- Arrondissement of Aalst
Infobox Belgium Arrondissement
name=Aalst
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region=BE-REG-FLE
province=BE-PROV-OV
area=468.92
population=265,665
population-date=01/01/2006
municipalities=10The Arrondissement of Aalst ( _nl. Arrondissement Aalst; _fr. Arrondissement d'Alost) is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of
East Flanders ,Belgium . It forms the JudicialArrondissement of Dendermonde together with the Arrondissements of Dendermonde and Sint-Niklaas.History
The Arrondissement of Aalst was created in
1818 by the merging of the canton of Aalst from theArrondissement of Dendermonde with the cantons of Geraardsbergen, Herzele, Ninove and Zottegem from theArrondissement of Oudenaarde . When thelanguage border was determined in1963 , part of the then municipality of Twee Akren, in theArrondissement of Soignies , was added to the arrondissement.In
1977 , the then municipality of Sint-Maria-Oudenhove ceased to exist when merged with the municipalities ofZottegem andBrakel . As a result, the part of Sint-Maria-Oudenhove which was merged with Brakel was ceded to the Arrondissement of Oudenaarde.Municipalities
The Administrative Arrondissement of Aalst consists of the following municipalities:
* Aalst
*Denderleeuw
*Erpe-Mere
*Geraardsbergen
*Haaltert
*Herzele
*Lede
*Ninove
*Sint-Lievens-Houtem
*Zottegem
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