Bachte-Maria-Leerne is a sub-municipality of Deinze in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977. The sub-municipality is located along the Lys river, the closed river branch Oude Leie and the Schipdonk Canal.
Bachte-Maria-Leerne was founded in 1823 by merging the villages and parishes of and .Sven Vrielinck, De territoriale indeling van België (1795-1963), Universitaire Pers Leuven, 2000, p. 1883
In March 1919, the notorious stormed a farm in Bachte-Maria-Leerne.
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