- Hamme
Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Hamme
picture=
picture-width=260px
picture-
map-Hamme inEast Flanders
arms=Hamme wapen.gif
region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-OV
arrondissement=Dendermonde
nis=42008
pyramid-date=01/01/2006
0-19=22.87
20-64=59.68
65=17.45
foreigners=1.74
foreigners-date=01/07/2005
mayor=Paul Van de Casteele (CD&V )
majority=CD&V ,VLD
postal-codes=9220
telephone-area=052
web= [http://www.hamme.be/ www.hamme.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=05
lon_deg=04
lon_min=08Hamme is a
municipality located in the Belgian province ofEast Flanders . The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper andMoerzeke ,Zogge and St-Anna as parttowns. OnJanuary 1 ,2006 , Hamme had a total population of 23,232. The total area is 40.21 km² which gives apopulation density of 578 inhabitants per km². The current mayor of Hamme is Paul Van de Casteele, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party.Hamme has also its very own legends. The most famous one is the legend of the "
Hamse Wuiten ". The people of Hamme are also called "Hamse Wuitens".The "Hamse wuiten" is also the main mascotte in a streetparade at the end of march each year,where inhabitants dress up and build big trucks with funny giant puppets,making mostly fun with politicians and national scandals.Famous inhabitants
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Herman Brusselmans , writerhahaha
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