Jette

Jette
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Jette Location in Belgium
Jette municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region
Coordinates: 50°52′N 04°20′E / 50.867°N 4.333°E / 50.867; 4.333Coordinates: 50°52′N 04°20′E / 50.867°N 4.333°E / 50.867; 4.333
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community French Community
Region	Brussels
Arrondissement	Brussels
Government
• Mayor	Hervé Doyen () (cdH)
Area
• Total	5.04 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	51,426
• Density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Postal codes	1090
Area codes	02
Website	www.jette.be

Jette (French pronunciation: [ˈʒɛt]; Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjɛtə]) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Dutch-speaking university of Brussels has built its hospital and medical campus in Jette, while its other buildings are in the so-called Etterbeek campus actually located in Ixelles/Elsene.

Neolithic tools and remains of a Gallo-Roman villa have been found on the territory of Jette, proving the old age of the first settlements in this area. The fact that its first church was dedicated to Saint Peter also indicates early Christianization. During the Middle Ages, parts of the territory were feudal dependencies of the Duchy of Brabant. Under the duke’s protection, the Abbey of Dieleghem was founded in 1095 by the Bishop of Cambrai and administered by Augustinian canons. In 1140, the abbey’s monks switched to the rules of the Premonstratensian order. In the 13th century, the abbey now called Dieleghem possessed half of the commune’s territory and played an important social and economic role until the French Revolution.