Nieuwerkerken-Aalst

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Nieuwerkerken is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and is a submunicipality of Aalst. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977. Baardegem is located in the Denderstreek and has 6249 inhabitants.^[1]

Nieuwerkerken was mentioned in 1139 as Nova Ecclesia. During the Ancien Régime, the largest part of the municipality was dependent on the lordship Attenhoven, a fief of the Saint-Lambertus chapter in Liège.^[1]

Nieuwerkerken has its own dialect.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "Nieuwerkerken". Flanders Heritage Agency (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
^ "Dialectopname - Nieuwerkerken - Nicole vertelt over lace werk, kant". madeindenderland.be (in Dutch).

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