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Merelbeke is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

In 2007, 22423 people lived there.

It is at 50° 59 North, 03° 44 East.

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Merksplas is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 8270 people lived there.

It is at 51° 21 North, 04° 51 East.

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Mesen is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 983 people lived there.

It is at 50° 45 North, 02° 54 East.

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Messancy is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

In 2007, 7466 people lived there.

It is at 49° 35 North, 05° 49 East.

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Mettet is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.

In 2007, 12037 people lived there.

It is at 50° 19 North, 04° 39 East.

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Meulebeke is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 10,983 people lived there.

It is at 50° 57 North, 03° 17 East.

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Middelkerke is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 18,080 people lived there.

It is at 51° 11 North, 02° 49 East.

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Modave is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 3719 people lived there.

It is at 50° 26 North, 05° 18 East.

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Moerbeke is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

In 2007, 5904 people lived there.

It is at 51° 10 North, 03° 56 East.

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Momignies is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut. In 2007, 5140 people lived there. It is at 50° 01 North, 04° 10 East.

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Mont-de-l'Enclus is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 3417 people lived there.

It is at 50° 44 North, 03° 30 East.

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Mont-Saint-Guibert is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 6535 people lived there.

It is at 50° 38 North, 04° 36 East.

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Montigny-le-Tilleul is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut. In 2007, 10,215 people lived there. It is at 50° 22 North, 04° 22 East.

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Moorslede is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Moorslede comprises the towns of Dadizele and Moorslede itself.

In 2007, 10697 people lived there.

It is at 50° 53 North, 03° 03 East.

Personality 
Constant Lievens (1856-1893), the apostle of the Chota Nagpur, was born in Moorslede.

History 
The 1950 World Cycling Championshipwas held in Moorslede and was won by Briek Schotte.

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 www.moorslede.be

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Morlanwelz is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 18723 people lived there.

It is at 50° 27 North, 04° 14 East.

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Mortsel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 24,426 people lived there.

It is at 51° 09 North, 04° 27 East.

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Mouscron is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, its population was 53174.

It is at 50° 44 North, 03° 12 East.

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Musson is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

In 2007, 4232 people lived there.

It is at .

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Nandrin is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 5651 people lived there.

It is at 50° 30 North, 05° 25 East.

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Nassogne is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

In 2007, 5045 people lived there.

It is at 50° 07 North, 05° 20 East.

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Nazareth is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

In 2007, 10962 people lived there.

It is at 50° 57 North, 03° 35 East.

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Neerpelt is a former municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2019, Neerpelt and Overpelt were merged into the new municipality of Pelt.

In 2007, 16156 people lived there.

It is at 51° 13 North, 05° 26 East.

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Neufchâteau is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

In 2007, 6652 people lived there.

It is at 49° 50 North, 05° 26 East.

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Neupré is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 9748 people lived there.

It is at 50° 32 North, 05° 29 East.

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Nevele is a former municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. On 1 January 2019, the municipality was merged into Deinze.

In 2007, 11376 people lived there.

It is at 51° 02 North, 03° 33 East.

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Niel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 8922 people lived there.

It is at 51° 06 North, 04° 19 East.

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Nieuwerkerken is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg.

In 2007, 6685 people lived there.

It is at 50° 51 North, 05° 11 East.

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Nieuwpoort is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. In 2007, 10940 people lived there. It is at 51° 07 North, 02° 45 East.

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Nijlen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 20978 people lived there.

It is at 51° 09 North, 04° 40 East.

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Ninove is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

In 2007, 35874 people lived there.

It is at 50° 50 North, 04° 01 East.

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Nivelles is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 24622 people lived there.

It is at 50° 35 North, 04° 19 East.

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Ohey () is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.

In 2007, 4318 people lived there.

It is at 50° 26 North, 05° 07 East.

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Olen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 11467 people lived there.

It is at 51° 08 North, 04° 51 East.

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Olne is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 3788 people lived there.

It is at 50° 35 North, 05° 45 East.

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Onhaye is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.

In 2007, 3124 people lived there.

It is at 50° 14 North, 04° 50 East.

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Oosterzele is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

In 2007, 13194 people lived there.

It is at 50° 56 North, 03° 48 East.

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Oostkamp () is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 21948 people lived there.

It is at 51° 09 North, 03° 14 East.

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Oostrozebeke is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 7458 people lived there.

It is at 50° 55 North, 03° 20 East.

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Opglabbeek is a former municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2019, Meeuwen-Gruitrode and Opglabbeek were merged into the new municipality of Oudsbergen.

In 2007, 9718 people lived there.

It is at 51° 02 North, 05° 35 East.

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Opwijk is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

In 2007, 12393 people lived there.

It is at 50° 58 North, 04° 11 East.

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Oreye is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 3464 people lived there.

It is at 50° 43 North, 05° 21 East.

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Orp-Jauche is a municipality found in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, it had a population of 7932 people.

It is found at 50° 42 North, 04° 59 East.

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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 30188 people lived there.

It is at 50° 40 North, 04° 34 East.

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Oud-Heverlee is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

In 2007, 10861 people lived there.

It is at 50° 50 North, 04° 39 East.

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Oud-Turnhout is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 12633 people lived there.

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Oudenaarde is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders.

In 2007, 29,702 people lived there.

It is at 50° 50 North, 03° 36 East.

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Oudenburg is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 8947 people lived there.

It is at 51° 11 North, 03° 00 East.

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Oudergem (current Dutch spelling) or Auderghem (French and former Dutch spelling) is one of the nineteen municipalities in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

In 2007, 29,681 people lived there.

It is at 50° 49 North, 04° 25 East.

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Ouffet is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 2551 people lived there.

It is at 50° 26 North, 05° 28 East.

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Oupeye is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 23633 people lived there.

It is at 50° 42 North, 05° 39 East.

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Carbohydrates are chemical compounds that contain only oxygen, hydrogen and carbon. They are made up of joined-up sugars. Sugars have the general formula Cm(H2O)n, and are also known as saccharides.

Certain carbohydrates are an important storage and transport form of energy in most organisms, including plants and animals.

Biochemistry 
There are four types of carbohydrates, named by the number of sugar molecules they contain.
 Simple saccharides with one or two sugar molecules
 Monosaccharides: single sugar e.g. glucose, fructose
 Disaccharides: two saccharides. e.g. sucrose, lactose, maltose
 Longer chain saccharides:
 Oligosaccharides (shortish chains), often linked to amino acids or lipids. They play a special role in cell membranes.
 Polysaccharides (long chains) are complex carbohydrates, with linear chains of sugars or branched clusters. Their function is either energy storage (starch, glycogen) or building structures (cellulose, chitin).
Nutrition and foods 
Carbohydrates are the most common source of energy for the human body. Protein builds tissue and cells in the body. Carbohydrates are very good for energy, but, if a person eats more than needed, the extra is changed into fat through a process called de novo lipogenesis.

If necessary, humans can live without eating carbohydrates because the human body can change fats and proteins into carbohydrates through a process called gluconeogenesis. Some already stored glucose in the liver can be released through another process called glycogenolysis. People of some cultures eat food with very little carbohydrates, but they still remain healthy, such as the Inuits.
Research in the United States and Canada have shown that people get about 40% to 60% of their energy from carbohydrates (mostly from refined carbohydrates). The amount of energy needs may depend on the amount of physical work done by people: the harder the work, the more energy they need. The other need for energy is body temperature. Living in a cold climate means a person needs more energy.

Some foods (especially grains) have high levels of carbohydrates including wheat products (bread, pasta, potatoes, cereals), rice, etc.

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Overijse is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

In 2007, 24164 people lived there.

It is at 50° 46 North, 04° 32 East.

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Overpelt is a former municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2019, Neerpelt and Overpelt were merged into the new municipality of Pelt.

In 2007, 13581 people lived there.

It is at 51° 12 North, 05° 25 East.

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Paliseul is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

In 2007, 5055 people lived there.

It is at 49° 54 North, 05° 08 East.

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Pecq is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 5309 people lived there.

It is at 50° 41 North, 03° 20 East.

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Peer is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg.

In 2007, 15943 people lived there.

It is at 51° 08 North, 05° 27 East.

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Pepingen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.

In 2007, 4357 people lived there.

It is at 50° 45 North, 04° 09 East.

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Pepinster is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 9574 people lived there.

It is at 50° 34 North, 05° 48 East.

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Péruwelz is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 16826 people lived there.

It is at 50° 30 North, 03° 35 East.

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Perwez is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 7621 people lived there.

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Philippeville is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur, 28 kilometres south of Charleroi.

In 2007, 8482 people lived there.

It is at 50° 11 North, 04° 32 East.

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Pittem is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 6609 people lived there.

It is at 50° 59 North, 03° 16 East.

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Plombières is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 9765 people lived there.

It is at 50° 44 North, 05° 57 East.

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Pont-à-Celles is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 16379 people lived there.

It is at 50° 30 North, 04° 21 East.

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Poperinge is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

In 2007, 19707 people lived there.

It is at 50° 51 North, 02° 43 East.

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Profondeville is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.

In 2007, 11424 people lived there.

It is at 50° 22 North, 04° 52 East.

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Putte is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 15813 people lived there.

It is at 51° 03 North, 04° 37 East.

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Puurs is a former municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It includes the towns of Liezele, Ruisbroek, Breendonk and Puurs proper. There is also the hamlet of Kalfort. On 1 January 2019, Puurs and Sint-Amands were merged into the new municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands.

In 2007, 16250 people lived there.

It is at 51° 04 North, 04° 16 East.

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Quaregnon is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 18640 people lived there.

It is at 50° 26 North, 03° 52 East.

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Quévy is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 7758 people lived there.

It is at 50° 21 North, 03° 56 East.

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Quiévrain is a municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut.

In 2007, 6544 people lived there.

It is at 50° 24 North, 03° 40 East.

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Raeren is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège.

In 2007, 10199 people lived there.

It is at 50° 40 North, 06° 07 East.

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Ramillies is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 5856 people lived there.

It is at 50° 38 North, 04° 54 East.

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Ranst is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 17,948 people lived there.

It is at 51° 11 North, 04° 33 East.

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Ravels is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 14020 people lived there.

It is at 51° 22 North, 04° 59 East.

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Rebecq is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 10255 people lived there. It is at 50° 39 North, 04° 08 East.

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Remicourt is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège. In 2007, the population of the settlement was 5137 people.

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Rendeux is a municipality in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.

In 2007, 2274 people lived there.

It is at 50° 14 North, 05° 30 East.

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Retie is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 10485 people lived there.

It is at 51° 16 North, 05° 05 East.

The town is near the Dutch border and is in fact closer to the city of Eindhoven than Antwerp.

The official language of the area is Dutch, but many people especially in the hospitality industry speak English and French.

Services

Services are basic in Retie, some banks have branches including ING and AXA. Supermarket shopping is available. Bakeries in Retie are very good. Like most of Belgium the shops are generally closed on Sunday.

The Gemeente (local council) official website (in Dutch) is http://www.retie.be/

Places

There is a pretty town hall in the centre of the town, but unlike many Belgian towns it is not organised around a town square (well it is now just a large intersection) and therefore does not have the quaint village feel as many other small towns in this part of Belgium (for example Lommel, Mol).
The main attraction of the town is Prinsenpark - a public forest that is popular with families and walking/jogging groups. Dogs on leads are allowed. There are picnic tables and toilets.

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Riemst is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. In 2007, 16076 people lived there. It is at 50° 48 North, 05° 36 East.

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Rijkevorsel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

In 2007, 10847 people lived there.

It is at 51° 20 North, 04° 45 East.

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Rixensart is a municipality in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.

In 2007, 21426 people lived there.

It is at 50° 42 North, 04° 31 East.

Related pages 
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Rochefort is a municipality in the Belgian province of Namur.

In 2007, 12133 people lived there.

It is at 50° 09 North, 05° 13 East.

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Roeselare is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. In 2016, more than 61 000 people lived there. 
It is at 50° 56 North, 03° 07 East.

History

Begin 

Roeselare was already known in 847 and was from the 10th century an important centre for industrial and commercial activities. Since 1250, the place was recognized as a city with several rights.

Around 1260, there was built a belfry and a city hall at the 'Grand Place'. Because there were no defense facilities around the city, it was an easy target for ennemies. To guarantee safety, they started in Roeselare soon with a few teams of city guards. Of course, they could not much do in times of war. In 1488 and 1492, the city was destroyed by the army of Maximilian from Austria. Almost every building from the early Middle Ages collapsed. Around 1500, the city was rebuilt in a different architecture.

The centre of Roeselare always belonged to the property of Wijnendale.
There was peace in Roeselare during a short time. On the 26th August 1566, several statues in the Saint-Michaels Church and the hall were destroyed because of religeous protests called ‘the beeldenstorm’.  After the Eighty Years War, all the successful textile industries were completely gone out of the city. Then started a period with a lot of economical problems but there was also something positive. In Venice became a componist from Roeselare named Adrian Willaert popular.

In 1609 the war came to an end for 12 years. Roeselare was rebuilt but the war started again from 1640.

After the peace of Nijmegen became Roeselare a part of France and a frontier city famous for its illegal frontier traffic. There was no money to restore the belfry and hall that collapsed on the 30th October 1704. The fall of the tower caused a lot of damage. A smaller new hall burned down in 1749. Under the present-day grand place are the cellars of the old belfry.
In spite of all the disasters that came over Roeselare in the past, the Saint-Michaels Church is still in quite good condition. Because of heavy weather on the 19th January 1735 has the tower collapsed. The tower was rebuilt but a few ten metres shorter. The 3 big disasters are the reason that the church has 3 architectures. Around 1770, the townhall was built in rococostyle.

After the Battle of Waterloo became Roeselare Dutch again, untill the independence of Belgium that caused also poverty. The construction of the railway Kortrijk-Brugge (1838) and the invention of the steam-engine made the situation much better. 
From 1862 till 1872, the canal to the river Leie was dug. That gave a boost to the economy. The industry in Roeselare and the population grew. Roeselare was kown as the Manchester of Belgium.
On the 28th July 1875 took the ‘Groote Stooringe’ place, a student-revolt against the use of French at school. The leader of this revolt was Albrecht Rodenbach, a writer who founded a lot of students’ associations.

World War 
The people of Roeselare suffered a lot during World War I. French soldiers, who left Roeselare, offered resistance but the Germans thougth that the inhabitants were shooting on them. Because of this misunderstanding, German soldiers killed 240 citizens and destroyed 252 houses on the 19th October 1914, called ‘Schuwe Maandag’.

After the first World War was the city rebuilt but when that work was done, World War II started. The city has less suffered during this second World War and was liberated by Polish soldiers. Since that liberation, the square ‘Woodmarket’ (Houtmarkt) is now called ‘Polenplein’ and there are monuments for the killed soldiers.
Trade 
During the 19th and the 20th century, Roeselare was known for its ‘nieuwmarkters’. Nieuwmarkters were merchants / traders from the so called ‘new market’ and they formed in this neighbourhood a ghetto. Nieuwmarkters had their own language for example ‘the Bargoens’ to speak with each other  and people said that this merchants could sell everything to everybody. Even they did not speak very well French, German or English, they sold in Wallonia and to foreigners in Roeselare (for example during the two world wars) a lot of products with big profits. The small cheap houses in which the nieuwmarkters lived still exist today and you can see these houses around the Blekerijstraat and in a few streets around the old cemetery in Roeselare.

In the sixties started the REO-vegetables and fruit mart. This is today the biggest vegetables and fruit mart in Flanders. Since 1977 the town of Roeselare and the villages of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke form the present-day city.
Specialists think that the name of Roeselare refers to the elements Roes (= reed) + laar (= open space). So the place-name Roeselare means a marshy open space with reed in the wood.

Areas 

Besides the centre of Roeselare proper, the municipality consists of the villages of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. 
Just like in a few other cities, there are in Roeselare several parts of town. These are:

Meiboom
Waterdam
Biezenhof
Lindeke
Havenbuurt
Zuidmolen
Schiervelde
Krottegem
Beekkwartier
Rodenbachkwartier
Sint-Jozef
Havenbuurt
Roeselare-Centre

The villages of Beveren and Rumbeke are because of new buildings connected with the centre of Roeselare. The small village of Oekene is situated between the open rural area to the south of the city and the urbanisation near Rumbeke. The conurbation of the city extends along the canal Roeselare-Leie to the conurbation of the smaller neighbour city of Izegem.
The municipality of Roeselare consists also of a few smaller hamlets. Along the road Roeselare-Menen (N32) lie successively the hamlet of Zilverberg, less than one kilometre to the south of the city centre, and almost two kilometres further the hamlet of Beitem. Both hamlets belong to the territory of the village of Rumbeke.

The city has a few Catholic parishes and a Protestant church.

The municipality of Roeselare borders on:

a.	Oostnieuwkerke (municipality of Staden)
b.	Hooglede (municipality of Hooglede)
c.	Gits (municipality of Hooglede)
d.	Lichtervelde (municipality of Lichtervelde)
e.	Koolskamp (municipality of Ardooie)
f.	Ardooie, with hamlet Tasse (municipality of Ardooie)
g.	Kachtem (municipality of Izegem)
h.	Izegem (municipality of Izegem)
i.	Sint-Eloois-Winkel (municipality of Ledegem)
j.	Rollegem-Kapelle (municipality of Ledegem)
k.	Ledegem (municipality of Ledegem)
l.	Moorslede (municipality of Moorslede)
m.	Passendale (municipality of Zonnebeke)

Tourism and attractions

Monuments
The Saint-Michaels Church is the most important church. It’s a late Gothic church from 1504.
The Saint-Amands Church is a neo Roman church from 1869-1872, mostly built in brick.
The townhall consists of two parts. The old part dates from 1770-71 and is partly built in Rococostyle. In 1924 was a modern part added, with a belfry tower at the corner. Under the present-day grand place are the rests of the cityhall and the old belfry from ca 1260 that collapsed on the 30th October 1704. These rests were discovered again about ten years ago when the grand place was restored.
The Minor Seminary (Klein Seminarie) is a building with parts from the 17th till the 20th century. Original it was a cloister. In 1806 started the school ‘Klein Seminarie’ where Albrecht Rodenbach studied and where Guido Gezelle and Hugo Verriest teached. The additional church was built at the beginning of the 18th century.
The nunnery of the Arme Klaren was founded in 1867. Around 1871, they added a small church.
In 1868-1871 was the monastery for the fathers redemptorists (paters redemptoristen) built with in 1872-1874 a neo Gothic church, consecrated to Lady Mary of  Everlasting Support. 
The parish church of the Sacred Heart is a church from 1933. It’s a quite modern church with art deco characteristics that was built when, during the southern urbanisation, a separate Sacred Heart Parish was founded.
The Protestant church, also called ‘Geuzentempel’, is a small church from 1877.
The Brewery Rodenbach.
Just out of the city centre, in the village of Rumbeke, lies the Castle of Rumbeke at the Domain ‘Sterrebos’.
In the city centre lies the old municipal cemetery.
Musea 

Roeselare has a few musea such as the National Cycling Museum (WieMu). There are art galleries for example the Galery Alfons Blomme. In the tower of the Saint-Michaels church is the bell-tower museum. You can arrange a visit to see the filmmuseum which is a private collection.

Public parks
Public parks 

There is the Domain ‘Sterrebos’ and nature reserve ‘De Kleiputten’. In the city centre you can take a rest in a few parks such as ‘De Grote Bassin’ which is a lake with green surroundings for example ‘Het Sint-Sebastiaanspark’ and ‘Het Noordhof’. De ‘Kleine Bassin’ and ‘De Ronde Kom’ are two smaller lakes. You have also ‘Het Rodenbachpark’, ‘Het Collegepark’ and ‘Het Heilig Hartpark’ that are nice resting places in the city. You can enjoy the silence of the old municipal cemetery in the Groenestraat, the park of the famous inhabitants in popular language. In summer, there are parkconcerts in ‘Het Sint-Sebastiaanspark’, better known as ‘De Grote Bassin’. The idea of ‘garden-suburb’ arised in the neighbourhood of Roeselare at the beginning of the last century. So was ‘Batavia’ one of the first garden-suburbs in Belgium.
Shopping 
Roeselare has an important commerce centre. The most famous shopping-street is ‘De Ooststraat’. The city centre is one big shopping-quarter. Important yearly shopping-events are ‘De Winkelnacht’ (= shopping-night),  ‘De Batjes’ (= summer-sale), fun fairs, Christmas-shopping, street-events for example ‘De Westlaanpromenade’.  Carnival and ‘De Groote Stooringe’ are city-festivals with a cultural importance. ‘De Brugsesteenweg’ is an approach road with a lot of medium size retail trade.

Events 
The weekly market on Tuesday morning is a tradition in Roeselare and is organized at the Grand Place, ‘De Botermarkt’ and ‘Het Polenplein’. These 3 squares are pedestrian precinct. On the 1st May, the inhabitants celebrate Labour Day at the station-square. Each year on the National Holiday (the 21st July) there is a street run with music.

Economy
Economy 

Roeselare is in West-Flanders a regional commerce centre. There are a few shopping-streets in the city centre: Ooststraat, Noordstraat, Sint-Amandsstraat, Manestraat, Wallenstraat, Zuidstraat etc. These are situated around 4 squares: de Grote Markt (the Grand Place), het Polenplein, de Botermarkt en het De Coninckplein. There is also de Ardooisesteenweg, an approach road near the railway-station. Along the restored inner ring road (Noordlaan, Westlaan…) and the approach road Brugsesteenweg are a lot of big stores.

In the quarter ‘Schiervelde’ along the outer ring road is the Expo located. In this hall are commercial events where businesses show their services to business-people, -friends and the public. Examples of such events are: de Jaarbeurs, de Bouwbeurs, Agro Expo and Roslar Expo.
In Roeselare is the head-office and printing-business of Roularta Media Group located. The regional Television WTV-FOCUS broadcasts from the Accent Business Park. Roeselare is also known for the foodindustry (Soubry) and the lightdesign.

The most important business-sites and industrial estates are located to the north of Roeselare-city in Beveren and to the east along the canal Roeselare-Leie and the factory site ‘Mandeldal’.

Transport and traffic 

Roeselare has a central situation along the most important north-south connecting roads through the province. The highway A17/E403 passes by the city and has three exits to Roeselare. The road Brugge-Torhout-Roeselare-Menen (N32) dates from the Austrian time and runs parallel to the A17/E403.  De Westlaan, a half small ring road, leads the road-user around the historic centre of the city. A more recent ring road (R32) surrounds the whole built-up area of Roeselare and links also up to the highway A17.
At the end of 2014, the software of the parkingguidesystem was renewed. Along the approach roads, the motor drivers are informed about free parkings. The most important parkings in the centre are ‘Wallenparking’, ‘De Munt’ and ‘B-Parking Station’.  When the city centre is shopping precinct, inhabitants and visitors are advised to use for example the parking of the Expo and / or to come into the centre with public transport (train, bus).
The city has a railway-station, the station of Roeselare, with two rails on the line Brugge-Kortrijk.  There is a half-hourly connection service with both cities. Near the railway-station is a busstation with 11 platforms. When the station was built in 1976-1979,  it looked modern at the time with a raising railway that replaced four level crossings. At the end of 2007, the municipality and several partners of public transport organizations decided to modernize the neighbourhood of the station. They invest together 35 million euro. The work was planned to be done in 2012 but they worked at the new building of the station until the summer of 2018. Meanwhile are the underground parking and new busstation ready. The surroundings of the station are mainly shopping precinct.

Sport and leisure
Sport and leisure 

Since 1910, two football-clubs dominated in Roeselare: Sportvereniging Roeselare (after World War I known as SK Roeselare) and Football Club Roeselare (FC). In 1999 fused both clubs and in 2005 played that new club for the first time in the first division. In 2010 reduced the club back to the second division. The quarter ‘Krottegem’ and home of FC Roeselare started in 2000 again with that club.
Roeselare had a restored municipal swimming-bath, ‘het Spillebad’. Since the summer of 2018, there is the new swimming-bath 'Sportoase Schiervelde'. There is sportinfrastructure in the villages of Beveren, Rumbeke and Roeselare proper (such as the Schiervelde Stadium, home of KSV Roeselare). Around 2000 was near that stadium a new sportaccommodation built for volleyball-club Knack Randstad Roeselare that belongs to the national top in Belgium. In that building, there are also concerts. Other sportclubs are Basketball-club BBC Wytewa (1957) and the Knack Handball-team Roeselare. The Rodenbach horsemen represent the city in the national ridersclubs.

Culture and education 

Since 2014 a new knowledge and educationcentre ARhus with library was founded in the city centre. There are the municipal academy for music, word and dance (STAP in Dutch) ‘Adriaan Willaert’, the municipal academy for modern art (SASK in Dutch) and the cultural centre ‘De Spil’.
There are a lot of schools in Roeselare of each level except for an university. The main providers of education such as Catholic education (ARKORUM), municipal education and community education are represented. There are rooms, pubs and festive halls for students. There are youth organizations, youth clubs and youth work. There are municipal play-grounds and recreation-grounds.

There are a lot of music associations for example: de Koninklijke Stadsharmonie Roeselare, de Koninklijke Harmonie ‘Het Gildemuziek’ Roeselare and Vox Musica, a youth choir with hundred members and an amateur theatrical company, ‘het Spiegeltheater’.

Services 

The two medium size hospitals of Roeselare, a municipal and private one, are fused at the beginning of 2015 and got the name AZ Delta.
 
The magazine ‘RSL’ explains the municipal policy and the magazine ‘Uit’ describes which social-cultural activities take place in a specified period.

Other websites 

 Official city website

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