Turnhout district

Turnhout district
region	Flanders
province	Antwerp
Residents	461,867 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density	340 inhabitants / km²
surface	1,356.87 km²
Communities	27
NIS code	13000
Location of the Turnhout district in the province of Antwerp

The district of Turnhout is one of three districts (arrondissements) in the Belgian province of Antwerp . It covers an area of ​​1,356.86 km² with 461,867 inhabitants ( as of January 1, 2019 ) in 27 municipalities.

It is both an administrative and a judicial district.

Municipalities in the Turnhout district

local community	Residents January 1, 2019	Area km²	Density of population / km²	NIS code	Post Code
Arendonk	13,293	55.38	240	13001	2370
Baarle-Hertog	2,760	7.48	369	13002	2387
Balen	22,618	72.88	310	13003	2490, 2491
Beerse	18,084	37.48	482	13004	2340
Dessel	9,598	27.03	355	13006	2480
Geel	40,353	109.85	367	13008	2440
Grobbendonk	11,155	28.36	393	13010	2280, 2288
Herentals	28,177	48.56	580	13011	2200
Herenthout	9,061	23.55	385	13012	2270
Herselt	14,523	52.32	278	13013	2230
Hoogstraten	21,355	105.32	203	13014	2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2328
Hulshout	10,424	17.35	601	13016	2235
Kasterlee	18,655	71.52	261	13017	2460
Laakdal	16.101	42.48	379	13053	2430, 2431
Lille	16,529	59.40	278	13019	2275
Meerhout	10,361	36.29	286	13021	2450
Merksplas	8,600	44.56	193	13023	2330
Mole	36,825	114.26	322	13025	2400
Oil	12,505	23.17	540	13029	2250
Oud turnhout	13,662	38.80	352	13031	2360
Ravel	15.009	94.99	158	13035	2380, 2381, 2382
Retie	11,396	48.39	236	13036	2470
Rijkevorsel	12,060	46.79	258	13037	2310
Turnhout	44,664	56.06	797	13040	2300
Vorselaar	7,861	27.62	285	13044	2290
Vosselaar	11,187	11.85	944	13046	2350
Westerlo	25.051	55.13	454	13049	2260
Turnhout district	461,867	1,356.87	340	13000	-

history

The area of ​​the Turnhout district belonged to the Duchy of Brabant , which was part of the Austrian Netherlands , until the end of the 18th century . In 1790 the United Belgian States emerged from this temporarily . In the First Coalition War , the area was occupied in 1794 and united with the French Republic on the basis of a resolution made by the French National Convention on October 1, 1795 . The administration and the judiciary were adapted to the still new French system and départements , arrondissements and cantons with the associated communes were established. The Arrondissement Turnhout ( French Arrondissement de Turnhout ) belong 1795-1814 the department of Deux-Nèthes and divided into cantons or peace jurisdictions Arendonk ( Arendonck ) Herentals ( Herenthals ) Hoogstraten ( Hoogstraeten ), mole ( Moll ), Turnhout and Westerlo ( Westerloo ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)
2. ↑ Indeling van de gemeenten volgens administratieve enerechtelijke arrondissementen ( Memento of December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 283 kB)
3. ^ Carl von Rotteck : General Political Annals , Volume 7, Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1831, p. 105 ( Google Books )
4. ^ Almanach Impérial 1812 , Paris, p. 443 ( Bibliothèque nationale de France )