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Meetjesland
Information
Country	Belgium
Region	Province of East Flanders
Regional capital	Eeklo
Location
51 ° 10 ′ 1 ″ N 3 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E
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Meetjesland is a region of Belgium of the Province of East Flanders.

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the Meetjesland is a region located in the northwest of the province Belgian of East Flanders. It is the rural region lying between the towns of Ghent and of Bruges.

The name of the region comes from the time of the emperor Charles Quint. Fearing the emperor's strong sexual appetite, the locals are said to have hidden their daughters. The emperor would then have declared that the region was the country of "old women" (meetjes).

Cities

• 51.0833333.451 Aalter (Aeltre)  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.2333333.752 Assenede  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.18583.56393 Eeklo (Eecloo)  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.13.74 Everghem (Evergem)  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.2166673.65 Kaprijke  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.13893.41396 Knesselare  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.20893.44647 Maldegem  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.03423.54758 Nevele  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.2333333.5333339 Saint Laurent (Sint-Laureins)  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.153.610 Waarschoot  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.173.859411 Wachtebeke  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.19753.813912 Zelzate  (last updated Nov 2020)
• 51.1166673.56666713 Zomergem  (last updated Nov 2020)

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