Province of Brabant
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Former province of Belgium (Netherlands until 1830) | |||||||||||||
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• Established | 1815 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1995 | ||||||||||||
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The Province of Brabant (
History
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
After the defeat of
The provincial governors during this time were:
- 1815–1818: François Joseph Charles Marie de Mercy-Argenteau
- 1818–1823: Philippe d'Arschot Schoonhoven
- 1823–1828: Leonard du Bus de Gisignies
- 1828–1830: Hyacinthe van der Fosse
Belgium
After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium and later also Luxembourg. The province was then renamed simply Brabant and became the central province of Belgium, with its capital city Brussels. The province contained three arrondissements: Brussels, Leuven and Nivelles.
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,
Demographics
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
References
- ^ "Brabant". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Brabant" (US) and "Brabant". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29.
- ^ "Brabant". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Administratief Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad". Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-17.