Nazareth, Belgium
Nazareth (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnaːzaːrɛt] ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Eke and Nazareth proper. In 2021, Nazareth had a total population of 11,844. The total area is 35.19 km which gives a population density of 320 inhabitants per km.
Etymology
There are various hypotheses for the origin of the name "Nazareth", dated to a text of songs from 1259 CE. It is possible that Nazareth was named after the biblical city of Nazareth. It is also possible, but less likely, that Nazareth was originally a slip of the word magherhet (thinness).
History
The community was first recorded in 1259.
Heraldry
The arms of Nazareth is a composition of two family crests:
- The first part is the arms of the family Rockolfing: three gold roses geknopt throat in the field, vert scrolled head and a shield charged with a throat depth and looking round lion of gold, tongued gules.
- The second part is the escutcheon of the family Kervyn Volkaersbeke: saber in a twill together right in the head by an acorn, stemmed and browsed in two pieces, left in the mind of a six-pointed star, everything from gold and the one point eagle leg of silver.
Sights
- 19th-century church (1861 – 1870)
References
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 44048". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Nazareth". Vlaanderen.be (in Dutch). 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
External links
- Media related to Nazareth, Belgium at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Dutch)