Puurs-Sint-Amands

Puurs-Sint-Amands

Puurs-Sint-Amands

Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

Puurs-Sint-Amands (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpyːrˌsɪnt ɑˈmɑnts])[2] is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Puurs and Sint-Amands.[3]

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The merged municipality has an area of 48.99 km2 and has a population of 26,208 people as of 2021.[4] Puurs-Sint-Amands consists of the following deelgemeentes (sub-municipalities): Breendonk, Liezele, Lippelo, Puurs, Oppuurs, Ruisbroek, Sint-Amands.[5]

Together with Bornem, the area forms a region known as Little Brabant.

Creation

See also: Fusion of the Belgian municipalities

The Flemish Government provides incentives for municipalities to 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, all to 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.

Government

The first elections for the new municipality were held during the regular local elections of 14 October 2018, electing a municipal council for the legislative period of 2019–2024. 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.

  • St Peter's Church, Puurs
  • View on Mariekerke and Sint-Amands
  • Windmill museum in Sint Amands
  • Fort of Liezele

References

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    Puurs in isolation: [pyːrs].
  3. [3]
    "Gemeente Puurs-Sint-Amands". Ivarem (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 12041". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Puurs-Sint-Amands". Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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