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| | Aalst -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | 9, 2001, Aalst, Belg.), was a longtime member of Parliament (195285), the French-speaking leader of the centrist Social Christian Party (from 1961), defense minister (197279), and twice prime minister of Belgium (196668 and 197879). |
 | | Marketplace, Aalst, Belgium, with (centre) the belfry of the town hall |
 | | Drained by the Leie, Schelde (Escaut or Scheldt), and Dender (Dendre) rivers, it is divided into six administrative arrondissements (Aalst, Dendermonde, Eeklo, Ghent, Oudenaarde, and Sint-Niklaas). |
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