Maldegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Adegem, Kleit, Donk, Maldegem proper and Middelburg. On January 1st, 2006 Maldegem had a total population of 22,289. The total area is 94.64 km² which gives a population density of 236 inhabitants per km². A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ... East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Image File history File links MaldegemLocatie. ... 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. ... Middelburg, Belgium is a small village, which makes nowadays part of Maldegem. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The municipality of Maldegem (22,289 inhabitants on 1 January 2006; 9,625 ha, therefore the biggest municipality in East Flanders) is located in the north-west of Flanders, close to the border with the Netherlands, in the region of Meetjesland.
Maldegem (15,626 inhabitants; 6,108 ha) was in the Middle Ages the capital of a big domain ruled by the powerful lords of Maldeg(h)em, who lived in the castle of Reesinghe.
The Maldegem side of the tree was fl and dead, whereas the Aldegem side of the tree had remained green and healthy.