Arrondissements Of Belgium
Arrondissements of Belgium are subdivisions below the provinces of Belgium. There are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas. Belgium, a federalized state, geographically consists of three regions, of which only Flanders and Wallonia are subdivided into five provinces each; Brussels is neither a province nor is it part of one. Administrative The 43 administrative arrondissements are an administrative level between the municipalities and the provinces. Brussels-Capital forms a single arrondissement for all 19 municipalities in the region by that name. As an exception, the arrondissement of Verviers has two NUTS codes: BE335 for the French-speaking part and BE336 for the German-speaking part. The latter is identical to the area of the German-speaking community. Judicial Belgium has 12 judicial arrondissements: * The arrondissement Liège covers the French-speaking part of the province of Liè ...
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional an ...
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Arrondissement Of Antwerp
The Arrondissement of Antwerp (; ) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in Antwerp Province, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. The territory of the Judicial Arrondissement of Antwerp coincides with that of the Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp. History The Arrondissement of Antwerp was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes (). It originally comprised the cantons of Antwerp, Boom, Berchem, Brecht, Ekeren and Zandhoven. In 1923, the then municipalities of Burcht and Zwijndrecht (Burcht was merged into Zwijndrecht in 1977 to form the present-day municipality of Zwijndrecht) in the Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas were added to the arrondissement. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp consists of the following municipalities: * Aartselaar * Antwerp * Boechout * Boom * Borsbeek * Brasschaat * Brecht * Edegem * Essen * Hemiksem * Hove * Kalmthout * Kapellen ...
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Arrondissement Of Huy
The Arrondissement of Huy (french: links=no, Arrondissement de Huy; nl, links=no, Arrondissement Hoei) is one of the four administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Liège, Belgium. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Huy consists of the following municipalities: * Amay * Anthisnes * Burdinne * Clavier * Engis * Ferrières * Hamoir * Héron * Huy * Marchin * Modave * Nandrin * Ouffet * Tinlot * Verlaine * Villers-le-Bouillet * Wanze References Huy Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial ...

Arrondissement Of Hasselt
The Arrondissement of Hasselt ( nl, Arrondissement Hasselt; french: Arrondissement de Hasselt) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Limburg, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Hasselt also comprises the municipalities of Lommel, Hamont-Achel, Neerpelt, Overpelt, Hechtel-Eksel, Peer and Houthalen-Helchteren in the Arrondissement of Maaseik. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Hasselt consists of the following municipalities: * As * Beringen * Diepenbeek * Genk * Gingelom * Halen * Ham * Hasselt * Herk-de-Stad * Heusden-Zolder * Leopoldsburg * Lummen * Nieuwerkerken * Sint-Truiden * Tessenderlo * Zonhoven * Zutendaal Per 1 January 2019, the municipality of Opglabbeek was removed from this arrondissement, as it was merged with Meeuwen-Gruitrode into the new municipality of Oudsbergen in the arrondissement of Maaseik. Hasselt H ...
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Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement
The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement () is one of the two administrative arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It almost completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region and lies to the west of the other arrondissement in the province, the Leuven Arrondissement. Unlike the Arrondissement of Leuven, it is not a judicial arrondissement; however since the sixth Belgian state reform in 2012–14, it has its own public prosecutor's service. The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement and the Brussels-Capital Region together formed the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde electoral district and the Judicial Arrondissement of Brussels. Following the 2007 federal election, Yves Leterme, who is in charge of the negotiations for forming a new Federal Government, proposed to split up the Judicial Arrondissement of Brussels into two judicial arrondissements: one comprising Halle-Vilvoorde and the other comprising the Brussels Region. History The Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde was establi ...
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Arrondissement Of Ghent
The Arrondissement of Ghent (; ) is the largest of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Ghent also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Eeklo. History The Arrondissement of Ghent was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the Department of Escaut (). It originally comprised the cantons of Deinze, Eeklo, Evergem, Ghent, Kruishoutem, Lochristi, Nazareth, Nevele, Oosterzele, Waarschoot and Zomergem. In 1803, the canton of Eeklo was merged with the Arrondissement of Sas-van-Gent to form the Arrondissement of Eeklo. The canton of Kruishoutem was ceded to the Arrondissement of Oudenaarde in 1818. In 1921, parts of Laarne and Kalken (in the Arrondissement of Dendermonde) were added to the arrondissement to form the new municipality of Beervelde. Parts of Kluizen, Ertvelde en Zelzate were added to the arrondi ...
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Arrondissement Of Eeklo
The Arrondissement of Eeklo (; ) is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium. It is one of the two arrondissements that form the Judicial Arrondissement of Ghent. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Eeklo consists of the following municipalities: *Assenede *Eeklo *Kaprijke *Maldegem *Sint-Laureins *Zelzate Eeklo Eeklo () is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Eeklo proper. The name ''Eeklo'' comes from the contraction of "eke" and "lo", two Old German words meaning ''oak'' and ''sp ...

Arrondissement Of Dinant
The Arrondissement of Dinant (french: Arrondissement de Dinant; nl, Arrondissement Dinant) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Namur, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Dinant also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Philippeville. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Dinant consists of the following municipalities: * Anhée * Beauraing * Bièvre * Ciney * Dinant * Gedinne * Hamois * Hastière * Havelange * Houyet * Onhaye * Rochefort * Somme-Leuze * Vresse-sur-Semois Vresse-sur-Semois (, literally ''Vresse on Semois''; wa, Vresse) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Alle, Bagimont, Bohan, Chairière, Laforêt, M ... * Yvoir Arrondissements of Namur (province) {{Namur-geo-stub ...
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Arrondissement Of Diksmuide
The Arrondissement of Diksmuide (; ) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium. It is one of the two arrondissements that form the Judicial Arrondissement of Veurne. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Diksmuide consists of the following municipalities: * Diksmuide * Houthulst * Koekelare * Kortemark * Lo-Reninge References Diksmuide (; french: Dixmude, ; vls, Diksmude) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem, Lampernisse, Lek ...

Arrondissement Of Dendermonde
The Arrondissement of Dendermonde (; ) is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Dendermonde also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissements of Aalst (except the municipalities of Geraardsbergen, Herzele, Sint-Lievens-Houtem and Zottegem) and Sint-Niklaas. History The Arrondissement of Dendermonde was created in 1800 as the third arrondissement in the Department of Escaut (). It originally comprised the cantons of Aalst, Beveren, Dendermonde, Hamme, Lokeren, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Sint-Niklaas, Temse, Wetteren and Zele. In 1814, the municipality of De Klinge in the Arrondissement of Eeklo was added to the arrondissement. In 1818, the arrondissements of Aalst and Sint-Niklaas were created. On this occasion, the canton of Aalst was ceded to the arrondissement with the same name and the cantons of Beveren, Sint-Gillis-Wa ...
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Arrondissement Of Charleroi
The Arrondissement of Charleroi (; ) is one of the seven administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Charleroi also comprises the municipalities of the Arrondissement of Thuin. Municipalities The Administrative Arrondissement of Charleroi consists of the following municipalities: Since 2019 * Aiseau-Presles * Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont *Charleroi * Châtelet * Courcelles *Farciennes * Fleurus * Fontaine-l'Evêque * Gerpinnes *Les Bons Villers * Montigny-le-Tilleul *Pont-à-Celles Before 2019 * Aiseau-Presles * Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont *Charleroi * Châtelet * Courcelles *Farciennes * Fleurus * Fontaine-l'Evêque * Gerpinnes *Les Bons Villers * Manage * Montigny-le-Tilleul *Pont-à-Celles * Seneffe The municipalities of Manage and Seneffe are transferred on January 1, 2019 to the Arrondissement of Soignies. References Charleroi ...
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Arrondissement Of Brussels-Capital
The Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital ( nl, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad; french: Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale; german: Verwaltungsbezirk Brüssel-Hauptstadt) is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels Capital Region in Belgium. Because it is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels Region, its territory coincides with that of the latter. The arrondissement was created in 1963 upon the splitting of the arrondissement of Brussels into the capital one and the surrounding arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde. They remained part of the province of Brabant until it was split as well in 1995. In that year, the arrondissement of Nivelles formed the new Walloon Brabant and the arrondissements of Halle-Vilvoorde and Leuven formed the new Flemish Brabant. The arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, corresponding to the Brussels-Capital Region, thus became extraprovincial, meaning it is not a province, neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain ...
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