Editing Ganshoren

{{Short description|Municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Ganshoren
|picture         = GanshorenMC7230.jpg
|picture-legend  = Ganshoren's Municipal Hall
|map             = Ganshoren Brussels-Capital Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Ganshoren municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region
|arms            = Blason Ganshoren.svg
|flag            = Flag of Ganshoren.svg
|flag_link       = Symbols of Brussels#Municipalities
|arms_link       = Symbols of Brussels#Municipalities
|region          = {{BE-REG-BRU}}
|community       = {{BE-FR}}<br />{{BE-NL}}
|province        =
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital|Brussels-Capital]]
|nis             = 21008
|pyramid-date    =
|0-19            =
|20-64           =
|65              =
|foreigners      =
|foreigners-date =
|mayor           = [[Jean-Paul Van Laethem]] (ProGanshoren)
|majority        = ProGanshoren, LB, [[DéFI]]
|postal-codes    = 1083
|telephone-area  = 02
|web             = [http://www.ganshoren.be ganshoren.be/fr] {{in lang|fr}}<br>[http://www.ganshoren.be/nl ganshoren.be/nl] {{in lang|nl}}
|coordinates     = {{coord|50|52|N|04|19|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Ganshoren''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡansɔʁœn, -ʁɛn|lang|Brussels_Communes_Audio_Wikipedia_-_Ganshoren.wav}}; {{IPA|nl|ˈɣɑnsˌɦoːrə(n)|lang|Nl-Ganshoren.ogg}}) is one of the [[List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region|19 municipalities]] of the [[Brussels-Capital Region]], Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by [[Berchem-Sainte-Agathe]], [[Jette]], and [[Koekelberg]], as well as the [[Flanders|Flemish]] municipality of [[Asse]]. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally [[Multilingualism|bilingual]] (French–Dutch).

{{As of|2024|1|1}}, the municipality had a population of 25,564 inhabitants.<ref name="IBSA">{{Cite web |title=Ganshoren {{!}} IBSA |url=https://ibsa.brussels/chiffres/chiffres-cles-par-commune/ganshoren |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=ibsa.brussels}}</ref> The total area is {{convert|2.44|km2|abbr=on}}, which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|10487|PD/km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="IBSA" />

==Politics==
The current city council was elected in the [[2018 Belgian local elections|October 2018 elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bru2018.brussels/fr/results/municipalities/6071/index.html|title=Résultats officiels des élections communales 2018|access-date=17 July 2021|language=French}}</ref> On that occasion, [[Pierre Kompany]] was elected mayor of Ganshoren. He was the first black mayor in Belgium, and is the father of footballer [[Vincent Kompany]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/vincent-kompanys-father-elected-as-first-black-mayor-in-belgium |title=Vincent Kompany's father elected as first black mayor in Belgium |date=2018-10-15 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> The current mayor is Jean-Paul Van Laethem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bourgmestre et Echevins – Commune de Ganshoren |url=https://www.ganshoren.be/composition-college/ |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.ganshoren.be}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://archiviris.be/fr/archives-publiques-en-region-de-bruxelles-capitale/commune-de-ganshoren/ Archives Municipality Ganshoren]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ganshoren
|N  = [[Jette]]
|E  = [[Jette]]
|SE = [[Koekelberg]]
|S  = [[Sint-Agatha-Berchem]]
|W  = [[Asse]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
}}
{{Brussels|state2=expanded}}
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[[Category:Ganshoren| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region]]
[[Category:Populated places in Belgium]]