Herne, Belgium
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Herne is a municipality
Municipality
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 in the province of Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...

, in Flanders
Flanders
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, one of the three regions of Belgium
Belgium
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. The municipality comprises the towns of Herfelingen
Herfelingen
Herfelingen is a village in the municipality of Herne in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It was a municipality itself until the fusion of the municipalities in 1977....

, Herne proper and Sint-Pieters-Kapelle. On January 1, 2006 Herne had a total population of 6,407. The total area is 44.63 km² which gives a population density
Population density
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of 144 inhabitants per km².
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