Ganshoren | |
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 |
Community: | |
Arrondissement: | Brussels-Capital |
Nis: | 21008 |
Mayor: | Jean-Paul Van Laethem (ProGanshoren) |
Majority: | ProGanshoren, LB, DéFI |
Postal-Codes: | 1083 |
Telephone-Area: | 02 |
Web: | ganshoren.be/fr ganshoren.be/nl |
Coordinates: | 50.8667°N 23°W |
Ganshoren (pronounced as /fr/; pronounced as /nl/) is one of the 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 Flemish municipality of Asse. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch).
, the municipality had a population of 25,252 inhabitants.[1] The total area is 2.44km2, which gives a population density of 10376PD/km2.
The current city council was elected in the October 2018 elections.[2] 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.[3] The current mayor is Jean-Paul Van Laethem.[4]