Hooglede
Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Hooglede (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Template:Interlanguage link multi and Hooglede proper. On January 1, 2006, Hooglede had a total population of 9,831. The total area is 37.84 km2 which gives a population density of 260 inhabitants per km2.
Hooglede-Gits was the site of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Hooglede houses one of the 4 German War Cemeteries in Belgium, the Hooglede German War Cemetery.
Economy
[edit]The Deceuninck company is based in Hooglede, as is MOL Trucks.
Politics
[edit]From 1989 till 2012, politics in Hooglede were dominated by the cartel SAMEN (consisting of sp.a, N-VA and 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).
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