Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the

Low Countries The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...

of Europe. It may refer to:

Place names in Europe

London-Brabant Massif The London-Brabant Massif or London-Brabant Platform is, in the tectonic structure of Europe, a structural high or massif that stretches from the Rhineland in western Germany across northern Belgium (in the province of Brabant) and the North Sea t ...

, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany

Belgium

Province of Brabant The Province of Brabant (, , ) 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. In 1995, it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speak ...

, which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region: **

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Haina ...

, in the Flanders region **

Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant (french: Brabant wallon ; nl, Waals-Brabant ; wa, Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and ...

, in the Wallonia region **

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Klein-Brabant

("Little Brabant") is a Flanders, Flemish region in the B ...

, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region * East Brabant, or

Hageland The Hageland is a landscape in the Flemish Region of Belgium, situated in the eastern part of the Province of Flemish Brabant. It is mainly comprised between the cities of Aarschot, Leuven, Tienen and Diest, and probably coincides to some extent w ...

, an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen

Netherlands

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

province

France

* Brabant-en-Argonne, commune in the Meuse department *

Brabant-le-Roi Brabant-le-Roi () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The priest and Encyclopédistes, Encyclopédiste Charles Millot (encyclopédiste), Charles M ...

, commune in the Meuse department ** Brabant-lès-Villers (1973–1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and Villers-aux-Vents

Historical use

Pagus of Brabant The ''pagus'' of Brabant ( la, Pagus Bracbantensis, nl, Brabantgouw) was a geographical region in the early Middle Ages, in what is now Belgium. It was the first region known to have been called Brabant, and it included the modern capital of Bel ...

, the original, early medieval territory, divided between several counts, core of the later Landgraviate *

Landgraviate of Brabant The Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183) was a small medieval fiefdom west of Brussels, consisting of the area between the Dender and Zenne rivers in the Low Countries, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. Before 1085 the land had belonged ...

(1085–1183), an expansive medieval lordship including Brussels, core of the later Duchy *

Duchy of Brabant The Duchy of Brabant was a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries, part of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1430 and of the Habsburg Neth ...

, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1183 until the French Revolution, by which time the northern half was lost to the Dutch Republic *

Staats-Brabant The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands ( nl, Generaliteitslanden) were about one fifth of the territories of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the States-General. Unlike the seven pr ...

, a territory of the Dutch Republic directly governed by the States-General from 1588 until the French Revolution * Département of Brabant, a département under various forms of French control, formed from an earlier French Département of the Dommel, and predecessor of modern North Brabant. *

(called South Brabant, 1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, based on earlier French département of the Dyle, became part of Belgium in 1830, now divided into three parts (see above)

Royalty and nobility

* House of Brabant descended from the

Reginarid The Reginarids (or Regnarids, Regniers, Reiniers, etc.) were a family of magnates in Lower Lotharingia during the Carolingian and Ottonian period. Their modern name is derived from the personal name which many members of the family bore, and which ...

family of Lotharingia *

Duke of Brabant The Duke of Brabant (, ) was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184. The title was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I of the House of Reginar, son of Godfrey III of Leuven (who was duke of Low ...

, a dynastic title of the modern Belgian royal family

Place names outside Europe

* Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada * Port Brabant, former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada *

Brabant, West Virginia Brabant is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. It lies on Lick Creek, east of where it enters East Lynn Lake at West Virginia Route 37 West Virginia Route 37 is an east–west state highway in western W ...

, United States *

Le Morne Brabant Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit above sea level. The summit covers an are ...

, a mountain on Mauritius *

Brabant Island Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is long north-south, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry. The interior ...

, Antarctica

Other uses

* Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the

Belgian Draught The Belgian Draught, french: Trait belge, italic=no, nl, Belgisch Trekpaard, italic=no, is a Belgian breed of draught horse. It originates from the Brabant region of modern Belgium, and is one of the strongest of the heavy breeds. The breed as ...

, a Belgian breed of horse *

Brabantian Brabantian or Brabantish, also Brabantic or Brabantine ( nl, Brabants, Standard Dutch pronunciation: , ), is a dialect group of the Dutch language. It is named after the historical Duchy of Brabant, which corresponded mainly to the Dutch provi ...

, a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language * Brabançonne (or "the Brabantian"), the national anthem of Belgium *

Brabant killers The Brabant killers, also named the Nivelles Gang in Dutch-speaking media ( nl, De Bende van Nijvel), and the mad killers of Brabant in French-speaking media (french: Les Tueurs fous du Brabant), are responsible for a series of violent attacks tha ...

, a 1980s terrorist group * HNLMS ''Noord-Brabant'' ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy *

Brabant Company The Brabant Company (Dutch - ''Brabantsche Compagnie''), also known as the New Company (''Nieuwe Compagnie'') was a precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Brabantsche Company was set up in 1599, by Jacques de Velaer, Isaac le Maire, ...

, precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) * ''Brabant'' (train), a Paris-Brussels express train 1963–1995 * ''Brabant'' (cruise ship), operated by

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