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Coordinates: 51°03′50″N 4°17′42″E / 51.064°N 4.295°E / 51.064; 4.295
  
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Puurs-Sint-Amands
Municipality
Town hall of Sint-Amands
Town hall of Sint-Amands
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Puurs-Sint-Amands is located in Belgium
Puurs-Sint-Amands

Puurs-Sint-Amands

Location in Belgium
Location of Puurs-Sint-Amands in the province of Antwerp
Coordinates: 51°03′50″N 4°17′42″E / 51.064°N 4.295°E / 51.064; 4.295
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceAntwerp
ArrondissementMechelen
Government
 • MayorKoen Van den Heuvel (CD&V)
 • Governing party/iesCD&V
Area
 • Total49.14 km2 (18.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total26,208
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Postal codes
2870, 2890
NIS code
12041
Area codes03, 052
Websitepuurs-sint-amands.be

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]

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

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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

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ https://statbel.fgov.be/nl/gemeente/puurs-sint-amands#dashboard2. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • ^ Puurs in isolation: [pyːrs].
  • ^ "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.

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