Flemish Brabant Province
Flemish Brabant Vlaams-Brabant ( Dutch ) Brabant flamand ( French ) |
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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 |
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Governor: | Lodewijk De Witte ( sp.a ) |
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65 municipalities in the province | |
The province of Flemish Brabant ( Dutch ) 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.
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 |
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Halle-Vilvoorde | 35 | 637.441 | 942.92 | 676 | 23000 |
Lions | 30th | 508.734 | 1,163.21 | 437 | 24000 |
Flemish Brabant Province | 65 | 1,146,175 | 2,106.13 | 544 | 20001 |
Communities
See the map in the infobox for the location of the municipality in the province. As of January 1, 2019
- Aarschot (30,115)
- Affligem (13,228)
- Aces (33,158)
- Beersel (25,251)
- Begijnendijk (10,114)
- Bekkevoort (6306)
- Bertem (10,007)
- Bever (2159)
- Bierbeek (10,083)
- Boortmeerbeek (12,516)
- Boutersem (8242)
- Diest (23,998)
- Dilbeek (42,847)
- Drug Bosses (5689)
- Galmaarden (8746)
- Prayers (6118)
- Glabbeek (5271)
- Gooik (9170)
- Grimbergen (37,542)
- Haacht (14,577)
- Hall (39,540)
- Herent (21,682)
- Herne (6665)
- Hoegaarden (6886)
- Hoeilaart (11,321)
- Holsbeek (10,019)
- Huldenberg (9921)
- Kampenhout (11,972)
- Chapel-op-den-Bos (9413)
- Keerbergen (12,850)
- Kortenaken (7875)
- Kortenberg (20,279)
- Kraainem (13,730)
- Landing (15,951)
- Lennik (9074)
- Lions (101,624)
- Liedekerke (13,295)
- Linkebeek (4671)
- Linter (7269)
- Londerzeel (18,749)
- Lubbeek (14,559)
- Machelen (15,469)
- Titmouse (19,411)
- Merchtem (16,583)
- Opwijk (14,547)
- Oud-Heverlee (11,112)
- Overijse (25,403)
- Pepingen (4479)
- Roosdaal (11,631)
- Rotselaar (16,793)
- Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (23.029)
- Sint-Genesius-Rode (18,387)
- Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (34,228)
- Steenok Candle (12,135)
- Ternate (15,746)
- Tervuren (22,422)
- Tielt wing (10,747)
- Tienen (34,975)
- Tremelo (14,914)
- Vilvoorde (44,727)
- Wemmel (16,491)
- Wezembeek-Oppem (14,258)
- Zaventem (34,368)
- Zemst (23,358)
- Zoutleeuw (8480)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eurostat press release 23/2009: Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27 (PDF; 360 kB)
- ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)