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Buggenhout
Province: East Flanders
District: Dendermonde
Area: 25.25 km²
Population: 13,748 (2005)
Population density: 544.40 /km²

Buggenhout is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Buggenhout proper, Briel,Opdorp, and Opstal. On January 1 2005 Buggenhout had a total population of 13,748. The total area is 25.25 square kilometres, which gives a population density of 544.40 inhabitants per square kilometre. The current mayor of Buggenhout is Tom Van Herreweghe, from the (local) NCD party.

Buggenhout is the geometrical center of Flanders: If you take a cardboard cut-out of Flanders, and balance it on a needle where Buggenhout is, the whole cut-out would be in balance.

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