Ruiselede | |
Picture-Legend: | Village centre, with town hall and church of Our Lady |
Map: | Ruiselede West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg |
Map-Legend: | Location of Ruiselede in West Flanders |
Arms: | Ruiselede wapen.svg |
Flag: | Ruiselede vlag.svg |
Arrondissement: | Tielt |
Nis: | 37012 |
Pyramid-Date: | 01/01/2006 |
0-19: | 23.37 |
20-64: | 57.27 |
65: | 19.36 |
Foreigners: | 0.84 |
Foreigners-Date: | 01/07/2005 |
Mayor: | Greet De Roo (RKD) |
Majority: | RKD |
Postal-Codes: | 8755 |
Telephone-Area: | 051 |
Web: | www.ruiselede.be |
Coordinates: | 51.0333°N 26°W |
Ruiselede (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈrœy̯səˌleːdə/; Ruuslee; historically Ruysselede) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. This town only comprises the town of Ruiselede proper. On January 1, 2006, Ruiselede had a total population of 5,113. The total area is 30.20 km2 which gives a population density of 169 inhabitants per km2.
Ruiselede was the location of a coastal radio site. From 1923 to 1940 it had a VLF aerial. On 30 December 1933, the mast was demolished when an aircraft collided with it.