Editing Nazareth, Belgium

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Nazareth
|picture         = Dekenij Nazareth - België.jpg
|picture-legend  = 
|map             = Nazareth East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Nazareth in East Flanders
|arms            = Blason ville be Nazareth.svg
|flag            = Nazareth (B) vlag.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Ghent|Ghent]]
|nis             = 44048
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor           = Danny Claeys ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]])
|majority        = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]], [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]]-[[Groen (political party)|Groen]]
|postal-codes    = 9810
|telephone-area  = 09
|web             = [http://www.nazareth.be/ www.nazareth.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|58|N|03|36|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Nazareth''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈnaːzaːrɛt|-|Nl-Nazareth.ogg}}) is a former [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of {{ill|Eke, Belgium|nl|Eke (België)|lt=Eke}} and Nazareth proper. In 2021, Nazareth had a total population of 11,844.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 44048 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=7 May 2022 }}</ref> The total area is 35.19&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-28|title=Nazareth|url=https://www.vlaanderen.be/gemeenten-en-provincies/provincie-oost-vlaanderen/nazareth|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Vlaanderen.be|language=nl}}</ref> which gives a [[population density]] of 320 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

== 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 [[heraldry|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==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.nazareth.be Official website] {{in lang|nl}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Nazareth
|N  = [[Sint-Martens-Latem]]
|NE = [[De Pinte]]
|SE = [[Gavere]]
|S  = [[Zingem]]
|SW = [[Kruishoutem]]
|NW = [[Deinze]]
}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Nazareth, Belgium| ]]
[[Category:Nazareth-De Pinte]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of East Flanders]]
[[Category:Populated places in East Flanders]]


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