Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode within the Brussels-Capital Region

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French, usually shortened to Saint-Josse) or Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

On 1 January 2006 the municipality had a total population of 23,557. The total area is 1.14 km² which gives a population density of 20,622 inhabitants per km². With only 1.14 sq km, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is the municipality with the smallest territory in Belgium.

[edit] Foreign (stock) population

Citizenship	1979	1995
Belgium	12,222 (54.5%)	9,231 (42.1%)
Turkey	2,304 (10.3%)	3,904 (18.1%)
Morocco	2,664 (11.9%)	3,761 (17.5%)
Italy	1,661 (7.4%)	785 (3.6%)
Spain	840 (3.7%)	443 (2.1%)
Portugal	...	209 (1%)
Congo (RDC)	198 (0.9%)
Total population	22,409	21,522

source : Institut National de Statistiques

While foreigners were a majority in 1995, nowadays most of the population has the Belgian citizenship, which resulted in a sharp increase of municipal councillors with a foreign background, benefitting from the open proportional electoral system: from 0 in 1988 to 2 (from Morocco) in 1994 and a near majority of 13 out of 27 now (may 2006) in the council (including 3 aldermen).

[edit] Mayors of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

From: "Histoire de Saint Josse Ten Noode et de Schaerbeek - VAN BEMMEL - 1869" and other sources available at the local public library.

O'KELLY André-Etienne-Joseph 1800 1808
DE GLIMES (GLIM) Jacques-Joseph 1808
AERTS Théodore-Nicolas-Joseph 1813
DE GLIMES (GLIM) Jacques-Joseph 1815
WAUVERMANS Jean-François 1813 1823
VERBIST Urbain Henri 1823 1842
WILLEMS Léonard Constant 29/12/1842 1846
GILLON Jacques Joseph Damas 18/04/1846 1867
SAINCTELETTE Louis Guillaume Felix 13/02/1867
JOTTRAND Fritz 1870 1884
STEURS Armand 1885 1899
FRICK Henri 1900 1926
PETRE Georges 1926 1942 alderman, then mayor from 1926 until his destitution and assassination by the Rexists in 1942)
DERY Joseph 1944 1947
SAINT-REMI André 1947 1953
CUDELL Guy 1953 1999
DEMANNEZ Jean 1999 (councillor in 1976, alderman in 1977, mayor since 1999, reelected in 2000)

	Municipalities in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium
Anderlecht \| Auderghem / Oudergem \| Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem \| Bruxelles-Ville / Stad Brussel \| Ixelles / Elsene \| Etterbeek \| Evere \| Forest / Vorst \| Ganshoren \| Jette \| Koekelberg \| Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek \| Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis \| Saint-Josse-ten-Node / Sint-Joost-ten-Noode \| Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek \| Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe \| Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe \| Uccle / Ukkel \| Watermael-Boitsfort / Watermaal-Bosvoorde
Authorities
Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region \| Brussels Parliament \| Governor of Brussels-Capital