Wachtebeke
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Wachtebeke 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 town of Wachtebeke proper, and a smaller town: Overslag. On January 1, 2006 Wachtebeke had a total population of 6,881. The total area is 34.53 km² which gives a population density
Population density
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 of 199 inhabitants per square kilometre|km².

The current mayor of Wachtebeke (as of 2004) is Willy De Vliegher.

The Langelede is a small canal and corresponding residential street in the town. The neighborhood is slowly migrating from a poor agricultural environment towards a higher middle-class residential area.

In Wachtebeke lies the provincial park Puyenbroeck

People from Wachtebeke

  • Jonas Geirnaert
    Jonas Geirnaert
    Jonas Geirnaert studied animation at the KASK in Ghent. In May 2004 he won the Short Film Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival with his animated short Flatlife . Of the copy he sent in for selection only the first minute had sound...

    , animated film maker and comedian
  • Lieven Scheire
    Lieven Scheire
    Lieven Scheire is a Belgian comedian, mainly known for being a member of Neveneffecten.-Career:He followed secondary education at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren. After this, he took part in a year long AFS cultural exchange to Iceland...

    , comedian
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