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Ganshoren

Municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Field	Value
name	Ganshoren
picture	GanshorenMC7230.jpg
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
arrondissement	Brussels-Capital
nis	21008
mayor	Jean-Paul Van Laethem (Les Engagés)
majority	Liste du Bourgmestre (Les Engagés), PS+Citoyens, DéFI
postal-codes	1083
telephone-area	02
web	ganshoren.be/fr
ganshoren.be/nl
coordinates

|picture-legend = Ganshoren's Municipal Hall |map-legend = Ganshoren municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region |postal-codes = 1083 |telephone-area = 02 ganshoren.be/nl

Ganshoren (; ) 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 25,564 inhabitants. The total area is 2.44 km2, which gives a population density of 10487 PD/km2.

Politics

The current city council was elected in the October 2018 elections. 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. The current mayor is Jean-Paul Van Laethem.

References

"Ganshoren {{!}} IBSA".
"Résultats officiels des élections communales 2018".
(2018-10-15). "Vincent Kompany's father elected as first black mayor in Belgium". The Guardian.
"Bourgmestre et Echevins – Commune de Ganshoren".

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