Editing Stekene

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Stekene
|picture          = Stekene, het gemeentehuis oeg15443 foto2 2013-05-06 15.21.jpg
|map              = Stekene East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Stekene in East Flanders
|arms             = Stekene wapen.svg
|flag             = Stekene vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas|Sint-Niklaas]]
|nis              = 46024
|pyramid-date=1 January 2006
|0-19=22.55
|20-64=61.29
|65=16.16
|foreigners=3.73
|foreigners-date=1 July 2005
|mayor            = Stany De Rechter (GE.BE)
|majority         = GE.BE
|postal-codes     = 9190
|telephone-area   = 03
|web              = [http://www.stekene.be/ www.stekene.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|51|12|N|04|02|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Stekene''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈsteːkənə}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. Since 1976, the municipality has comprised the towns of [[Kemzeke]], [[Klein-Sinaai]] and Stekene proper. It also includes the village [[Koewacht]]. In 2021, Stekene had a total population of 18,863. The total area is 44.80&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<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 46024 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=9 May 2022 }}</ref>

Stekene profiles itself as an oasis of green within industrialized [[Flanders]] as a large part of its area consists of forests and agricultural lands. The [[European route E34|E34]] road, from [[Antwerp]] to the coast, passes through the municipality and also has its own access to it. Another part of the community is the N403, which connects to [[Sint-Niklaas]].

==Geography==

The municipality of Stekene is located in the region of [[Waasland]], on the border with the Netherlands, 10&nbsp;km north-west of Sint-Niklaas and 20&nbsp;km west of Antwerp. Stekene borders [[Sint-Gillis-Waas]] in the east, [[Sint-Niklaas]] to the south, [[Moerbeke-Waas|Moerbeke]] to the west and the Dutch town of [[Hulst]] to the north. It is {{Convert|30.4|km}} distant from [[Antwerp]].

[[File:Stekene, de Heilige Kruiskerk oeg15459 foto4 2013-05-06 15.18.jpg|Stekene, church: de Heilige Kruiskerk|thumb|none|240px]]

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

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Stekene
|North     = [[Hulst]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Zeeland|ZE]])
|East      = [[Sint-Gillis-Waas]]
|South     = [[Sint-Niklaas]]
|West      = [[Moerbeke]]
|Northwest = [[Terneuzen]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Zeeland|ZE]])
}}
{{Municipalities in East Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

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