Editing Jette

{{Short description|Municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium}}
{{About|the Belgian municipality|people named Jette or Jetté|Jette (name)|the American census-designated place|Jette, Montana}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
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|mayor           = Claire Vandevivere (LBJette)
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'''Jette''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɛt|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-jette.wav}}; {{IPA|nl|ˈjɛtə|lang|Nl-Jette.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 the [[City of Brussels]], [[Ganshoren]], [[Koekelberg]], and [[Molenbeek-Saint-Jean]], as well as the [[Flanders|Flemish]] municipalities of [[Asse]] and [[Wemmel]]. 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 54,107 inhabitants.<ref name="IBSA">{{Cite web |title=Jette {{!}} IBSA |url=https://ibsa.brussels/chiffres/chiffres-cles-par-commune/jette |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=ibsa.brussels}}</ref> The total area is {{convert|5.19|km2|abbr=on}}, which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|10427|PD/km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="IBSA" />

==History==

===Origins to Middle Ages===
[[Neolithic]] tools and remains of a [[Gallo-Roman]] [[Roman villa|villa]] have been found on the territory of Jette, proving the old age of the first settlements in this area. The fact that its first church was dedicated to Saint [[Saint Peter|Peter]] also indicates early [[Christianisation]]. During the [[Middle Ages]], parts of the territory were [[feudal]] dependencies of the [[Duchy of Brabant]]. Under the duke's protection, [[Dieleghem Abbey]] was founded in 1095 by the [[Bishop of Cambrai]] and administered by [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[canon (priest)|canon]]s. In 1140, the Abbey's monks switched to the rules of the [[Premonstratensian]] order. In the 13th century, the Abbey possessed half of the municipality's territory and played an important social and economic role until the [[French Revolution]].

===17th to 20th century===
During the [[Ancien Régime]], Jette was part of the town of [[Merchtem]], located in modern-day [[Flemish Brabant]]. In the 17th century, during the period of the [[Spanish Netherlands]], the Finance Minister under Archdukes [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Albert]] and [[Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain|Isabella]] acquired and refurbished the old 12th-century [[Rivieren Castle]] in the village of [[Ganshoren]], near Jette. In 1654, the minister's son made this estate into a [[Barony (county division)|barony]], then five years later, into a [[county]], which included Jette and several neighbouring villages.

In the 1790s, the regime that was put in power by the [[French Revolution]] curtailed the religious freedoms drastically. The monks were expelled from the Abbey in 1796, and most of the buildings demolished the following year. Only the abbot's house was kept as a leisure house. In 1841, Ganshoren split from Jette. During the following decades, what remained of Jette gradually lost its rural character to become a suburb of Brussels. Its population, which was of around 10,000 in 1900 grew to more than 40,000 in 1971.

==Main sights==
Jette has a rich cultural and architectural heritage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jette – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural|url=https://monument.heritage.brussels/fr/cities/1090|access-date=2021-10-06|website=monument.heritage.brussels|language=fr}}</ref> Some of the main points of interest include:
* The Municipal Hall of Jette, by the architect Jules Van Ysendyck, dates from the beginning of the 20th century.
* The [[abbot]]'s mansion, the only extant building of [[Dieleghem Abbey]], has been converted into a mostly historical museum.
* Jette has kept a few of its old pubs and breweries, as well as a [[blacksmith]]'s workshop that still operated until 1960.
* The [[René Magritte Museum]] was set up in the house where the famous painter lived and worked for twenty-four years.
* The [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] (VUB), the Dutch-speaking university of Brussels has built its hospital and medical campus in Jette, while its other buildings are in the so-called [[Etterbeek]] campus actually located in [[Ixelles]].
* [[Jette railway station]], which opened in 1892, and is located on the {{lang|fr|Place Cardinal Mercier|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Kardinaal Mercierplein|italic=no}}, south of King Baudouin Park.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Abbey of Dieleghem, Brussels (palais) 2.jpg|[[Abbot]]'s mansion of [[Dieleghem Abbey]]
File:Station Jette.jpg|[[Jette railway station]]
File:Museum voor Abstracte Kunst-René Magritte Museum.jpg|[[René Magritte Museum]] (right) and Museum of Abstract Art (left)
File:Belgique - Bruxelles - Withuis - 01.jpg|White House (1927)
</gallery>

==Famous inhabitants==
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* [[Thomas Chatelle]] (born 1981), [[association football|football]] player
* [[Rik Coolsaet]] (born 1951), Professor of [[International Relations]] at [[Ghent University]]
* [[Jason Denayer]] (born 1995), football player
* [[Eric Ghysels]] (born 1956), economist
* [[René Magritte]] (1898–1967), [[surrealism|surrealist]] painter
* [[François Narmon]] (born 1934), businessman, was born there.
* [[Jean Roba]] (1930–2006), [[comic book]] author, creator of ''[[Boule et Bill]]''

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium}}

===Twin towns and sister cities===
Jette is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Sidi Bibi]], Morocco
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Jojutla]], Mexico

==See also==
{{portal|Belgium}}
* [[Dieleghem Wood]]
* [[Laerbeek Wood]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.jette.be/ Official website] {{in lang|fr|nl|en|de}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Jette
|N  = [[Wemmel]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
|E  = [[City of Brussels|Brussels]]
|SE = [[Sint-Jans-Molenbeek]]
|S  = [[Koekelberg]]
|SW = [[Ganshoren]]
|W  = [[Asse]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]])
}}
{{Brussels|state2=expanded}}
{{Authority control}}

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