.709

🇧🇪 Gent 3.717

🇧🇪 Ghent 3.725

🇳🇱 Terneuzen 3.833

🇳🇱 Goes 3.883

🇫🇷 Le Puy-en-Velay 3.884

West of: 3.6

🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 3.6

🇧🇪 Eeklo 3.566

🇫🇷 Auxerre 3.566

🇫🇷 Thiers 3.548

🇫🇷 Valenciennes 3.523

🇳🇬 Ikorodu 3.505

🇫🇷 Mende 3.501

🇩🇿 Boumerdès 3.471

🇫🇷 Vichy 3.434

🇳🇬 Ikoyi 3.433

Antipodal to Nazareth is: -176.4,-50.967

Locations Near: Nazareth 3.6,50.9667

🇧🇪 Oudenaarde 3.6,50.85 d: 13  

🇧🇪 Gent 3.717,51.05 d: 12.3  

🇧🇪 Ghent 3.725,51.055 d: 13.1  

🇧🇪 Eeklo 3.566,51.185 d: 24.4  

🇧🇪 Tielt 3.317,51 d: 20.2  

🇧🇪 Kortrijk 3.265,50.828 d: 28.1  

🇧🇪 Tournai 3.388,50.606 d: 42.8  

🇳🇱 Terneuzen 3.833,51.333 d: 43.9  

🇧🇪 Aalst 4.033,50.933 d: 30.6  

🇧🇪 Bruges 3.225,51.209 d: 37.6  

Antipodal to: Nazareth -176.4,-50.967

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16696.5  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15903.6  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15864.9  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15605.7  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11882.8  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11808  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11795.9  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11790.5  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 11789.9  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 11776.5  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 50.9667 3.6

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