Staden (Belgien) 5.03

Staden is a village and rural municipality in the Belgian province of West-Flanders. The municipality has around 11 000 inhabitants.In the local West-Flemish dialect, the d is not pronounced, which results in Staen as pronunciation.GeographyIn 1976, Staden fused with the smaller villages of Oostnieuwkerke and Westrozebeke into a single municipality. As Staden was the bigger village, its name was used for the resulting municipality. Next to those three village centres, there are also a number of smaller hamlets. At the boundary between Staden, Westrozebeke and Poelkapelle, you can find the hamlet Vijfwegen. And on the boundary between Oostnieuwkerke and Hooglede, you can find the hamlet Sleihage. Both these hamlets had their own church and parish. The remaining population is spread over even smaller hamlets.Source: Website gemeente Staden The municipality of Staden borders the following villages and municipalities: a. Roeselare (town of Roeselare)b. Passendale (municipality of Zonnebeke)c. Poelkapelle (municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle)d. Houthulst (municipality of Houthulst)e. Zarren (municipality of Kortemark)f. Handzame (municipality of Kortemark)g. Hooglede, (municipality of Hooglede)