Sint-Gillis-Waas facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sint-Gillis-Waas
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 Sint-Gillis-Waas
Location in Belgium
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| Country | Belgium | ||
| Community | Flemish Community | ||
| Region | Flemish Region | ||
| Province | East Flanders | ||
| Arrondissement | Sint-Niklaas | ||
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| • Total | 54.98 km2 (21.23 sq mi) | ||
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| Postal codes |
9170
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| Area codes | 03 | ||
| Website | www.sint-gillis-waas.be | ||
Sint-Gillis-Waas is a special kind of town in Belgium. It's called a municipality. This means it's a local area with its own government. Sint-Gillis-Waas is located in a part of Belgium called East Flanders.
This municipality includes a few smaller towns. These are De Klinge, Meerdonk, Sint-Gillis-Waas itself, and Sint-Pauwels.
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About Sint-Gillis-Waas
Sint-Gillis-Waas is a lively place in the Belgian province of East Flanders. A province is like a large region within a country. It has its own local government.
Population and Area
As of January 1, 2018, about 19,273 people lived in Sint-Gillis-Waas. The total area of the municipality is 54.98 square kilometers. To understand how many people live in a certain space, we use something called population density.
Understanding Population Density
Population density tells us how crowded an area is. In Sint-Gillis-Waas, there are about 357 people living in each square kilometer. This means it's not too crowded, but it's not empty either!
Local Government
Sint-Gillis-Waas has a local government that helps run the municipality. The head of this government is called the mayor.
The Mayor and Political Parties
The current mayor of Sint-Gillis-Waas is Maaike De Ridder. She belongs to a political party called CD&V. A political party is a group of people who share similar ideas about how to govern. The group that has the most power in the local government is called the majority. In Sint-Gillis-Waas, the majority is made up of the CD&V party and another group called Groen-Vooruit. They work together to make decisions for the community.
