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Province of Brabant

Coordinates:50°47′N4°38′E/ 50.783°N 4.633°E/50.783; 4.633
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Not to be confused withFlemish Brabant,Walloon Brabant,orNorth Brabant.
For other uses, seeBrabant (disambiguation).
Province of Brabant
FormerprovinceofBelgium
(Netherlandsuntil 1830)
1815–1995
Flag of Brabant
Flag

CapitalBrussels
DemonymBrabantian
History
• Established
1815
• Disestablished
1995
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Dyle (department)
Walloon Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Brussels-Capital Region
Map of theLow Countriesincluding Brabant (yellow). The border between theNorthernand theSouthern Netherlandsis marked in red

TheProvince of Brabant(/brəˈbænt/,USalso/brəˈbɑːnt,ˈbrɑːbənt/,[1][2][3]Dutch:[ˈbraːbɑnt]ⓘ) was aprovinceinBelgiumfrom 1830 to 1995. It was created in 1815 asSouth Brabant,part of theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlands.[4]In 1995, it was split into theDutch-speakingFlemish Brabant,the French-speakingWalloon Brabantand the bilingualBrussels-Capital Region.[5]

History

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United Kingdom of the Netherlands

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After the defeat ofNapoleonin 1815, theUnited Kingdom of the Netherlandswas created at theCongress of Vienna,consisting of territories which had been added toFranceby Napoleon: the formerDutch Republicand theSouthern Netherlands.In the newly created kingdom, the formerFrench départementofDylebecame the new province ofSouth Brabant,distinguishing it fromCentral Brabant(laterAntwerp province); and fromNorth Brabant(now part of theNetherlands), all named after the formerDuchy of Brabant.

History of theLow Countries
Frisii Belgae
Cana–
nefates 		Chamavi,
Tubantes 		Gallia Belgica(55 BC–c. 5thAD)
Germania Inferior(83–c. 5th)
Salian Franks Batavi
unpopulated
(4th–c. 5th) 		Saxons Salian Franks
(4th–c. 5th)
Frisian Kingdom
(c. 6th–734) 		Frankish Kingdom(481–843)—Carolingian Empire(800–843)
Austrasia(511–687)
Middle Francia(843–855) West
Francia
(843–)
Kingdom of Lotharingia(855– 959)
Duchy of Lower Lorraine(959–)
Frisia


Frisian
Freedom
(11–16th
century)
County of
Holland
(880–1432)
Bishopric of
Utrecht
(695–1456)
Duchy of
Brabant
(1183–1430)

Duchy of
Guelders
(1046–1543)
County of
Flanders
(862–1384)
County of
Hainaut
(1071–1432)

County of
Namur
(981–1421)
P.-Bish.
of Liège

(980–1794)
Duchy of
Luxem-
bourg
(1059–1443)

Burgundian Netherlands(1384–1482)

Habsburg Netherlands(1482–1795)
(Seventeen Provincesafter 1543)

Dutch Republic
(1581–1795)
Spanish Netherlands
(1556–1714)

Austrian Netherlands
(1714–1795)

United States of Belgium
(1790)
R. Liège
(1789–'91)

Batavian Republic(1795–1806)
Kingdom of Holland(1806–1810)
associated withFrench First Republic(1795–1804)
part ofFirst French Empire(1804–1815)

Princip. of the Netherlands(1813–1815)
Kingdom of the Netherlands(1815–1830)
Gr D. L.
(1815–)

Kingdom of the Netherlands(1839–)
Kingdom of Belgium(1830–)

Gr D. of
Luxem-
bourg
(1890–)

The provincial governors during this time were:

Belgium

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Diagram of the Belgian Province of Brabant, which was divided into Flemish Brabant (bright yellow), Walloon Brabant (bright red), and the Brussels-Capital Region (orange).

After theBelgian Revolutionof 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium and later alsoLuxembourg.The province was then renamed simplyBrabantand became the central province of Belgium, with its capital cityBrussels.The province contained three arrondissements:Brussels,LeuvenandNivelles.

In 1961–1963, the language border was established, from which the province was divided into a Dutch-speaking region, a French-speaking region and the bilingual Brussels. The Brussels arrondissement was split to this end. In 1989,Brussels-Capital Regionwas created, but the region was still part of the province of Brabant. In 1995, the province of Brabant was split into the Dutch-speakingFlemish Brabant,the French-speakingWalloon Brabantand the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region. The Brussels-Capital Regionexercises the powers of a Province on its own territory.

Demographics

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As comparison, the current two provinces of Brabant, together with Brussels, had 2,621,275 inhabitants in January 2011.

Number of inhabitants x 1000

  • Source: NIS
  • 1806 till 1970: census
  • 1980 and 1990: number of inhabitants on 1 January
  • 1994: number on 31 December

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Brabant".Collins English Dictionary.HarperCollins.RetrievedMay 29,2019.
  2. ^"Brabant"(US) and"Brabant".LexicoUK English Dictionary.Oxford University Press.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-09-29.
  3. ^"Brabant".Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary.Merriam-Webster.RetrievedMay 29,2019.
  4. ^Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911)."Brabant (province)".Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  5. ^"Administratief Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-08-29.Retrieved2011-09-17.

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