Editing Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (section)

==History==
[[File:.. - panoramio (173).jpg|thumb|right|A view along the {{lang|fr|Rue Royale|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Koningsstraat|italic=no}} in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode facing [[Saint Mary's Royal Church]] in neighbouring [[Schaerbeek]]]]

Named after [[Judoc|Saint Judoc]], Saint-Josse was originally a farming village on the outskirts of Brussels. In the centuries before the dismantling of the [[Fortifications of Brussels|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.<ref name="irisnet.be">{{cite web|url=http://www.stjosse.irisnet.be/index.php?id=85&tx=fr|title=Site officiel de la Commune de Saint-Josse-ten-Noode|work=irisnet.be}}</ref>

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 (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 {{lang|fr|Square Ambiorix|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Ambiorixsquare|italic=no}}, the {{lang|fr|Square Marguerite|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Margaretasquare|italic=no}}, the {{lang|fr|Square Marie-Louise|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Maria-Louizasquare|italic=no}} and the {{lang|fr|Avenue Palmerston|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Palmerstonlaan|italic=no}} of the newly created [[Leopold Quarter]] (now the [[Brussels and the European Union#European Quarter|European Quarter]]).<ref name="irisnet.be"/>

According to an inventory of architecture commissioned by the Brussels Region, Saint-Josse has on average the oldest buildings of all 19 Brussels municipalities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brusselnieuws.be/artikel/jongste-bevolking-woont-oudste-huizen |title=Sint-Joost: Jongste bevolking, oudste huizen &#124; brusselnieuws.be |access-date=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517155104/http://www.brusselnieuws.be/artikel/jongste-bevolking-woont-oudste-huizen |archive-date=17 May 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>