Brakel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Nederbrakel, Opbrakel, Michelbeke, Elst, Zegelsem, Everbeek, Parike and part of Sint-Maria-Oudenhove. On January 1st, 2004 Brakel had a total population of 13,618 (6,626 males and 6,992 females). The total area is 56.46 km² which gives a population density of 241.18 inhabitants per km². This article is about political regions. ... East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Image File history File links Made by User:LennartBolks File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 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. ... East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Everbeek - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The region is well known for the green hills and valleys, which attract many cyclists and walkers and play an important role in the final of the Tour of Flanders cycling race. The Tour of Flanders (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen) is a road cycling race held in Flanders, Belgium. ...
The Braekel chicken received its name after this town. Brakel / Braekel / Campine The Braekel or Brakel is one of the older European chicken breeds. ...
Brakel is a town in Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Brakel lies at the midpoint of Höxter district between the Eggegebirge and the Weser in the Oberwälder Land nature area in the old Saxon region of Nethegau.
Brakel's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In gules two pointed-roofed towers argent joined at the tops by a decorative gable argent, beneath the gable and between the towers an inescutcheon, in which, in vert three pallets argent across which a raised fess gules, therein three orbs Or.