Kaster is a village in West Flanders, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

. According to the 2005 census it has a population of 803. The neoclassical St Peter's Church of Kaster, located in the eastern part of the village, dates from 1818.

Geography

Kaster is located in the municipality of Anzegem

Anzegem

Anzegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster, Tiegem and Vichte. On January 1, 2006 Anzegem had a total population of 13,940...

, located just south of this town along the N32 road. To the west is the village of Tiegem

Tiegem

Tiegem is a village, near Oudenaarde, West-Flanders, Belgium. Tiegem was birthplace of St. Arnoul....

, to the south is the village of Kerkhove.

Mayors

• 1800–1806 Jean-Baptiste Deman
• 1806–1821 Jan Standaert
• 1821–1827 Petrus Deschietere
• 1827–1836 Martin Teirlinck
• 1836–1852 Franciscus Detollenaere
• 1852–1875 Joannes-Baptista Vandamme
• 1875–1882 Petrus-Franciscus Gerniers
• 1882–1894 Edward Van Cauwenberghe
• 1894–1939 Victor Gerniers
• 1939–1946 Maurice Ardenois
• 1946–1957 Odon Platteau
• 1957–1976 Joël De Stoop