Hooglede is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gits 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

Population density

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 of 260 inhabitants per km².

Hooglede-Gits was the site of the 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

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Hooglede houses one of the 4 German War Cemeteries in Belgium, the Hooglede German War Cemetery

Hooglede German war cemetery

The Hooglede German war cemetery is a military cemetery in the Belgian town of Hooglede which contains more than 8,000 buried German soldiers from World War I....

Politics

For the last 3 elections, politics in Hooglede were dominated by the cartel SAMEN (consisting of Sp.a, NVA and Open VLD). They hold the most seats in the community council and deliver the mayor.

External links

• Official website - Available only in Dutch
  Dutch language
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