Horebeke

Infobox Belgium Municipality
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-OV
arrondissement=Oudenaarde
nis=45062
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mayor= Joseph Browaeys
majority= Volksbelangen
postal-codes=9667
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Horebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke and Sint-Maria-Horebeke. On January 1, 2006 Horebeke had a total population of 2,004. The total area is 11.20 km² which gives a population density of 179 inhabitants per km².

The Corsele parish in Sint-Maria-Horebeke has a Protestant church which dates from 1872 and a museum dedicated to Abraham Hans (the former Protestant village teacher and story teller) built in 1812 as a parish school. There have been Protestants in Sint-Maria-Horebeke since the Reformation of the 16th century [cite web|url=http://users.skynet.be/bk239928/html/dutch/corsele.htm|title=Corsele, refuge of the Geuzen|author=Regionaal Landschap Vlaamse Ardennen|accessdate=2008-04-10] .

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* [http://www.dominee.webbuilder02.hostbasket.com/page127524.htm Geuzenhoek, or refuge of the Geuzen, history of Protestantism in the South of East-Flanders]