Arrondissements of Belgium
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Administrative arrondissements
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The federalized country Belgium geographically consists of 3 regions, of which only Flemish Region and Walloon Region are subdivided into 5 provinces each; the Brussels-Capital Region is neither a province nor is it part of one.
In Belgium there are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.
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[edit] 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. Per region an overview of its municipalities (gemeenten/communes) and the district or administrative arrondissement these belong to can be found in the Municipalities in Belgium page; for these administrative arrondissements also more technical references are available.
[edit] Judicial
Belgium has 27 judicial arrondissements.[1]
| Judicial arrondissement | Province | Containing administrative arrondissements |
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| Arlon | Luxemburg | Arlon Virton |
| Antwerp | Antwerp | Antwerp |
| Bruges | West Flanders | Bruges (fully) Ostend (fully) Roeselare (partly) Tielt (partly) |
| Brussels | none Flemish Brabant[2] |
Brussels-Capital Halle-Vilvoorde |
| Charleroi | Hainaut | Charleroi (fully) Thuin (fully) |
| Dendermonde | East Flanders | Sint-Niklaas (fully) Dendermonde (fully) Aalst (partly) |
| Dinant | Namur | Dinant (fully) Philippeville (fully) |
| Eupen | Liège | Verviers (partly) |
| Ghent | East Flanders | Ghent (fully) Eeklo (fully) |
| Hasselt | Limburg | Hasselt (fully) Maaseik (partly) |
| Huy | Liège | Huy (fully) Waremme (partly) Liège (partly) |
| Kortrijk | West Flanders | Kortrijk (fully) Roeselare (partly) Tielt (partly) |
| Leuven | Flemish Brabant | Leuven (fully) |
| Liège | Liège | Liège (partly) Waremme (partly) |
| Marche-en-Famenne | Luxemburg | Marche-en-Famenne (fully) Bastogne (partly) |
| Mechelen | Antwerp | Mechelen (fully) |
| Mons | Hainaut | Mons (fully) Soignies (partly) Ath (partly) |
| Namur | Namur | Namur (fully) |
| Neufchâteau | Luxemburg | Neufchâteau (fully) Bastogne (partly) |
| Nivelles | Walloon Brabant | Nivelles (fully) |
| Oudenaarde | East Flanders | Oudenaarde (fully) Aalst (partly) |
| Tongeren | Limburg | Tongeren(fully) Maaseik(partly) |
| Tournai | Hainaut | Tournai (fully) Ath (partly) Soignies (partly) |
| Turnhout | Antwerp | Turnhout (fully) |
| Verviers | Liège | Verviers (partly) |
| Veurne | West Flanders | Veurne (fully)
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| Ypres | West Flanders | Ypres (fully) Roeselare (partly) |
[edit] Electoral
Until a short while ago the electoral circles for the parliaments were electoral arrondissements; at present these circles are the provinces, except for the arrondissements Brussels-Capital (geographically coinciding with the Brussels-Capital Region) and Halle-Vilvoorde (one of the two districts in the province Flemish Brabant in the Flemish region), which together still form the electoral circle Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (in Dutch kieskring Brussel-Halle-Vilvoorde, in French cercle or circonscription électoral Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde).
- For the elections of the Walloon Parliament, 13 arrondissements (or grouped arrondissements) are still being used as electoral circles:
[edit] References
- Arrondissements of Belgium at statoids.com
- ^ "Police Zones". http://www.police.be/ZONES_NL/index0.html.
- ^ One part of the arrondissement is in the province Flemish Brabant, the other part is in the Brussel Capital Region (which does not belong to any province).
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