Amedée Visart de Bocarmé

Amédée Charles Louis Visart de Bocarmé (4 November 1835 – 29 May 1924) was a mayor of Bruges, Belgium.

Portrait of Amedée Visart de Bocarmé

He took office between 1876 and 1924 for the Catholic Party. He was a member of the organising committee of the Ghent Planning Congress of 1913, "the first genuinely international conference to address all aspects of civic life and design".[1]

He was also a member of the Belgian parliament, and took a particular interest in social legislation.[2]

Honours

1921: Grand cordon in the Order of Leopold.[3]

References

William Whyte, in Ghent Planning Congress 1913: Premier Congrès International et Exposition Comparée Des Villes (Abingdon, 2014), p. vi.
Marc Mahieu, De openbare centra voor maatschappelijk welzijn: de organieke wet van 8 juli 1976 en aanverwante wetgeving (Antwerp and Apeldoorn, 1999), p. 8.
Royal order of 15 Nov. 1921, published in the Belgisch Staatsblad/Moniteur belge.

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[1] William Whyte, in Ghent Planning Congress 1913: Premier Congrès International et Exposition Comparée Des Villes (Abingdon, 2014), p. vi.

[2] Marc Mahieu, De openbare centra voor maatschappelijk welzijn: de organieke wet van 8 juli 1976 en aanverwante wetgeving (Antwerp and Apeldoorn, 1999), p. 8.

[3] Royal order of 15 Nov. 1921, published in the Belgisch Staatsblad/Moniteur belge.