Moerbeke
Encyclopedia
Moerbeke is a municipality
located in the Belgian
province of East Flanders
. The municipality only comprises the town of Moerbeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Moerbeke had a total population of 5,844. The total area is 37.80 km² which gives a population density
of 155 inhabitants per km².
Moerbeke is known very well for its sugar refinery
.
It is thought to have been the hometown of William of Moerbeke
, who as Bishop of Corinth produced a new translation into Latin of the works of Aristotle, including certain which had been rediscovered from Arab sources, in the late thirteenth Century.
Unique is the political situation: since 1847 the liberal party has an absolute majority. The current mayor is Filip Marin.
The aldermen are Marc Fruytier, Thierry Walbrecht, Dominique Adriaensen and Pierre De Bock (all VLD
).
The members of the council are ERobby De Caluwé, Frederic Dierinck, Inge Mertens, Koen Mertens and Greta Tollenaere-Thierens for Open Vld, Wouter Coupé, Emma De Schepper, Ann De Winne, Lut Dieleman-Van de Vijver, Eric Verschraegen and Danny Vervaet for Anders (a local party) and Erik Coupé for Vlaams Belang.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
located in the Belgian
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...
province of East Flanders
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
. The municipality only comprises the town of Moerbeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Moerbeke had a total population of 5,844. The total area is 37.80 km² which gives a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 155 inhabitants per km².
Moerbeke is known very well for its sugar refinery
Sugar refinery
A sugar refinery is a factory which refines raw sugar.Many cane sugar mills produce raw sugar, i.e. sugar with more colour and therefore more impurities than the white sugar which is normally consumed in households and used as an ingredient in soft drinks, cookies and so forth...
.
It is thought to have been the hometown of William of Moerbeke
William of Moerbeke
Willem van Moerbeke, O.P., known in the English speaking world as William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts from Greek into Latin...
, who as Bishop of Corinth produced a new translation into Latin of the works of Aristotle, including certain which had been rediscovered from Arab sources, in the late thirteenth Century.
Unique is the political situation: since 1847 the liberal party has an absolute majority. The current mayor is Filip Marin.
The aldermen are Marc Fruytier, Thierry Walbrecht, Dominique Adriaensen and Pierre De Bock (all VLD
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...
).
The members of the council are ERobby De Caluwé, Frederic Dierinck, Inge Mertens, Koen Mertens and Greta Tollenaere-Thierens for Open Vld, Wouter Coupé, Emma De Schepper, Ann De Winne, Lut Dieleman-Van de Vijver, Eric Verschraegen and Danny Vervaet for Anders (a local party) and Erik Coupé for Vlaams Belang.