Destelbergen

Destelbergen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The towns of Destelbergen are appropriate and Hessden in the municipality and were created on 1 January 1977 by the fusion of these two municipalities. Its western boundary touches the Ghent and the municipality of the fair and is built by an ancient sealt branch of Skelstadt River. On January 1, 2011, the total population of Destelbergen was 17,636. The total area is 26.56 sq km, which gives population density of 664 inhabitants per sq. Km.

There are many residential castles encroaching; a Gaulish farmhouse, and the wrecked nature reserve, during the short lived Napoleon empire, was most of the area of ​​the modern province. The part of the escott department, named after the name of River Schwalt. After the defeat of Napoleon, the unit was named after its geographical location in the eastern part of the historic Flanders; Although the province is actually located in the western part of Flanders, in the contemporary meaning of the word. In the provincial flag there is a black lion with red tongue and claws on the background of horizontal white and green strips. This is a recent customization; In the east, East Flanders used the Flemish flag, a black lion on a yellow background, as it is in the current coat of arms.