Puurs-Sint-Amands is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Puurs and Sint-Amands.[1]

Puurs-Sint-Amands
Municipality
Town hall of Sint-Amands
Puurs-Sint-Amands Location in Belgium
Coordinates: 51.064°N 4.295°E / 51.064; 4.295
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Antwerp
Arrondissement	Mechelen
Government
• Mayor	Koen Van den Heuvel
• Governing party/ies	CD&V
Area
• Total	48.99 km2 (18.92 sq mi)
Website	puurs-sint-amands.be

The merged municipality has an area of 48.99 km² and has a population of 26,208 people as of 2021.[2] Puurs-Sint-Amands consists of the following deelgemeentes (sub-municipalties): Breendonk, Liezele, Lippelo, Puurs, Oppuurs, Ruisbroek, Sint-Amands.[3]

Together with Bornem, the area forms a region known as Little Brabant.

Creation

The Flemish Government provides incentives for municipalities to voluntarily merge. The municipal councils of Puurs and Sint-Amands approved a merge in principle on 18 September 2017. Definitive approval occurred on 20 November 2017, which was ratified by Flemish decree of 4 May 2018 alongside several other merges, all to be effective per 1 January 2019.

As of 1 January 2018, the municipality of Puurs had a population of 17,452 and Sint-Amands a population of 8,480.

Government

The first elections for the new municipality were held during the regular local elections of 14 October 2018, electing a municipal council for the legislative period of 2019–2024. CD&V obtained a majority of seats in the municipal council (17 out of 29). Koen Van den Heuvel, who was mayor of Puurs until then, became mayor of Puurs-Sint-Amands.

Gallery

• 
  St Peters Church, Puurs
• 
  View on Mariekerke and Sint Amands
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  Wind mill museum Sint Amands
• 
  Fort van Liezele

References

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