Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | |||
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Name transcription(s) | |||
• French | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | ||
• Dutch | Sint-Joost-ten-Node | ||
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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
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Coordinates: | |||
Country | Belgium | ||
Region | Brussels | ||
Community | Flemish Community French Community |
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Arrondissement | Brussels | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Jean Demannez (PS) | ||
• Governing party/ies | PS | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 1.14 km2 (0.4 sq mi) | ||
Population (1 January 2010)[1] | |||
• Total | 26,338 | ||
• Density | 23,103.5/km2 (59,837.8/sq mi) | ||
Postal codes | 1210 | ||
Area codes | 02 | ||
Website | www.stjosse.irisnet.be | ||
Map of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnˈcoːstəˈnoːdə]) or Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French: [sɛ̃ ˈʒos ten ˈnɔd]; usually shortened to Saint-Josse) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
On 1 January 2007 the municipality had a total population of 23,785. The total area is 1.14 km² which gives a population density of 20,664 inhabitants per km². With only 1.14 km², Saint-Josse-ten-Noode is both the municipality with the smallest territory and the highest population density in Belgium.
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Citizenship | 1979 | 1995 | 2007 | |||
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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% |
France | ― | ― | ― | ― | 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% |
Romania | ― | ― | ― | ― | 387 | 1.6% |
Spain | 840 | 3.7% | 443 | 2.1% | 317 | 1.3% |
Bulgaria | ― | ― | ― | ― | 251 | 1.1% |
Total pop. | 22,409 | 21,522 | 23,785 |
While foreigners were a majority in 1995, nowadays most of the population has Belgian citizenship, which has 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, a near majority of 13 (7 from Morocco, 5 from Turkey) out of 27 in 2000 (including 3 aldermen) and a majority of 20 out of 27 [2] in 2007 (including 6 aldermen out of 7, the seventh is a member of the Flemish minority [3]) .
From: "Histoire de Saint Josse Ten Noode et de Schaerbeek - Van Bemmel - 1869" and other sources available at the local public library.
Dexia has its headquarters in the Dexia Tower in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.[4]
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