Assenede
Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Assenede ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Assenede proper, Template:Ill, Boekhoute and Oosteeklo. On 1 January 2021, Assenede had a total population of 14,369. The total area is 87.22 km².<ref name="stat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
Assenede is one of the oldest villages in Flanders, the earliest mention of Assenede date back to as early as the 10th century.<ref>Rob Melchers, De Beaufort (Hilversum, 2014), suggests that the year 963 is a first appearance in historic writings.</ref>
GeographyEdit
Assenede stands on two different types of soil, to the west most of the land is pure sand and called "Houtland" (woodland), and the side towards the northeast is mainly polder of the marsh type because Assenede and Boekhoute bordered the sea during the Middle Ages. The harbor in Assenede disappeared around 1500 but a small canal called the Vliet maintained some access to the Boekhouter 's harbor that existed much longer, and was present to around 1946. The last polder dyke was closed after that year. The creeks are nature reserves.
GalleryEdit
- Assenede - Grenssteen nr 314a - 1.jpg
Border stone on the Belgian-Dutch border.
- Assenede - kerkpui - België.jpg
Assenede kerkpui
- Kerk en kiosk - Bassevelde - Assenede - Oost-Vlaanderen - Vlaanderen - België.jpg
Church and kiosk in Bassevelde
- Onroerenderfgoed 76359 Oosteeklo2012.jpg
War memorial in Oosteeklo
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