City profile · Small City
Belleville, New Jersey
Reviewed Oct 17, 2026Who leads Belleville, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Frank Vélez
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Population
- 35,928
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 17, 2026
- Confirmed by a reviewer against a source
- Last checked
- Oct 17, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcebellevillenj.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-frank-velez-iii ↗
- Official leadership pagebellevillenj.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-frank-velez-iii ↗
- City websitebellevillenj.org ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Frank Vélez CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 17, 2026
- Michael Melham FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 35,928
- County
- Essex County
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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