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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Assenede
|picture         = Assenede - Gemeentehuis 1.jpg
|picture-legend  = Assenede old town hall
|map             = Assenede East-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Assenede in East Flanders
|arms            = Blason ville be Assenede.svg
|flag            = Assenede vlag.svg
|province        = [[East Flanders]]
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Eeklo|Eeklo]]
|nis             = 43002
|mayor           = Philippe De Coninck
|majority        = Samenplus
|postal-codes    = 9960, 9961, 9968
|telephone-area  = 09
|web             = [http://www.assenede.be/ www.assenede.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|14|N|03|45|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Assenede''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑsəneːdə|-|Nl-Assenede.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[East Flanders]]. The municipality comprises the towns of Assenede proper, {{ill|Bassevelde|nl}}, Boekhoute  and [[Oosteeklo]]. On 1 January 2021, Assenede had a total population of 14,369. The total area is 87.22&nbsp;km².<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 43002 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=8 May 2022 }}</ref>

==History==
Assenede is one of the oldest villages in [[Flanders]], the earliest mention of Assenede date back to as early as the 10th century.<ref>Rob Melchers, ''De Beaufort'' (Hilversum, 2014), suggests that the year 963 is a first appearance in historic writings.</ref>

==Geography ==
Assenede stands on two different types of soil, to the west most of the land is pure sand and called "Houtland" (woodland), and the side towards the northeast is mainly [[polder]] of the marsh type because Assenede and Boekhoute bordered the sea during the Middle Ages. The harbor in Assenede disappeared around 1500 but a small canal called the ''Vliet'' maintained some access to the Boekhouter 's harbor that existed much longer, and was present to around 1946. The last polder dyke was closed after that year. The creeks are nature reserves.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Assenede - Grenssteen nr 314a - 1.jpg|Border stone on the Belgian-Dutch border.
File:Assenede - kerkpui - België.jpg|Assenede kerkpui
File:Kerk en kiosk - Bassevelde - Assenede - Oost-Vlaanderen - Vlaanderen - België.jpg|Church and kiosk in Bassevelde
File:Onroerenderfgoed 76359 Oosteeklo2012.jpg|War memorial in Oosteeklo
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{in lang|nl}} {{Official website|http://www.assenede.be}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Assenede
|North     = [[Terneuzen]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Zeeland|ZE]])
|East      = [[Terneuzen]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Zeeland|ZE]])<br>[[Zelzate]]
|South     = [[Evergem]]
|West      = [[Sint-Laureins]]<br>[[Kaprijke]]
|Northwest = [[Sluis]] ([[Netherlands|NL]]-[[Zeeland|ZE]])
}}
{{Municipalities in East_Flanders}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of East Flanders]]
[[Category:Populated places in East Flanders]]