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]]