Halle-Vilvoorde administrative Arrondissement
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| Administrative Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde |
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| Coordinates: 50°51′N 4°12′E / 50.85°N 4.2°ECoordinates: 50°51′N 4°12′E / 50.85°N 4.2°E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Flemish Region |
| Province |  Flemish Brabant |
| Municipalities | 35 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 942.93 km2 (364.1 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2006) | |
| • Total | 576,008 |
| • Density | 610.9/km2 (1,582.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
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.
The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement and the Brussels-Capital Region together form 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.
[edit] History
The Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde was established in 1963 when the language borders were determined. At that time, the then Administrative Arrondissement of Brussels, which had the same territory as the present-day Judicial Arrondissement of Brussels, was split into three administrative arrondissements, two of which still exist today:
- Brussels-Capital, which consists of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels Region;
- Halle-Vilvoorde, a unilingual Dutch-speaking administrative arrondissement;
- Brussels-Periphery, which consisted of the six Flemish municipalities with language facilities for French-speakers around Brussels.
On January 1, 1971, the Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery ceased to exist and its municipalities were added to Halle-Vilvoorde.
In 1977, the then municipality of Muizen ceased to exist and was ceded to the Arrondissement of Mechelen, in the Province of Antwerp.
[edit] Municipalities
The Administrative Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde is made up of the following municipalities:
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