What is Aalter?
{{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Aalter |picture= Stationsstraat - Aalter - België.jpg |picture-legend= |map=GemAalterLocation.png |map-legend=Location of Aalter in East Flanders |arms=Blason ville be Aalter.svg |flag=Aalter vlag.svg |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-OV}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Ghent|Ghent]] |nis=44001 |pyramid-date= |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners= |foreigners-date= |mayor=[[Pieter De Crem]] (CD&V) |majority=[[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]] |postal-codes=9880 |telephone-area=09 |web=[http://www.aalter.be/ www.aalter.be] |coordinates = {{coord|51|05|N|03|27|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} }} '''Aalter''' is a [[municipality]] found in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. On 1 January 2019, the municipality of [[Knesselare]] was merged into Aalter. In 2007, its [[population]] was 18,887.<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=2008-07-14 |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 found at 51° 05 North, 03° 26 East.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |title=Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-14 |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> == References == {{reflist}} {{Commonscat}} {{East Flanders}} {{Belgium-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]]