Erpe-Mere
Sign in to saveErpe-Mere () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Aaigem, Bambrugge, Burst, Erondegem, Erpe, Mere, Ottergem and Vlekkem. There is also a hamlet in Bambrugge: Egem. Erpe-Mere is crossed by 2 brooks, the Molenbeek and the Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek. In 2022 Erpe-Mere had a total population of 20,127. The total area is 34.03 km2. The current mayor of Erpe-Mere is Hugo De Waele, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party.
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- Belgium municipality.name
- Erpe-Mere
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Gemeentehuis Erpe-Mere.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Erpe-Mere town hall
- Belgium municipality.map
- Erpe-Mere East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Erpe-Mere in East Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Erpe-Mere wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Erpe-Mere vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- East Flanders
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Aalst
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 41082
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Hugo De Waele (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, N-VA
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 9420 Aaigem9420 Bambrugge9420 Burst9420 Erondegem9420 Erpe9420 Mere9420 Ottergem9420 Vlekkem
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 053
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.erpe-mere.be
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Erpe-Mere () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Aaigem, Bambrugge, Burst, Erondegem, Erpe, Mere, Ottergem and Vlekkem. There is also a hamlet in Bambrugge: Egem. Erpe-Mere is crossed by 2 brooks, the Molenbeek and the Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek. In 2022 Erpe-Mere had a total population of 20,127. The total area is 34.03 km2. The current mayor of Erpe-Mere is Hugo De Waele, from the CD&V (Christian Democratic) party.
== History == The municipality was formed in 1975 by the merger of the eight sub-municipalities of today, but the sub-communities Erpe and Mere initially disagreed on the new name for the merged municipality. While Erpe had the largest area, Mere was central in the entire area and had more inhabitants. As a compromise they choose the double name Erpe-Mere.