Editing Laarne

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Laarne
|picture         = Laarne Schloss 2014 04 1.JPG
|picture-legend  = [[Laarne Castle|Castle of Laarne]] 
|map             = Laarne East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Laarne in East Flanders
|arms            = Blason ville be Laarne (avec ornements).svg
|flag            = Flag of Laarne.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Dendermonde|Dendermonde]]
|nis             = 42010
|pyramid-date=01/01/2006
|0-19=21.65
|20-64=61.17
|65=17.18
|foreigners=1.89
|foreigners-date=01/07/2005
|mayor           = Andy De Cock ([[Team Burgemeester]])
|majority        = [[Team Burgemeester]], [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]
|postal-codes    = 9270
|telephone-area  = 09
|web             = [http://www.laarne.be/ www.laarne.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|01|N|03|51|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Laarne''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈlaːrnə}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of {{ill|Kalken|nl}} and Laarne proper. On 1 January 2018, Laarne had a total population of 	12,487. The total area is 32.07&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls |title="Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018" |website=StatBel |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
The current mayor of Laarne is Ignace De Baerdemaecker, from the VLD (Liberal) party.

==History==
The village lies to the east of [[Ghent]], near a former course of the River the [[Scheldt]] and is notable for its castle. The castle dates from the twelfth and later centuries, notably, the seventeenth, and has been sympathetically restored and re-furnished.

The name arises from the Germanic ''hlaeri'' which signifies terrain seen as [[Swamp|wooded and marshy]]. It is possible to speculate that the village originated in serving the castle, which in turn, guarded the river approach to Ghent from the sea. In the twelfth century, the river was less remote from the city than it is today. In 1040, Laarne was mentioned as ''Laren''.

The lordship passed by inheritance through the families of Schoutheete, Van Vilsteren and others, finally to the counts of Ribaucourt. The castle is now owned by the ''Vereniging van Historische Woonsteden van België'' (the Union of Historic Homesteads of Belgium).

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Laarne, de Sint Machariuskerk oeg56154 foto2 2013-05-06 17.55.jpg|Laarne, Church: Sint-Machariuskerk
File:Kalken, de parochiekerk Sint Denijs oeg58141 foto2 2013-05-06 17.23.jpg|Kalken, church: Sint-Denijskerk
File:Poortgebouw Goed ten Cattenaye - Laarne - België.jpg|Gate house of ten Cattenaye estate
File:Pastorie Laarne - België.jpg|Clergy house in Laarne
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.laarne.be Official website] - Only available in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Laarne
|North     = [[Lochristi]]
|Northeast = [[Lokeren]]
|East      = [[Berlare]]
|Southeast = [[Wichelen]]
|South     = [[Wetteren]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Destelbergen]]
}}
{{Municipalities in East Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]]
[[Category:Populated places in East Flanders]]
[[Category:Laarne| ]]