Provinces of Belgium
Appearance
Belgiumis divided into three regions (Flemish Region,Walloon RegionandBrussels-Capital Region), two of them are subdivided into fiveprovinceseach.
Provinces of theFlemish Region
[change|change source]Province | Antwerp | Limburg | Flemish Brabant | East Flanders | West Flanders |
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Dutchname | Antwerpen | Limburg | Vlaams Brabant | Oost-Vlaanderen | West-Vlaanderen |
Frenchname | Anvers | Limbourg | Brabant flamand | Flandre orientale | Flandre occidentale |
Germanname | Antwerpen | Limburg | Flämisch-Brabant | Ostflandern | Westflandern |
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HASC[1] | BE.AN | BE.LI | BE.VB | BE.OV | BE.WV |
FIPS[1] | BE01 | BE05 | BE12 | BE08 | BE09 |
ISO 3166-2 | VAN | VLI | VBR | VOV | VWV |
Postal codes | 2000-2999 | 3500-3999 | 1500-1999, 3000-3499 | 9000-9999 | 8000-8999 |
Area | 2860 km² 21.15% of Flanders 9.38% of Belgium |
2414 km² 17.85% of Flanders 7.92% of Belgium |
2106 km² 15.57% of Flanders 6.91% of Belgium |
2982.24 km² 22.12% of Flanders 9.81% of Belgium |
3151 km² 23.30% of Flanders 10.33% of Belgium |
Highest point | Beerzelberg (55 m) | Remersdaal (288 m) | Walshoutem (137 m) | Hottondberg (150 m)[2] Pottelberg (157 m)[3] |
Kemmelberg(156 m) |
Subdivisions | 3 Arrondissements 70 municipalities |
3 Arrondissements 44 municipalities |
2 Arrondissements 65 municipalities |
6 Arrondissements 65 municipalities |
8 Arrondissements 64 municipalities |
Capital[1] | Antwerpen | Hasselt | Leuven | Gent | Brugge |
Population | 1,682,683 28% of Flanders |
805,786 13% of Flanders |
1,037,786 17% of Flanders |
1,389,199 23% of Flanders |
1,130,040 19% of Flanders |
Density | 587 / km² | 333 / km² | 493 / km² | 459 / km² | 362 / km² |
Governor | Cathy Berx | Herman Reynders | Lode De Witte | Jan Briers | Carl Decaluwé |
Government | N-VA,CD&V,sp.a | CD&V,sp.a-Groen,Open Vld | CD&V,Open Vld,sp.a.,Groen | CD&V,Open Vld,sp.a | CD&V,sp.a,Open Vld |
Website | Official page | Official page | Official page | Official page | Official page |
Provinces of theWalloon Region
[change|change source]Province | Hainaut | Walloon Brabant | Namur | Liège | Luxembourg |
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Frenchname | Hainaut | Brabant wallon | Namur | Liège | Luxembourg |
Germanname | Hennegau | Wallonisch-Brabant | Namur | Lüttich | Luxemburg |
Dutchname | Henegouwen | Waals Brabant | Namen | Luik | Luxemburg |
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HASC[1] | BE.HT | BE.BW | BE.NA | BE.LG | BE.LX |
FIPS[1] | BE03 | BE10 | BE07 | BE04 | BE06 |
Area | 3800 km² 22.56% of Wallonia 12.44% of Belgium |
1093 km² 6.49% of Wallonia 3.58% of Belgium |
3664 km² 21.75% of Wallonia 11.99% of Belgium |
3844 km² 22.82% of Wallonia 12.58% of Belgium |
4443 km² 26.38% of Wallonia 14.54% of Belgium |
Subdivisions | 7 Arrondissements 69 municipalities |
1 Arrondissement 27 municipalities |
3 Arrondissements 38 municipalities |
4 Arrondissements 84 municipalities |
5 Arrondissements 44 municipalities |
Capital[1] | Mons | Wavre | Namur | Liège | Arlon |
Population | 1,309,880 37% of Wallonia |
379,515 11% of Wallonia |
472,281 13% of Wallonia |
1,067,685 31% of Wallonia |
269,023 8% of Wallonia |
Density | 345 / km² | 347 / km² | 129 / km² | 277 / km² | 60 / km² |
Governor | Tommy Leclercq | Gilles Mahieu | Denis Mathen | Hervé Jamar | Olivier Schmitz |
Government | PS,MR | MR,PS | MR,cdH | PS,MR | cdH,PS |
Website | Official page | Official page | Official page | Official page | Official pageArchived2011-02-16 at theWayback Machine |
3rd Province (Eupen-Sankt Vith)
[change|change source]Because theGerman-speaking Communityis found in the Province ofLiège,people want a third province: the Province ofEupen-Sankt Vith,which would be made up of the 9 municipalities of the German-speaking Community.
References
[change|change source]- ↑1.01.11.21.31.41.5"Province of Belgium".statoids.com.
- ↑"Hottondberg".peakbagger.com.
- ↑"Oost-Vlaanderen".vakantielandbelgie.nl. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-06-03.Retrieved2008-11-23.
Other websites
[change|change source]- Vereniging van de Vlaamse Provincies(Association of the Flemish Provinces)
- Association des Provinces wallonnes(Association of the Walloon Provinces)