Lokeren
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Lokeren is a Belgian city in the Flanders region. It is located in the province of East Flanders in the Arrondissement Sint -Niklaas.
The city has 39 882 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012) and an area of 67.50 km ². The postal code is 9160th
The city of Dendermonde is located 11 kilometers (km ) southeast, Sint-Niklaas 12 km north-east, 20 kilometers southwest of Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels 30 km northwest 40 km southeast.
The city has a motorway junction at the A14/E17.
It has a railway station on the line Gent- Lokeren Antwerp and the branch line Lokeren - Dendermonde and Brussels.
Boroughs of Lokeren are: Daknam and Eksaarde (old spelling: Eksaerde and Exaerde ).
Lokeren is also the Provincial Domein Puyenbroeck.
Personalities
- Roger De Neef (1906-2001), cyclists and local politicians
- François Van Der Elst (born 1954 ), football player
- Linda Lepomme ( born 1955 ), actress and singer
- Femke Maes ( born 1980 ), football player
- Jelle Van Damme ( b. 1983 ), football player
- Greg Van Avermaet ( born 1985 ), cyclist
- Dan Van Severen (1927-2009), painter
- Peter Van Theemsche (1915-1999), cyclist