Staden ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstaːdə(n)] ; West Flemish : Stoan [stɒːn] ) is a village and rural municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders . The municipality has around 11 000 inhabitants.
7-514: In the local West-Flemish dialect, the d is not pronounced, which results in Stoan as pronunciation. 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
14-532: 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
21-404: 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. The municipality of Staden borders the following villages and municipalities: The village of Staden was founded nearby the castle of Staden, around 1100. That castle
28-517: The inauguration in 2013, 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. Oostnieuwkerke Oostnieuwkerke is a Belgian village in
35-467: The province of West Flanders . It is part of the municipality of Staden . There are more than 3400 inhabitants and Oostnieuwkerke lies closer to the town Roeselare than it is to the main village Staden. The little river the Mandel flows through the centre of Oostnieuwkerke towards Roeselare. While there are found some names like Nieukerka or Neuekerca referring to Oostnieuwkerke in old writings from
42-531: The year 1093, Oostnieuwkerke only became a village in its current form after the French Revolution . In 1977, Oostnieuwkerke was merged with Staden. Oostnieuwkerke has a neogothic church which has been restored in the 21st century. The church has beautiful stained glass, some old and some newer. The most recent one was made in 2010. There used to be two primary schools in Oostnieuwkerke, but
49-608: 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. 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. Staden has always been known as a Christian-democrat municipality, like so many other rural municipalities in West Flanders, where
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