Herne
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Herne Location in Belgium
Location of Herne in Flemish Brabant
Coordinates: 50°43′N 04°02′E / 50.717°N 4.033°E / 50.717; 4.033Coordinates: 50°43′N 04°02′E / 50.717°N 4.033°E / 50.717; 4.033
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement	Halle-Vilvoorde
Government
• Mayor	Kris Poelaert (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V
Area
• Total	44.63 km2 (17.23 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	6,572
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Postal codes	1540, 1541
Area codes	02, 054
Website	www.herne.be

Herne (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɛrnə]; French: Hérinnes-lez-Enghien) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Herfelingen, 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 of 144 inhabitants per km².

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• Media related to Herne, Belgium at Wikimedia Commons

		Galmaarden	Gooik
	Bever		Pepingen
		Herne
		Enghien (WHT)

Municipalities in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium Halle-Vilvoorde Affligem Asse Beersel Bever Dilbeek Drogenbos Galmaarden Gooik Grimbergen Halle Herne Hoeilaart Kampenhout Kapelle-op-den-Bos Kraainem Lennik Liedekerke Linkebeek Londerzeel Machelen Meise Merchtem Opwijk Overijse Pepingen Roosdaal Sint-Genesius-Rode Sint-Pieters-Leeuw Steenokkerzeel Ternat Vilvoorde Wemmel Wezembeek-Oppem Zaventem Zemst Leuven Aarschot Begijnendijk Bekkevoort Bertem Bierbeek Boortmeerbeek Boutersem Diest Geetbets Glabbeek Haacht Herent Hoegaarden Holsbeek Huldenberg Keerbergen Kortenaken Kortenberg Landen Leuven Linter Lubbeek Oud-Heverlee Rotselaar Scherpenheuvel-Zichem Tervuren Tielt-Winge Tienen Tremelo Zoutleeuw