What is Temse?
{{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Temse |picture= |picture-width=260px |picture-legend= |map=TemseLocatie.png |map-legend=Location of Temse in [[East Flanders]] |arms=Blason ville be Temse (2).svg |flag=Flag of Temse.svg |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-OV}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas|Sint-Niklaas]] |nis=46025 |pyramid-date=01/01/2006 |0-19=23.87 |20-64=60.20 |65=15.93 |foreigners=3.22 |foreigners-date=01/07/2005 |mayor=Luc De Ryck ([[CD&V]]) |majority=[[CD&V]], [[VLD]] |postal-codes=9140 |telephone-area=03 |web=[http://www.temse.be/ www.temse.be] |lat_deg=51 |lat_min=07 |lon_deg=04 |lon_min=12 }} '''Temse''' is a [[municipality]] in [[Belgium]]. It is in the [[province]] of [[East Flanders]], in the region of [[Flemish region|Flanders]]. There are four [[town]]s in the municipality: Temse, [[Elversele]], [[Steendorp]], and [[Tielrode]]. In 2007, 26667 people lived there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |title=Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123144002/http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is at 51° 07 North, 04° 12 East.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |title=Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-15 |archive-date=2004-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723190930/http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name ''Temse'' comes from the [[Gaul]] ([[Gallo-Roman]]) word ''Tamisiacum'' or ''Tamasiacum''. Until the early 20th century (1900s), the French name of the city was used: ''Tamise''. == References == {{reflist}} {{East Flanders}} {{Belgium-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]]