Flemish Brabant Province

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Flemish Brabant
Vlaams-Brabant ( Dutch )
Brabant flamand ( French )
Flag of the Flemish Brabant Province
Coat of arms of the province of Flemish Brabant
Country: Belgium
Region : Flanders
Capital: Lions
Area : 2,106 km²
Residents 1,146,175 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density 544 inhabitants / km²
surface 2,106 km²
Municipalities : 65
Website: www.vlaamsbrabant.be
NIS code 20001
politics
Governor: Lodewijk De Witte ( sp.a )
Location of the province in Belgium
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65 municipalities in the province
Municipalities in the province of Flemish Brabant

The province of Flemish Brabant ( Dutch Provincie Vlaams-Brabant ? / I ) is the youngest and smallest province in the Belgian region of Flanders . It covers the Dutch- speaking northern part of the former province of Brabant and consists of the two districts of Halle-Vilvoorde and Leuven . The independent Brussels-Capital Region forms an enclave within the province's territory. Audio file / audio sample

The capital of Flemish Brabant is Leuven ; the coat of arms shows the lion of Brabant with the Austrian shield , which refers to the affiliation of the Southern Netherlands (→  Austrian Netherlands ) to the Habsburg Empire from the beginning of the 16th to the end of the 18th century .

geography

The province of Flemish Brabant covers an area of ​​2,106.13 km² and measures around 90 km in an east-west direction and around 40 km in a north-south direction. The highest point in the province is in Walshoutem, a sub-municipality of Landen at 137.33  m above sea level . The most important rivers in the province are the Dijle , Demer and Senne . Starting in the north, Flemish Brabant borders the provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Liège , Walloon Brabant , Hainaut and East Flanders in a clockwise direction . The province completely encloses the Brussels-Capital Region .

history

The province was created on January 1, 1995 when the old province of Brabant was divided along the language border into the Dutch-speaking province of Flemish Brabant and the French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant .

economy

In 2015, the regional gross domestic product per inhabitant, expressed in purchasing power standards , was 129% of the EU-27 average . Flemish Brabant was above the Belgian average of 119% and was the country's strongest economic area after the Brussels-Capital Region and the Province of Antwerp . In 2017 the unemployment rate was 4.7%, below the national average.

Districts

The province of Flemish Brabant is divided into two districts. These are in French as arrondissements and in Dutch as arrondissementen referred. Sometimes the term arrondissement is also used in German, although district is the official term.

district Communities Residents
January 1, 2019 		Area
km² 		Density of
population / km² 		NIS
code
Halle-Vilvoorde 35 000000000637441.0000000000637.441 942.92 000000000000676.0000000000676 23000
Lions 30th 000000000508734.0000000000508.734 1,163.21 000000000000437.0000000000437 24000
Flemish Brabant Province 65 000000001146175.00000000001,146,175 2,106.13 000000000000544.0000000000544 20001

Communities

See the map in the infobox for the location of the municipality in the province. As of January 1, 2019

  1. Aarschot (30,115)
  2. Affligem (13,228)
  3. Aces (33,158)
  4. Beersel (25,251)
  5. Begijnendijk (10,114)
  6. Bekkevoort (6306)
  7. Bertem (10,007)
  8. Bever (2159)
  9. Bierbeek (10,083)
  10. Boortmeerbeek (12,516)
  11. Boutersem (8242)
  12. Diest (23,998)
  13. Dilbeek (42,847)
  14. Drug Bosses (5689)
  15. Galmaarden (8746)
  16. Prayers (6118)
  17. Glabbeek (5271)
  18. Gooik (9170)
  19. Grimbergen (37,542)
  20. Haacht (14,577)
  21. Hall (39,540)
  22. Herent (21,682)
  23. Herne (6665)
  24. Hoegaarden (6886)
  25. Hoeilaart (11,321)
  26. Holsbeek (10,019)
  27. Huldenberg (9921)
  28. Kampenhout (11,972)
  29. Chapel-op-den-Bos (9413)
  30. Keerbergen (12,850)
  31. Kortenaken (7875)
  32. Kortenberg (20,279)
  33. Kraainem (13,730)
  34. Landing (15,951)
  35. Lennik (9074)
  36. Lions (101,624)
  37. Liedekerke (13,295)
  38. Linkebeek (4671)
  39. Linter (7269)
  40. Londerzeel (18,749)
  41. Lubbeek (14,559)
  42. Machelen (15,469)
  43. Titmouse (19,411)
  44. Merchtem (16,583)
  45. Opwijk (14,547)
  46. Oud-Heverlee (11,112)
  47. Overijse (25,403)
  48. Pepingen (4479)
  49. Roosdaal (11,631)
  50. Rotselaar (16,793)
  51. Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (23.029)
  52. Sint-Genesius-Rode (18,387)
  53. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (34,228)
  54. Steenok Candle (12,135)
  55. Ternate (15,746)
  56. Tervuren (22,422)
  57. Tielt wing (10,747)
  58. Tienen (34,975)
  59. Tremelo (14,914)
  60. Vilvoorde (44,727)
  61. Wemmel (16,491)
  62. Wezembeek-Oppem (14,258)
  63. Zaventem (34,368)
  64. Zemst (23,358)
  65. Zoutleeuw (8480)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eurostat press release 23/2009: Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27 (PDF; 360 kB)
  2. ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)

Web links

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