Editing Haaltert (section)

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Haaltert
|picture         = Kerksken, straatzicht foto2 2011-10-02 15.14.JPG
|picture-legend  = Kerksken
|map             = Haaltert East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Haaltert in East Flanders
|arms            = Blason ville be Haaltert.svg
|flag            = Flag of Haaltert.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-OV}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Aalst|Aalst]]
|nis             = 41024
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor           = Veerle Baeyens ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])
|majority        = [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]], [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]] 
|postal-codes    = 9450, 9451
|telephone-area  = 053
|web             = [http://www.haaltert.be/ www.haaltert.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|54|N|04|00|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:WIKITONGUES- Yorick speaking Oiltjers Dutch.webm|thumb|A speaker of Oiltjers Dutch, the dialect of Dutch spoken in Haaltert.]]
'''Haaltert''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦaːltərt}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]] in the [[Denderstreek]]. The municipality comprises the towns of [[Denderhoutem]], Haaltert proper, {{ill|Heldergem|nl}} and {{ill|Kerksken|nl}}. In 2021, Haaltert had a total population of 18,892. The total area is 30.30&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector – Sector 41024 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=9 May 2022 }}</ref> The current mayor of Haaltert is Veerle Baeyens, from the N-VA.

There is a 205 hectare nature reserve [[Den Dotter]] in the sub-municipalities of [[Aaigem]] (municipality [[Erpe-Mere]]) and Heldergem (municipality Haaltert). Haaltert is crossed by the [[Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek]] creek in Heldergem, Kerksken, and Haaltert.