Ruiselede is a municipality

Municipality

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 located in the Belgian

Belgium

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 province of West Flanders. This town only comprises the town of Ruiselede proper. On January 1, 2006 Ruiselede had a total population of 5,113. The total area is 30.20 km² which gives a population density

Population density

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 of 169 inhabitants per km².

Ruiselede was the location of a coastal radio site. From 1923 to 1940 it had a VLF aerial

Zendmast Ruiselede

The Zendmasts of Ruiselede were eight 287 metre high guyed radio masts at Ruiselede, Belgium, built in 1923 for carrying an aerial for VLF transmission . On 30 December 1933, an Imperial Airways aircraft crashed into a mast and demolished it...

. On 30 December 1933, the mast was demolished when an aircraft collided with it

1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash

The 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash occurred on 30 December 1933 when an Imperial Airways Avro Ten collided with a radio mast at Ruysselede, West Vlaanderen, Belgium and crashed killing all ten people on board...

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