Canton of court (Belgium)

A court Canton , French judiciaire Canton , dutch CANTON Gerechtelijk set in Belgium , a number of municipalities to Sprengel of a peace court together. The legal basis for the classification is Article 1 of the Appendix to the Judicial Code of 1967.

The size of the court canton can differ from the size of the electoral canton . In 2017 the number of court cantons was reduced from 187 to 162; they are distributed across the Brussels-Capital Region and the ten provinces as follows :

area	Cantons of court	Electoral cantons
Brussels Capital Region BRU	19th	8th
Flemish Brabant Province VBR	7 + 7	15th
Limburg Province VLI	11	15th
Antwerp Province VAN	23	17th
East Flanders Province VOV	21st	31
West Flanders Province VWV	17th	25th
Walloon Brabant WBR	5	5
Hainaut WHT	20th	34
Namur Province WNA	8th	14th
Luxembourg Province WLX	5	20th
Liege Province WLG	17 + 2	26th
total	162	210

Remarks

↑ The 7 western court cantons in the Halle-Vilvoorde district of the Flemish Brabant province are not assigned to the Court of First Instance in Leuven , but rather in Brussels.
↑ The two eastern court cantons in the province of Liège ( German-speaking Community ) are not assigned to the court of first instance in Liège , but rather in Eupen .

[1] The 7 western court cantons in the Halle-Vilvoorde district of the Flemish Brabant province are not assigned to the Court of First Instance in Leuven , but rather in Brussels.

[2] The two eastern court cantons in the province of Liège ( German-speaking Community ) are not assigned to the court of first instance in Liège , but rather in Eupen .