Nazareth
Municipality
Flag of Nazareth
Flag
Coat of arms of Nazareth
Coat of arms
Location of Nazareth
Nazareth is located in Belgium
Nazareth
Nazareth
Location in Belgium
Location of Nazareth in East Flanders
Coordinates: 50°58′N 03°36′E / 50.967°N 3.600°E / 50.967; 3.600
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceEast Flanders
ArrondissementGhent
Government
 • MayorDanny Claeys (CD&V)
 • Governing party/iesCD&V, Vooruit-Groen
Area
 • Total35.43 km2 (13.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total11,574
 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Postal codes
9810
NIS code
44048
Area codes09
Websitewww.nazareth.be

Nazareth (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnaːzaːrɛt] ⓘ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Eke and Nazareth proper. In 2021, Nazareth had a total population of 11,844.[2] The total area is 35.19 km2[3] 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)

References

  1. ↑ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 44048". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Nazareth". Vlaanderen.be (in Dutch). 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2021-01-18.


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