Kaster is a village in

West Flanders West Flanders is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium. It is the only coastal Belgian province, facing the North Sea to the northwest. It has land borders with the Dutch province of Zeeland to the northeast, the Flemis ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. According to the 2005 census it has a population of 803. The neoclassical St Peter's Church of Kaster, located in the eastern part of the village, dates from 1818.Gebouwfiche – Sint-Pieterskerk – (ID 81602)
Vlaams Instituut voor het Onroerend Erfgoed.

Geography

Kaster is located in the municipality of

Anzegem Anzegem () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster, Tiegem and Vichte. On 1 January 2006 Anzegem ha ...

, located just south of this town along the N32 road. To the west is the village of

Tiegem Tiegem (also, Tieghem) is a village in the municipality of Anzegem, near Oudenaarde, West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the ...

, to the south is the village of .

Politics

Mayors

* 1800–1806 Jean-Baptiste Deman * 1806–1821 Jan Standaert * 1821–1827 Petrus Deschietere * 1827–1836 Martin Teirlinck * 1836–1852 Franciscus Detollenaere * 1852–1875 Joannes-Baptista Vandamme * 1875–1882 Petrus-Franciscus Gerniers * 1882–1894 Edward Van Cauwenberghe * 1894–1939 Victor Gerniers * 1939–1946 Maurice Ardenois * 1946–1957 Odon Platteau * 1957–1976 Joël De Stoop

References

Populated places in West Flanders Anzegem {{WestFlanders-geo-stub