Editing Zelzate

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Zelzate
|picture         = ZelzateRathaus.JPG
|picture-legend  = Zelzate town hall
|map             = Zelzate East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Zelzate in East Flanders
|arms            = Blason ville be Zelzate.svg
|flag            = Vlag van Zelzate.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Eeklo|Eeklo]]
|nis             = 43018
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor           = [[Brent Meuleman]] ([[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]])
|majority        = [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]], [[Workers' Party of Belgium|PVDA]]+
|postal-codes    = 9060
|telephone-area  = 09
|web             = [http://www.zelzate.be/ www.zelzate.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|12|N|03|49|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Zelzate''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈzɛlzaːtə}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality only comprises the town of Zelzate proper. In 2021, Zelzate had a total population of 13,124. The total area is 13.71&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 43018 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=7 May 2022 }}</ref>

Zelzate is divided into two parts by the [[Ghent–Terneuzen Canal]]. There is a [[concrete]] [[drawbridge]] and a tunnel to connect the two sides. Zelzate is known for the nearby [[pollution|polluting]] industry, which makes it the village with the lowest air quality in the country.<ref>[http://www.vmm.be/lucht/publicaties/lk2005/H5_05.pdf Lucht publicaties H5]</ref><ref>[http://www.vmm.be/lucht/publicaties/lk2005/H7_05.pdf Lucht publicaties H7]</ref> Recently [[ArcelorMittal Ghent]] (Sidmar) made a major investment which resulted in an emission decrease of 90%.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

==Notable citizens==
* [[Eric Verpaele]] (b. Zelzate, 2 February 1952), writer 
* [[Eddy Wally]] (b. Zelzate, 12 July 1932), singer

==Sister cities==
The town is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
*[[Aubenas]] (France)
*[[Cesenatico]] (Italy)
*[[Delfzijl]] (Netherlands) (Not longer twinned with)
*[[Schwarzenbek]] (Germany)
*[[Sierre]] (Switzerland)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Zelzate
|North     = [[Terneuzen]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Zeeland|ZE]])
|East      = [[Wachtebeke]]
|South     = [[Ghent]]
|Southwest = [[Evergem]]
|West      = [[Assenede]]
}}
{{Municipalities in East Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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