Hooglede (; vls, Ooglee) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

located in the

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province of

West Flanders West Flanders ( nl, West-Vlaanderen ; vls, West Vloandern; french: (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale ; german: Westflandern ) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the No ...

. The municipality comprises the towns of and Hooglede proper. On January 1, 2006, Hooglede had a total population of 9,831. The total area is 37.84 km² which gives a

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of 260 inhabitants per km². Hooglede-Gits was the site of the 2007

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. Hooglede houses one of the 4 German War Cemeteries in Belgium, the Hooglede German War Cemetery.

Economy

The

Deceuninck Deceuninck NV is a Belgian designer and producer of PVC systems for windows and doors, interior, roofline & cladding and terraces. The company extrudes PVC and the single base material Twinson. Founded in 1937, with its headquarters in Hoogl ...

company is based in Hooglede, as is

MOL Trucks MOL is a manufacturer of specialist trucks and trailers, based in Hooglede, Belgium. It was founded in 1944. In the 1970s, MOL made a variety of oilfield trucks with air-cooled Magirus Deutz engines. MOL bought the rights to Willème truck designs ...

Politics

From 1989 till 2012, politics in Hooglede were dominated by the cartel SAMEN (consisting of sp.a,

N-VA The New Flemish Alliance ( nl, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist and conservative political party in Belgium. The party was founded in 2001 by the right-leaning fraction of the centrist-nationalist People's Union (VU). ...

and

Open Vld french: Libéraux et démocrates flamands ouverts , abbreviation = Open Vld , logo = , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Egbert Lachaert , foundation = 1992 (VLD)2007 (Open Vld) , predecessor = P ...

). In 2012, the cooperation within SAMEN was stopped. The new municipality consists of N-VA Plus (10 seats),

CD&V Christian Democratic and Flemish (, , CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism (ACV) and trade associations ( UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party w ...

(7 seats),

(2 seats) and Samen Sterk (2 seats). Mayor is Rita Demaré (CD&V).

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of West Flanders