Province of Brabant

Province of Brabant
Province of Brabant
Former province of Belgium; (Netherlands until 1830)
1815–1995
	Flag
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Capital	Brussels
Demonym	Brabantian
History
• Established	1815
• Disestablished	1995
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Dyle (department)
Walloon Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Brussels-Capital Region

The Province of Brabant (/brəˈbænt/, US also /brəˈbɑːnt, ˈbrɑːbənt/,^[1]^[2]^[3] Dutch: [ˈbraːbɑnt] ^ⓘ) was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995. It was created in 1815 as South Brabant, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.^[4] In 1995, it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region.^[5]

Map of the Low Countries including Brabant (yellow). The border between the Northern and the Southern Netherlands is marked in red

History

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was created at the Congress of Vienna, consisting of territories which had been added to France by Napoleon: the former Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands. In the newly created kingdom, the former French département of Dyle became the new province of South Brabant, distinguishing it from Central Brabant (later Antwerp province); and from North Brabant (now part of the Netherlands), all named after the former Duchy of Brabant.

History of the Low Countries
Frisii			Belgae
	Cana– nefates	Chamavi, Tubantes		Gallia Belgica (55 BC–c. 5th AD) Germania Inferior (83–c. 5th)
	Cana– nefates	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)
Frisian Kingdom (c. 6th–734)		Austrasia (511–687)


Middle Francia (843–855)					West Francia (843–)
Kingdom of Lotharingia (855– 959) Duchy of Lower Lorraine (959–)					West Francia (843–)
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 Provinces after 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 with French First Republic (1795–1804) part of First 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. L. (1815–)
								Gr D. of Luxem- bourg (1890–)

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

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 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, Brussels-Capital Region was created, but the region was still part of the province of Brabant. In 1995, the province of Brabant was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region. The Brussels-Capital Region exercises the powers of a Province on its own territory.

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

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. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brabant (province)" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ "Administratief Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad". Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-17.

50°47′N 4°38′E / 50.783°N 4.633°E / 50.783; 4.633

[1] "Brabant". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

[2] "Brabant" (US) and "Brabant". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29.

[3] "Brabant". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

[4] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brabant (province)" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[5] "Administratief Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad". Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2011-09-17.

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