Jette is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1st, 2004 the municipality had a total population of 41,938 (19,415 males and 22,523 females). The total area is 5.04 kmē which gives a population density of 8,315.59 inhabitants per kmē.
Jette-Ives is the amalgamation of writer/singer Jette Kelly and composer/producer Holmes Ives.
Jette and Ives spent the greater part of the year crafting songs inspired by a dark, torrid affair… The band emerged from Washington, D.C.'s vibrant indie music scene and intensified their live show experience by adding players with diverse musical backgrounds from the jazz and underground DJ worlds.
Jette Kelly is a classically trained vocalist whose powerful voice and charismatic stage presence have enabled her to tour Europe and share festival playbills with names such as The Chemical Brothers, Scissor Sisters, and Franz Ferdinand.
Jette is the north-western "green lung" of Brussels, since the nature reserve of Poelbos and the king Baudouin's park are located on its territory (cumulated, 117 ha, i.e.
The domain, including the five villages of Jette, Ganshoren, Releghem, Hamme and Bever, and the title were transfered by marriage to Paul-Philippe de Villegas, whose family kept the domain until the French Revolution.
It was indeed the seal of the échevins (municipal magistrates) of the county of Saint-Pierre Jette.