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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

*Sint-Joost-ten-Node* (Dutch)
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch)
Municipality
	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode's Municipal Hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Location in Belgium Location of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
	Coordinates: 50°51′N 04°23′E / 50.850°N 4.383°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community; French Community
Region	Brussels-Capital
Arrondissement	Brussels-Capital
Government
• Mayor	Emir Kir
• Governing party/ies	LB
Area
• Total	1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	27,497
• Density	24,000/km2 (61,000/sq mi)
Postal codes	1210
NIS code	21014
Area codes	02
Website	sjtn.brussels/en (in English); sjtn.brussels/fr (in French); sjtn.brussels/nl (in Dutch)

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French, pronounced [sɛ̃ ʒɔs tɛn nod]) or Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch, pronounced [sɪɲˌtɕoːstɛˈnoːdə] ^ⓘ), often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels and Schaerbeek.

As of 1 January 2022^[update], the municipality had a total population of 26,965.^[3] The total area is 1.16 km² (0.45 sq mi), which gives a population density of 23,234/km² (60,180/sq mi).^[3] From a total of 581 municipalities in Belgium, Saint-Josse is both the smallest in area size and the most densely populated. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch).

History

Named after Saint Judoc, Saint-Josse was originally a farming village on the outskirts of Brussels. In the centuries before the dismantling of the ramparts encircling Brussels, Saint-Josse was also the place where noblemen built country estates, the most notable amongst them the Castle of the Dukes of Brabant built by Philip the Good in 1456. The area surrounding that castle was planted with wine groves, which explains the presence of the bushel of grapes in the municipality's coat of arms.^[4]

After the demolition of the ramparts, Saint-Josse was one of the first areas outside Brussels to urbanise. The rich built houses around the new boulevards and higher parts of the municipality, while industries and workman's cottages were built in the lower lying part close to the river Senne. In 1855, 58% of the land area of Saint-Joose was annexed by the municipality of the City of Brussels to make way for the Square Ambiorix/Ambiorixsquare, the Square Marguerite/Margaretasquare, the Square Marie-Louise/Maria-Louizasquare and the Avenue Palmerston/Palmerstonlaan of the newly created Leopold Quarter (now the European Quarter).^[4]

According to an inventory of architecture commissioned by the Brussels Region, Saint-Josse has on average the oldest buildings of all 19 Brussels municipalities.^[5]

Demographics

While foreigners were a majority in 1995, in 2007 most of the population had Belgian citizenship, which has resulted in a sharp increase of municipal councillors with a foreign background, benefitting from the open proportional electoral system: from none in 1988 to two (from Morocco) in 1994, a near majority of 13 (seven from Morocco, five from Turkey) out of 27 in 2000 (including three aldermen) and a majority of 20 out of 27^[6] in 2007 (including six aldermen out of seven, the seventh is a member of the Flemish minority^[7]).

Nationalities^[8]
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

Politics

Mayors

Historical list of mayors or burgomasters of Saint-Josse:^[9]

1800–1808: André-Etienne-Joseph O'Kelly
1808–1813: Jacques-Joseph De Glimes (GLIM)
1813: Théodore-Nicolas-Joseph Aerts 1813
1813–1823: Jean-François Wauvermans
1823–1842: Urbain Henri Verbist
1842–1846: Léonard Constant Willems
1846–1867: Jacques Joseph Damas Gillon
1867–1870: Louis Guillaume Felix Sainctelette
1870–1884: Fritz Jottrand
1885–1899: Armand Steurs
1900–1926: Henri Frick
1926–1942: Georges Petre (alderman, then mayor from 1926 until his destitution and assassination by the Rexists in 1942)
1944–1947: Joseph Dery
1947–1953: André Saint-Remi
1953–1999: Guy Cudell
1999–2012: Jean Demannez (councillor in 1976, alderman in 1977, mayor in 1999, reelected in 2000 and 2006)
2012–present: Emir Kir

Culture

The Charlier Museum is devoted to Belgian art of the end of the 19th century.^[10]
The Jazz Station is a museum and archive on jazz, and a venue for jazz concerts.^[11]

References

^ De Standaard (16 October 2012). "Emir Kir wordt burgemeester van Sint-Joost-ten-Node". De Standaard. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020". Statbel.
^ ^a ^b "Saint-Josse-ten-Noode | IBSA". ibsa.brussels. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Site officiel de la Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode". irisnet.be.
^ "Sint-Joost: Jongste bevolking, oudste huizen | brusselnieuws.be". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
^ Conseil communal, Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, retrieved 2 October 2009
^ including alderman Eric Jassin, of mixed Belgian-Moroccan parentage Collège des Bourgmestre et Echevins, Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, retrieved 2 October 2009
^ Institut National de Statistiques
^ Histoire de Saint Josse Ten Noode et de Schaerbeek (Van Bemmel, 1869) and other sources available at the local public library
^ "Charlier Museum" (in Dutch). Charlier Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ Bruzz, Het ABC van Jean Demannez, 22 September 2015 (in Dutch)