Puurs-Sint-Amands

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Puurs-Sint-Amands
Municipality
Town hall of Sint-Amands
Town hall of Sint-Amands
Flag of Puurs-Sint-Amands
Flag		 Coat of arms of Puurs-Sint-Amands
Coat of arms
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Antwerp
Arrondissement Mechelen
Government
 • Mayor Koen Van den Heuvel (CD&V)
 • Governing party/ies CD&V
Area
 • Total 49.14 km2 (18.97 sq mi)
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Postal codes 2870, 2890
Area codes 03, 052
Website puurs-sint-amands.be

Puurs-Sint-Amands (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpyːrˌsɪnt ɑˈmɑnts])[1] 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.[2]

The merged municipality has an area of 48.99 km2 and has a population of 26,208 people as of 2021.[3] Puurs-Sint-Amands consists of the following deelgemeentes (sub-municipalities): Breendonk, Liezele, Lippelo, Puurs, Oppuurs, Ruisbroek, Sint-Amands.[4]

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

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.

Gallery

  • PUERS param 02.JPG

    St Peters Church, Puurs

  • Dorpen-mariekerke-en-sint-amands-1343976005.jpg

    View on Mariekerke and Sint Amands

  • Molenmuseum Sint-Amands.JPG

    Wind mill museum Sint Amands

  • Fort van Liezele (DSCF0582).jpg

    Fort van Liezele

References

  1. ↑ Puurs in isolation: [pyːrs].
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