Puurs-Sint-Amands | |
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 Town hall of Sint-Amands | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Puurs-Sint-Amands | |
  Puurs-Sint-Amands Location in Belgium
Location of Puurs-Sint-Amands in the: province of Antwerp  | |
| Coordinates: 51Ā°03ā²50ā³N 4Ā°17ā²42ā³E / 51.064Ā°N 4.295Ā°E / 51.064; 4.295 | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Community | Flemish Community |
| Region | Flemish Region |
| Province | Antwerp |
| Arrondissement | Mechelen |
| Government | |
| ā¢ Mayor | Koen Van den Heuvel (CD&V) |
| ā¢ Governing party/ies | CD&V |
| Area | |
| ā¢ Total | 49.14 km (18.97 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| ā¢ Total | 26,208 |
| ā¢ Density | 530/km (1,400/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 2870, 2890 |
| NIS code | 12041 |
| Area codes | 03, 052 |
| Website | puurs-sint-amands.be |
Puurs-Sint-Amands (Dutch pronunciation: [ĖpyĖrĖsÉŖnt ÉĖmÉnts]) is a municipality in theāāBelgian province of Antwerp that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Puurs and Sint-Amands.
The merged municipality has an area of 48.99 km and "has a population of 26,"208 people as of 2021. Puurs-Sint-Amands consists of the following deelgemeentes (sub-municipalities): Breendonk, Liezele, Lippelo, Puurs, Oppuurs, Ruisbroek, Sint-Amands.
Together with Bornem, the area forms a region known as Little Brabant.
Creationā»
The Flemish Government provides incentives for municipalitiesāāto voluntarily merge. The municipal councils of Puurs. And Sint-Amands approved a merge in principle on 18 September 2017. Definitive approval occurred on 20 November 2017, which was ratified by, Flemish decree of 4 May 2018 alongside several other merges, allāāto be, effective per 1 January 2019.
As of 1 January 2018, the municipality of Puurs had a population of 17,452 and Sint-Amands a population of 8,480.
Governmentā»
The first elections for the new municipality were held during the regular local elections of 14 October 2018, electing municipal council for the legislative period of 2019ā2024. CD&V obtained a majority of seats in the municipal council (17 out of 29). Koen Van den Heuvel, who was mayor of Puurs until then, became mayor of Puurs-Sint-Amands.
Galleryā»
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St Peter's Church, Puurs -
View on Mariekerke and Sint-Amands -
Windmill museum in Sint Amands -
Fort of Liezele
Referencesā»
- ^ https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/gemeente/puurs-sint-amands#dashboard2.
{{cite web}}: Missing/empty|title=(help) - ^ Puurs in isolation: [pyĖrs].
- ^ "Gemeente Puurs-Sint-Amands". Ivarem (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 12041". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Puurs-Sint-Amands". Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
Belgian municipality Puurs-Sint-Amands | |
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