What is Aalst, Belgium?
{{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Aalst |picture=Collage van Aalst.jpg |picture-legend=Collage of the city of Aalst |map=MnpAalstLocation.png |map-legend=Location of Aalst in [[East Flanders]] |arms=Wappen Aalst (Ostflandern).svg |flag=Aalst (Oost-Vlaanderen) vlag.svg |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-OV}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Aalst|Aalst]] |nis=41002 |pyramid-date=01/01/2006 |0-19=19.73 |20-64=60.87 |65=19.20 |foreigners=2.43 |foreigners-date=01/07/2005 |mayor=Christoph D'Haese ([[New-Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]) |majority=[[New-Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open VLD]], [[Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams|CD&V]] |postal-codes=9300, 9308, 9310, 9320 |telephone-area=053 |web=[http://www.aalst.be/ www.aalst.be] |coordinates = {{coord|50|56|N|04|02|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} |imagesize=270px}} '''Aalst''' is a [[municipality]] found in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. In 2007, its [[population]] was 77,790.<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 50° 56 North, 04° 02 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> In 2022, its population was 88.854. The city is famous for its Belfry, industrial history, the Sint-Martinus Kerk and Carnival. == References == {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{East Flanders}} {{Belgium-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]]