Hamme 154914 218704444 2008-06-11T20:25:53Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the river in [[Germany]]|Hamme River}} {{Unreferenced|date=December 2007}} {{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Hamme |picture= |picture-width=260px |picture-legend= |map=HammeLocatie.png |map-legend=Location of [[Hamme]] in [[East Flanders]] |arms=Hamme wapen.gif |flag=Flag of Hamme (East Flanders).svg |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-OV}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Dendermonde|Dendermonde]] |nis=42008 |pyramid-date=01/01/2006 |0-19=22.87 |20-64=59.68 |65=17.45 |foreigners=1.74 |foreigners-date=01/07/2005 |mayor=Paul Van de Casteele ([[CD&V]]) |majority=[[CD&V]], [[VLD]] |postal-codes=9220 |telephone-area=052 |web=[http://www.hamme.be/ www.hamme.be] |lat_deg=51 |lat_min=05 |lon_deg=04 |lon_min=08 }} '''Hamme''' is a [[municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper and [[Moerzeke]],Zogge and St-Anna as parttowns. On [[January 1]], [[2006]], Hamme had a total population of 23,232. The total area is 40.21 [[square kilometre|km²]] which gives a [[population density]] of 578 inhabitants per km². The current mayor of Hamme is Paul Van de Casteele, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party. Hamme has also its very own legends. The most famous one is the legend of the "[[Hamse Wuiten]]". The people of Hamme are also called ''Hamse Wuitens''.The "Hamse wuiten" is also the main mascotte in a streetparade at the end of march each year,where inhabitants dress up and build big trucks with funny giant puppets,making mostly fun with politicians and national scandals. ==Famous inhabitants== *[[Herman Brusselmans]], writer {{East_Flanders}} [[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]] {{EastFlanders-geo-stub}} [[br:Hamme (Reter Flandrez)]] [[ca:Hamme]] [[de:Hamme (Belgien)]] [[eo:Hamme]] [[fr:Hamme (Flandre orientale)]] [[it:Hamme]] [[hu:Hamme (Kelet-Flandria)]] [[nl:Hamme (Oost-Vlaanderen)]] [[no:Hamme]] [[pt:Hamme]] [[vo:Hamme]]