Berlare is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of East Flanders

East Flanders

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. The municipality comprises the towns of Berlare proper, Overmere and Uitbergen. On January 1, 2006 Berlare had a total population of 14,092. The total area is 37.82 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 373 inhabitants per km². The current mayor of Berlare is Karel De Gucht

Karel De Gucht

Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht is a Belgian politician who has been the European Commissioner for Trade since 2010...

, from the Liberal party VLD

Flemish Liberals and Democrats

' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...

, also European Commissioner for Trade

European Commissioner for Trade

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. Donkmeer

Donkmeer

Donkmeer is a lake in Belgium. It is situated in East Flanders, near Berlare village. There are boats and waterbikes for hire....

, a big lake, is located here.

Famous inhabitants

• Fred De Bruyne
  Fred De Bruyne
  Alfred De Bruyne was a Belgian champion cyclist.He won Milan – San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959....
  
  , cyclist and TV commentator
• Karel De Gucht
  Karel De Gucht
  Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht is a Belgian politician who has been the European Commissioner for Trade since 2010...
  
  , politician