Editing Hooglede

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Hooglede
|picture          = Gemeentehuis hooglede.JPG
|picture-legend   = {{Interlanguage link multi|Hooglede town hall|nl|3=Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}}
|map              = Hooglede West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Hooglede in West Flanders
|arms             = Hooglede wapen.svg
|flag             = Hooglede vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Roeselare|Roeselare]]
|nis              = 36006
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Rita Demaré ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]])
|majority         = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]], Allen 8830
|postal-codes     = 8830
|telephone-area   = 051
|web              = [http://www.hooglede.be/ www.hooglede.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|59|N|03|05|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Hooglede''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦoːxˌleːdə}}; {{langx|vls|Ooglee}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of {{Interlanguage link multi|Gits, Belgium{{!}}Gits|nl|3=Gits}} and Hooglede proper. On January 1, 2006, Hooglede had a total population of 9,831. The total area is 37.84&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 260 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

Hooglede-Gits was the site of the 2007 [[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships]]. 
Hooglede houses one of the 4 German War Cemeteries in Belgium, [[Hooglede German war cemetery|the Hooglede German War Cemetery]].

==Economy==
The [[Deceuninck]] company is based in Hooglede, as is [[MOL Trucks]].

==Politics==
From 1989 till 2012, politics in Hooglede were dominated by the cartel SAMEN (consisting of [[sp.a]], [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]] and [[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open Vld]]). In 2012, the cooperation within SAMEN was stopped. The new municipality consists of N-VA Plus (10 seats), [[CD&V]] (7 seats), [[Open Vld]] (2 seats) and Samen Sterk (2 seats). Mayor is Rita Demaré (CD&V).

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{in lang|nl}} {{Official website|http://www.hooglede.be }}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hooglede
|N  = [[Torhout]]
|NE = [[Lichtervelde]]
|SE = [[Roeselare]]
|SW = [[Staden]]
|NW = [[Kortemark]]
}}
{{Municipalities in West Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]]