Affligem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Affligem proper, Essene, Hekelgem and Teralfene. On 1 January2005 the municipality had 11,825 inhabitants (5,829 males and 5,996 females). The total area is 17.7 km², giving a population density of 668.1 inhabitants per km². A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... The Essenes (Issiim) were a Jewish religious sect of Zadokites that flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. The name Essene, itself, is either a version of the Greek word for Holy, or various Aramaic dialect words for pious, and is probably not what the... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2005 (Roman: MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...