Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Name transcription(s)
 • French Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
 • Dutch Sint-Joost-ten-Node

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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Location in Belgium
Coordinates:
Country Belgium
Region Brussels
Community Flemish Community
French Community
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

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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Nationalities

source : Institut National de Statistiques
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%
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]) .

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.

Economy

Dexia has its headquarters in the Dexia Tower in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.[4]

Sources

  1. ^ Population per municipality on 1 January 2010 (XLS; 221 KB)
  2. ^ Conseil communal, Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, http://www.stjosse.irisnet.be/index.php?id=123, retrieved 2009-10-02 
  3. ^ including alderman Eric Jassin, of 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 
  4. ^ "Annual report 2010." Dexia. 265/268. Retrieved on 11 October 2011. "Dexia SA Place Rogier 11 B-1210 Brussels"

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