Horebeke

Horebeke
Municipality
Church and school of Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke
Flag Coat of arms
Horebeke Location in Belgium
Location of Horebeke in East Flanders
Coordinates: 50°50′N 03°41′E / 50.833°N 3.683°ECoordinates: 50°50′N 03°41′E / 50.833°N 3.683°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	East Flanders
Arrondissement	Oudenaarde
Government
• Mayor	Joseph Browaeys
• Governing party/ies	Volksbelangen
Area
• Total	11.20 km^2 (4.32 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	2,058
• Density	180/km^2 (480/sq mi)
Postal codes	9667
Area codes	055

Horebeke (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦoːrəbeːkə]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke and Sint-Maria-Horebeke. On January 1, 2006, Horebeke had a total population of 2,004. The total area is 11.20 km² which gives a population density of 179 inhabitants per km².

The Corsele parish in Sint-Maria-Horebeke has a Protestant church which dates from 1872 and a museum dedicated to Abraham Hans (the former Protestant village teacher and story teller) built in 1812 as a parish school. There have been Protestants in Sint-Maria-Horebeke since the Reformation of the 16th century.^[2]

References

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
2. Regionaal Landschap Vlaamse Ardennen. "Corsele, refuge of the Geuzen". Archived from the original on May 19, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-10.

External links

• Media related to Horebeke at Wikimedia Commons
• Geuzenhoek, or refuge of the Geuzen, history of Protestantism in the South of East-Flanders
• Webpage about Corsele/Korsele at Internet Archive
• Webpage about Horebeke at Reocities
• Webpage about Horebeke at Internet Archive