Editing Staden

{{About|the Belgian municipality}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Staden
|picture          = Westrozebeke, voormalig gemeentehuis.jpg
|picture-legend   = 
|map              = Staden West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Staden in West Flanders
|arms             = Staden wapen.svg
|flag             = Staden vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-WV}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Roeselare|Roeselare]]
|nis              = 36019
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Francesco Vanderjeugd <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20121015_00335677|title=Kan Vanderjeugd (24) een coalitie leiden?|first=Arne|last=Vansteenkiste}}</ref>
|majority         = [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open Vld]]
|postal-codes     = 8840
|telephone-area   = 051
|web              = [http://www.staden.be/ www.staden.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|59|N|03|01|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Staden''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈstaːdə(n)}}; {{langx|vls|Stoan}} {{IPA|vls|stɒːn|}}) is a village and rural [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality has around 11 000 inhabitants.

In the local West-Flemish dialect, the ''d'' is not pronounced, which results in ''Stoan'' as pronunciation.

== Geography ==

In 1976, Staden fused with the smaller villages of [[Oostnieuwkerke]] and [[Westrozebeke]] into a single municipality. As Staden was the bigger village, its name was used for the resulting municipality. Next to those three village centres, there are also a number of smaller hamlets. At the boundary between Staden, Westrozebeke and [[Poelkapelle]], you can find the hamlet [[Vijfwegen]]. And on the boundary between Oostnieuwkerke and [[Hooglede]], you can find the hamlet [[Sleihage]]. Both these hamlets had their own church and [[parish]]. The remaining population is spread over even smaller hamlets.

{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
! # !! Name !! Area (km²) !!Population <small>(31/12/2009)</small>
|- align="right"
|I || align="left" | Staden || 25,43 || 5.424
|- align="right"
|II || align="left" | [[Oostnieuwkerke]] || 10,80 || 3.447
|- align="right"
|III <br /> <small>(IV)</small>|| align="left" | [[Westrozebeke]] <br />- [[Vijfwegen]]|| 10,00 <br />&nbsp;|| 2.181 <br />&nbsp;
|}
:<small>Source: Website gemeente Staden</small>

The municipality of Staden borders the following villages and municipalities:
*a. [[Roeselare]] (town of Roeselare)
*b. [[Passendale (plaats)|Passendale]] (municipality of [[Zonnebeke]])
*c. [[Poelkapelle]] (municipality of [[Langemark-Poelkapelle]])
*d. [[Houthulst]] (municipality of Houthulst)
*e. [[Zarren]] (municipality of [[Kortemark]])
*f. [[Handzame]] (municipality of Kortemark)
*g. [[Hooglede]], (municipality of Hooglede)

[[File:MapStaden.svg|thumb|300px|none|Staden with its part-municipalities and neighbours.]]

== History ==
The village of Staden was founded nearby the castle of Staden, around 1100. That castle was built in the forests, near the road between [[Ypres]] and [[Bruges]]. The castle of Staden fell mostly under the control of Ypres, but also partially under the control of Bruges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.staden.be/WWW/gemeente/onzegemeente/historiek.html |title=Historiek |access-date=2015-01-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109195711/http://www.staden.be/WWW/gemeente/onzegemeente/historiek.html |archive-date=2015-01-09 }}</ref> The castle itself was completely destroyed in 1917, during the [[First World War]]. Only a part of the moat remains, and a bench built from the stones of the old castle.

== Politics ==

Staden has always been known as a [[Christian-democrat]] municipality, like so many other rural municipalities in West Flanders, where the CVP and later [[CD&V]] always held the majority or even absolute majority of the seats, and thus was always able to deliver the mayor.

However, after the election of 2012, it appeared that the Christian-democrats only got 10 of the 21 seats. On the evening of the counting, the three opposition parties: [[Open Vld]], [[N-VA]] and [[sp.a]] got to an agreement and formed the majority with 11 of 21 seats. After the inauguration in 2013, {{illm|Francesco Vanderjeugd|nl}} from the [[Open Vld]] was the mayor of Staden. But the tight majority where all seats are needed caused some troubles. Near the end of 2014, Koen Demonie threatened to leave the [[N-VA]], which would cost the majority one seat, and would make the municipality ungovernable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20141230_01452354|title=Raadslid Koen Demonie verlaat N-VA en kan meerderheid maken of kraken|first=STEVEN|last=LEENKNEGT}}</ref>

=== Mayors of Staden since the fusion ===

* 1976-1982: [[Eugene Dermaut]], [[CD&V|CVP]]
* 1983-1992: [[Godfried De Tavernier]], [[CD&V|CVP]]
* 1992-2012: [[Josiane Lowie]], [[CD&V]]
* 2013–present: [[Francesco Vanderjeugd]], [[Open Vld]]

=== Voting results and seat division since the fusion ===

=== Resultaten gemeenteraadsverkiezingen sinds 1976 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| Party!! colspan="2"| 10-10-1976<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/main.html|title=Verkiezingsdatabase}}</ref>!! colspan="2"| 10-10-1982!! colspan="2"| 9-10-1988!! colspan="2"| 9-10-1994!! colspan="2"| 8-10-2000!! colspan="2"| 8-10-2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vlaanderenkiest.be/verkiezingen2006/lijsten.html?type=GE&nis=36019#tabevent_tab_uitslagen_GE|title=Verkiezingen van 8 oktober 2006 - Resultaten}}</ref>!! colspan="2"| 14-10-2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vlaanderenkiest.be/verkiezingen2012/index.html#/gemeente/36019/uitslagen|title=Startpagina - Lokale verkiezingen 2012}}</ref>
|-
!! style="text-align:left;"| Votes / Seats !!%!!21!!%!!21!!%!!21!!%!!21!!%!!21!!%!!21!!%!!21
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CVP]]<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>/[[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CD&V]]<span style="color:red;"><sup>2</sup></span>||50,29<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||11||42,78<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||10||48,21<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||12||57,21<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||12||57,88<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||12||60,12<span style="color:red;"><sup>2</sup></span>||14||41,9<span style="color:red;"><sup>2</sup></span>||10
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie|N-VA]]||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||26,89||'''6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Socialistische Partij Anders|SP<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>/sp.a<span style="color:red;"><sup>2</sup></span>]]||-|| ||13,98<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||2||8,63<span style="color:red;"><sup>1</sup></span>||1||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||8,44<span style="color:red;"><sup>2</sup></span>||'''1'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| AKTIE||36,77||8||-|| ||21,47||4||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| NIEUW||12,95||2||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang|PVV]]/[[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open Vld]]||-|| ||8,56||1||21,68||4||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||22,77||'''4'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| AKTIE-N||-|| ||34,68||8||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| SAMEN||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||42,79||9||42,12||9||32,46||7||-||
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| V.V.D.S.||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||-|| ||7,42||0||-||
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Total number of votes}} !!colspan="2"|7744!!colspan="2"| 7915!!colspan="2"|7993!!colspan="2"|8063!!colspan="2"|8063!!colspan="2"|8219!!colspan="2"|8155
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Attendance % !!colspan="2"| !!colspan="2"| !!colspan="2"|96,51!!colspan="2"|96,21!!colspan="2"|95,17!!colspan="2"|95,96!!colspan="2"|94,31
|-
! style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid %!!colspan="2"|3,06!!colspan="2"| 3,49!!colspan="2"|4,5!!colspan="2"|5,53!!colspan="2"|6,23!!colspan="2"|5,84!!colspan="2"|5,42
|}

==References==
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== External links ==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Staden
|N = [[Kortemark]]
|E = [[Hooglede]]<br/>[[Roeselare]]
|S = [[Zonnebeke]]
|W = [[Houthulst]]<br/>[[Langemark-Poelkapelle]]
}}
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