Jette

Jette
	Jette
	Jette
State :	Belgium
Region :	Brussels capital
Province :	("de-provincialized" since January 1st, 1995)
District :	Brussels capital
Coordinates :	50 ° 52 ′ N , 4 ° 20 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 ′ N , 4 ° 20 ′ E
Area :	5.04 km²
Residents:	52,536 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	10,424 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	1090
Prefix:	02
Mayor:	Hervé Doyen (LBJ)
; Local government address :	Commune de Jette ; Chaussée de Wemmel 100; 1090 Jette ; ; Gemeente Jette ; Wemmelsesteenweg 100 ; 1090 Jette
Website:	www.jette.irisnet.be

Jette ( French ˈʒɛt , Dutch ˈjɛtə ) is one of 19 municipalities in the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium . It has 52,536 inhabitants (January 1, 2019) on five square kilometers.

Jette is located in the northwest of the capital and is geographically part of the urban area. Neighboring municipalities are the city of Brussels , Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek , Koekelberg and Ganshoren in the Brussels-Capital Region and Asse and Wemmel in Flanders .

Although the municipal area is mainly built up with urban development, there are some forests and large parks (Poelbos, Laarbeekbos, Dielegem, König-Balduin -Park). The large Sacred Heart Monastery is located at the King Baldwin Park. Jette is also home to the University Clinic of the Free University of Brussels, UZ Brussel , one of the largest hospitals in the city.

Jette has a suburban railway station of the state railway and (in the extreme south) the Belgica underground station on line 6 . The tram lines 19, 51, 62 and 93 also pass through it.

Web links

Commons : Jette - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the municipality of Jette (Dutch, French, German, English)

Old Jette parish hall