Knesselare

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Knesselare
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-OV
arrondissement=Ghent
nis=44029
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20-64=
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mayor=Fredy Tanghe
majority=Groep 9910
postal-codes=9910
telephone-area=09
web= [http://www.knesselare.be/ www.knesselare.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=08
lon_deg=03
lon_min=25

Knesselare is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Knesselare proper and Ursel. On January 1, 2006 Knesselare had a total population of 7,885. The total area is 37.27 km² which gives a population density of 212 inhabitants per km².

The municipality's name is derived from the Germanic words "klisse" (herb) and "laar", (a soggy brushwood terrain) [cite web
url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~noemeetjesland/meetjesland/knesselare.htm
title=Knesselare
accessdate=2006-04-12
work=Our Meetjesland] .

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