Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnˈcoːstəˈnoːdə]) or Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French: [sɛ̃ ˈʒos ten ˈnɔd]; uisually shortened tae Saint-Josse) is ane o the nineteen municipalities locatit in the Brussels-Caipital Region o Belgium.
On 1 Januar 2007 the municipality haed a total population o 23,785. The total aurie is 1.14 km² which gives a population density o 20,664 inhabitants per km². Wi anerlie 1.14 km², Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is baith the municipality wi the smawest territory an the heichest population density in Belgium.
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Naitionalities [edit]
| Citizenship | 1979 | 1995 | 2007 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 12,222 | 54.5% | 9,231 | 42.1% | 14,656 | 61.6% |
| Turkey | 2,304 | 10.3% | 3,904 | 18.1% | 1,527 | 6.4% |
| Morocco | 2,664 | 11.9% | 3,761 | 17.5% | 1,482 | 6.2% |
| Fraunce | ― | ― | ― | ― | 674 | 2.8% |
| Italy | 1,661 | 7.4% | 785 | 3.6% | 458 | 1.9% |
| Congo (DRC) | 198 | 0.9% | ― | ― | 453 | 1.9% |
| Poland | ― | ― | ― | ― | 432 | 1.8% |
| Romanie | ― | ― | ― | ― | 387 | 1.6% |
| Spain | 840 | 3.7% | 443 | 2.1% | 317 | 1.3% |
| Bulgarie | ― | ― | ― | ― | 251 | 1.1% |
| Total pop. | 22,409 | 21,522 | 23,785 | |||
While foreigners wur a majority in 1995, nouadays maist o the population haes Belgian citizenship, which haes resultit in a sharp increase o municipal cooncillors wi a foreign backgrund, benefittin frae the open proportional electoral seestem: frae 0 in 1988 tae 2 (frae Morocco) in 1994, a near majority o 13 (7 frae Morocco, 5 frae Turkey) oot o 27 in 2000 (includin 3 aldermen) an a majority o 20 oot o 27 [1] in 2007 (including 6 aldermen oot of 7, the seivent is a member o the Flemish minority [2]) .
Mayors o Saint-Josse-ten-Noode [edit]
Frae: "Histoire de Saint Josse Ten Noode et de Schaerbeek - Van Bemmel - 1869" an ither sources available at the local public library.
- André-Etienne-Joseph O'Kelly 1800 - 1808
- Jacques-Joseph De Glimes 1808 - july 1813
- Théodore-Nicolas-Joseph Aerts 1813
- Jean-François Wauvermans 1813 - 1823
- Urbain Henri Verbist 1823 - 1842
- Léonard Constant Willems 29 December 1842 - 1846
- Jacques Joseph Damas Gillon 18 April 1846 - 1867
- Louis Guillaume Felix Sainctelette 13 February 1867
- Fritz Jottrand 1870 - 1884
- Armand Steurs 1885 - 1899
- Henri Frick 1900 - 1926
- Georges Petre 1926 - 1942 alderman, then mayor frae 1926 till his destitution an assassination bi the Rexists in 1942)
- Joseph Dery 1944 - 1947
- André Saint-Remi 1947 - 1953
- Guy Cudell 1953 - 1999
- Jean Demannez 1999–present (cooncillor in 1976, alderman in 1977, mayor syne 1999, reelectit in 2000 an 2006)
Sources [edit]
- ↑ Conseil communal, Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, http://www.stjosse.irisnet.be/index.php?id=123, retrieved 2009-10-02
- ↑ includin alderman Eric Jassin, o mixed Belgian-Moroccan parentage Collège des Bourgmestre et Echevins, Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, http://www.stjosse.irisnet.be/index.php?id=98, retrieved 2009-10-02
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French) (Dutch)
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