A deelgemeente ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdeːlɣəˌmeːntə] , literally sub-municipality ), or section ( French pronunciation: [sɛksjɔ̃] ), is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
7-519: Zwijnaarde ( pronounced [ˈzʋɛinaːrdə] ) is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders , Flemish Region , Belgium . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent. It is known for its fair and its Zwijntjes beer . A cluster of biotech companies is located at the Zwijnaarde science park , including Innogenetics and DevGen . In 2013 at Zwijnaarde,
14-585: A separate entity on 1 January 1961 but no longer existed as such after 1 January 1977 as the result of a merger is considered a section or deelgemeente within most municipalities. In addition, the City of Brussels is also divided in four sections that correspond to the communes that existed before their merger in 1921. The term deelgemeente is used in Dutch and the term section in French to refer to such
21-464: A subdivision of a municipality anywhere in Belgium, municipalities having been merged throughout the country in the 1970s . Herefor, sections or deelgemeenten usually were independent municipalities before the fusions in the 1970s. In French, the term section is sometimes confused with commune (for: municipality), especially in larger cities like Charleroi and Mons as the sections composing
28-595: The Belgian Constitution provides the possibility of implementing districts for any municipality with at least 100,000 inhabitants, giving de facto political and administrative jurisdiction to the sections. Only the municipality of Antwerp has implemented nine districts , Belgium's lowest level of administration. In the Netherlands, deelgemeenten were administrative divisions that could be instituted by any municipality. The city of Amsterdam
35-622: The Flemish Institute for Biotechnology supervised a trial of 448 poplar trees genetically engineered to produce less lignin so that they would be more suitable for conversion into biofuels . Different youth organisations are active in Zwijnaarde, such as Jeugdhuis Chaos , Chiro Ambo and KLJ Zwijnaarde . This East Flanders location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sub-municipality Each municipality in Belgium that existed as
42-410: The municipality used to be individual communes before the 1970s. It is therefore not rare to hear that Mons comprises "19 communes " when in fact Mons is a single municipality ( commune ) divided into 19 sections . In addition, there is the term ancienne commune (former municipality), which has no official existence. A section or deelgemeente does not bear any administrative powers. However,
49-429: Was the first to do this. In the early 1980s, the municipality was divided into fifteen deelgemeenten. This amount was decreased to eight in 2010. Seven of these were officially called stadsdeel . Rotterdam followed in the 1990s and was divided into fourteen deelgemeenten . Deelgemeenten had their own mayor, the deelgemeentevoorzitter , their own aldermen, deelgemeentewethouders , and their own elected assembly,
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