Staden

Staden
Coat of arms of Staden
Location of Staden
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Staden is located in Belgium
Staden
Staden
Location in Belgium
Location of Staden in West Flanders
Coordinates: 50°59′N 03°01′E / 50.983°N 3.017°E / 50.983; 3.017
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish region
ProvinceWest Flanders
ArrondissementRoeselare
Government
 • MayorFrancesco Vanderjeugd [1]
 • Governing party/iesOpen Vld
Area
 • Total46.82 km2 (18.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total11,376
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Postal codes
8840
NIS code
36019
Area codes051
Websitewww.staden.be

Staden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstaːdə(n)]; West Flemish: Stoan [stɒːn]) is a village and rural municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality has around 11 000 inhabitants.

In the local West-Flemish dialect, the d is not pronounced, which results in Stoan as pronunciation.

  1. ^ Vansteenkiste, Arne. "Kan Vanderjeugd (24) een coalitie leiden?".
  2. ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.