Deelgemeente

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A deelgemeente (literally: part-municipality) is a subdivision of a gemeente (municipality) in Belgium and the Netherlands.

[edit] Belgium

Each municipality which existed as a separate entity on the first of January 1961, and no longer existed as such after the first of January 1977 is considered a deelgemeente within most municipalities.

In general these deelgemeenten are not a level of administration. Only in the municipality of Antwerp they are the lowest level of administration and are called districts.

[edit] Netherlands

Deelgemeenten can be found in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. In Amsterdam 14 of the 15 deelgemeenten are called stadsdeel.

A deelgemeente has its own mayor, the deelgemeentevoorziter, its own aldermen, deelgemeentewethouders and its own elected assembly, the deelgemeenteraad.

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