1934:, the responsibility for the provincial institutions was devolved to the Regions. The Regions have the power to amend or replace the existing legislation on the provincial institutions, most notably the Provincial Law of 30 April 1836. In the Flemish Region, the Provincial Decree of 9 December 2005 applies. In the Walloon Region, the Code of Local Democracy and Decentralisation applies. The legal framework in these Regions is still very similar, but that could change in the future. Although the Regions are responsible for the provincial institutions, the Federal State has retained its responsibility over the provinces in certain cases. For instance, the Regions are responsible for the appointment of the Provincial Governors, but only after the unanimous advice of the
1371:
71:
548:
131:
1037:
463:
258:
895:
752:
144:
1252:
1184:
684:
186:
99:
1177:
967:
820:
199:
2661:
1044:
158:
1116:
974:
745:
616:
84:
291:
1259:
1430:
677:
609:
117:
1109:
65:
813:
172:
239:
220:
888:
541:
1450:
1955:
1527:. (The Brussels-Capital Region does not belong to any province, is not a province, and does not contain any provinces.) The two new Brabant provinces became part of the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region respectively. The remaining eight provinces became part of these regions as well, so the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region each contain five provinces.
1390:, including present-day Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as parts of modern Germany and France, comprised a number of rival and independent feudal states of varying sizes. These each had their own identities and governments, though in the early modern period almost all the Belgian states became part of larger entities (the
2037:
2013:" and "Vice-Governor". The Governor exercises most of the few remaining powers elsewhere exercised by a provincial governor, particularly in the field of public order, as far as no (federal) law, (regional) decree, ordinance or decision states otherwise.
1853:). They are directly elected each six years, at the same time of the municipal elections. Before 1994, the provincial elections instead coincided with the national elections. Until then, the provincial councils also appointed Provincial Senators to the
2317:
2310:
2303:
2060:, which would comprise the nine municipalities of the German-speaking Community. Most of the functions carried out by provincial organs would then be exercised by the organs of the German-speaking Community.
1478:) takes its name from one of the medieval predecessors, whereas the borders largely correspond to those of the French departments, which in most cases differ substantially from the historical entities.
1469:
said: "Belgium is divided into provinces. These provinces are
Antwerp, Brabant, West Flanders, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, except for the relations of Luxembourg with the
1880:) and it consists of the Governor and six Deputies elected by the Provincial Council from among its members. Following the next 2018 election, there will be one Deputy less, i.e. five Deputies. In the
439:, which became a third region. These divisions reflected political tensions between the French-speaking Walloons and the Dutch-speaking Flemish; the Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual.
400:, does not belong to any province and nor is it subdivided into provinces. Instead, it has amalgamated both regional and provincial functions into a single "Capital Region" administration.
2063:
The community is however small in area (854 km or 330 sq mi) and has only about 76,000 inhabitants, which would make it the smallest and by far the least populated province.
1849:. The numbers of seats in the Provincial Councils are proportional to the population of the province; the numbers were reduced in both Flanders and Wallonia, starting 2013 (following the
2250:"Proposal of Law granting all provincial competences to the organs of the German-speaking Community and on the representation of the German language area in the Legislative Chambers"
1892:) which consists of the Governor and four to five Deputies (depending on the number of inhabitants of the province) elected by the Provincial Council from among its members.
2017:
2868:
2217:"Proposal of Law creating the Province of Eupen-Sankt Vith and a German-speaking electoral circle for the elections of the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate"
2020:
on the unanimous advice of the
Federal Council of Ministers. The regional government also appoints the Vice-Governor, who must have a considerable knowledge of both
2632:
2669:
2817:
2082:
2367:
381:
2572:
2072:
1512:
2614:
1070:
1461:
in 1815, the departmental territories were generally retained but were renamed into provinces and the historical names returned. At the time of the
1850:
1210:
1142:
517:
1446:; the borders were redrawn and the historical names were replaced by names of geographical features (generally the main river of the area).
2822:
642:
2863:
2580:
2407:
1989:
Within this mainly French speaking region, nearly all former provincial competencies are assumed by its regional institutions and by the
1974:
does not belong to any province, nor does it contain any. The extraprovincial status of
Brussels has existed since 1995, when the former
2183:
1536:
1442:
412:
2858:
1465:
from the
Netherlands in 1830, Belgium's territory simply consisted of the existing nine southern provinces. The first article of the
2010:
2607:
1523:
was split in 1995 three ways: into two (unilingual) provinces (Flemish
Brabant and Walloon Brabant) and into the (bilingual)
2873:
2650:
2045:
2295:
2497:
2249:
2827:
2437:
2223:
2002:
1939:
2787:
2467:
1598:
1593:
1557:
1458:
17:
2853:
2600:
2472:
2077:
2792:
2382:
2797:
2159:
2537:
1511:
During the second half of the 20th century, Belgium transitioned from a unitary state to a federal state with
2848:
1858:
2557:
2462:
1994:
1407:
2645:
2527:
2442:
2245:
2028:
and who must ensure that the legislation regarding the use of the two languages is observed in
Brussels.
1998:
1990:
1370:
1923:. He is responsible for ensuring that the language legislation is observed in the municipalities in the
2779:
2507:
2482:
2477:
2372:
2163:
2006:
1935:
1912:
473:
447:
365:
2807:
2552:
2547:
2392:
2387:
2377:
2347:
2342:
451:
2111:
2522:
2517:
2417:
2166:
1765:
1841:) are the representative bodies of the population of the provinces. This is the equivalent of the
2452:
2432:
2327:
2087:
1931:
1694:
1516:
1482:
1462:
443:
416:
2447:
2397:
2277:
466:
Provinces of
Belgium (including the Brussels-Capital Region) by population as of 1 January 2019
2126:
1036:
2502:
2402:
2190:
2052:, it has been proposed on multiple occasions to create an eleventh province, the province of
1604:
1546:
1490:
1434:
2755:
2571:
Has part of its territory outside Europe. Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the
2422:
2412:
2357:
2352:
2325:
1783:
1778:
1709:
1471:
1466:
1395:
1379:
1049:
1043:
547:
335:
315:
162:
157:
2160:
Proposal for an ordinance, stating the
Governor's powers for the "arrondissement Brussels"
1374:
Map of the
Seventeen Provinces, red showing the border between the independent (Northern)
462:
8:
2542:
2492:
2487:
2457:
1975:
1743:
1681:
1676:
1637:
1551:
1520:
1411:
1391:
420:
2216:
1822:, who is appointed by the regional government (i.e. the Flemish or Walloon Government).
1588:
130:
2512:
2427:
1924:
1908:
1403:
116:
70:
1251:
2722:
2640:
2532:
1978:, which had Brussels as its capital, was divided into the Dutch-speaking province of
1842:
1671:
1613:
1415:
1176:
966:
757:
751:
148:
143:
2750:
2660:
2049:
1753:
1748:
1505:
979:
135:
2745:
2707:
1719:
1714:
1664:
1659:
1620:
1475:
1419:
1399:
1336:
1286:
900:
894:
553:
424:
319:
171:
121:
75:
1535:
The following table presents a simplified overview of the evolution of the French
1440:
When these territories were annexed by France in 1795, they were reorganised into
846:
2765:
2717:
2170:
2036:
2021:
1983:
1979:
1943:
1920:
1896:
1885:
1834:
1726:
1702:
1686:
1497:
1423:
1398:(after 1581)). Prominent early states in the area of modern Belgium included the
1189:
1183:
778:
689:
683:
432:
428:
331:
190:
185:
103:
98:
50:
44:
2760:
2699:
2253:
2025:
1916:
1900:
1881:
1873:
1869:
1854:
1826:
1771:
1736:
1731:
1258:
1121:
921:
176:
38:
1654:
1115:
1002:
2842:
2727:
2712:
1647:
1642:
1630:
1625:
1501:
1387:
1291:
973:
916:
825:
819:
621:
615:
525:
203:
198:
88:
83:
744:
1474:." As such, each of the modern provinces of Belgium (with the exception of
478:
2592:
1429:
676:
608:
1949:
1846:
1486:
1375:
1108:
710:
812:
1791:
574:
1760:
2737:
2683:
2283:
2146:
2057:
1971:
1959:
1524:
1264:
1243:
879:
532:
446:. The provinces and Brussels are subdivided into 43 administrative
436:
397:
393:
389:
385:
263:
244:
225:
1954:
997:
887:
540:
411:
of similar location, while their territory is mostly based on the
2624:
1963:
1564:
773:
569:
377:
296:
1449:
2214:
1806:
The provincial government consists of three main branches: the
841:
705:
408:
2053:
1205:
1137:
1065:
637:
404:
1938:. Legislation regarding the Governor and Vice-Governor of
442:
The division into provinces is fixed by
Article 5 of the
2189:. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives. Archived from
435:, which became part of the region of Wallonia; and the
415:
installed during French annexation. At the time of the
1950:
Absence of any province in the Brussels Capital Region
2289:
1485:, half of the province of Limburg became part of the
2083:
List of Belgian provinces by Human Development Index
419:
in 1830, only nine provinces existed, including the
1915:and must have a considerable knowledge of both the
403:Most of the provinces take their name from earlier
2073:Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium
1457:At the end of French rule and the creation of the
2215:Ferdy Willems and Danny Pieters (21 March 2000).
431:, which became a part of the region of Flanders;
2869:Second-level administrative divisions by country
2840:
1426:, though there were other small states as well.
2243:
2162:, the latter should be seen as the part of the
2031:
1864:The executive branch was previously called the
427:. In 1995, Brabant was split into three areas:
2608:
2311:
1275:
2622:
2581:List of administrative divisions by country
2107:
2105:
2103:
1907:). The Deputy Governor is appointed by the
349:
334:) – 4,459 km (1,722 sq mi) (
2615:
2601:
2318:
2304:
2141:
2139:
2137:
2135:
1946:, has also remained a federal competency.
108:
1801:
2100:
2035:
1953:
1872:it is now simply called the Deputation (
1539:into the present-day Belgian provinces.
1448:
1428:
1369:
1345:30,689 km (11,849 sq mi)
461:
2132:
2127:Land use according to the land register
2011:Governor of the Brussels-Capital Region
1818:, which is the executive body, and the
14:
2841:
2292:(Association of the Walloon Provinces)
2286:(Association of the Flemish Provinces)
2122:
2120:
2018:cabinet of the Brussels Capital Region
1152:3,675 km (1,419 sq mi)
1080:4,459 km (1,722 sq mi)
1012:3,857 km (1,489 sq mi)
931:3,813 km (1,472 sq mi)
856:3,197 km (1,234 sq mi)
652:3,007 km (1,161 sq mi)
584:2,876 km (1,110 sq mi)
2596:
2299:
1884:it is called the Provincial College (
1810:, which is the legislative body, the
1680:
1530:
330:1,097 km (424 sq mi) (
280:Decentralised unit in a federal state
2284:Vereniging van de Vlaamse Provincies
1982:and the French-speaking province of
1220:1,097 km (424 sq mi)
788:2,427 km (937 sq mi)
720:2,118 km (818 sq mi)
2290:Association des Provinces wallonnes
2117:
1899:, there is also a Deputy Governor (
1513:three Communities and three Regions
1453:Belgium at its independence in 1830
24:
2864:Administrative divisions in Europe
2224:Belgian Chamber of Representatives
2003:Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital
1857:. The last elections were held on
25:
2885:
2271:
2016:The Governor is appointed by the
1489:, which consequently has its own
1459:United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1301:162 km (63 sq mi)
2859:Lists of subdivisions of Belgium
2659:
2078:List of Belgian provinces by GDP
1504:territory, which became part of
1257:
1250:
1182:
1175:
1114:
1107:
1042:
1035:
972:
965:
893:
886:
818:
811:
750:
743:
682:
675:
614:
607:
546:
539:
392:, are each subdivided into five
289:
256:
237:
218:
197:
184:
170:
156:
142:
129:
115:
97:
82:
69:
63:
1911:on the unanimous advice of the
2237:
2208:
2176:
2153:
2040:The German-speaking Community.
1270:Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
13:
1:
2093:
2005:has two commissioners of the
1942:, and the Deputy Governor of
1307:7,700/km (20,000/sq mi)
1092:(shared with Eastern Hainaut)
2184:"Factsheet on the Provinces"
2032:Proposed additional province
1995:Flemish Community Commission
1936:Federal Council of Ministers
1913:Federal Council of Ministers
1414:; smaller ones included the
1277:Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
1256:
1249:
1181:
1174:
1113:
1106:
1041:
1034:
971:
964:
892:
885:
817:
810:
749:
742:
681:
674:
613:
606:
545:
538:
7:
2874:Local government in Belgium
2222:(in Dutch and French). The
2112:Structure of the Population
2066:
2048:is located entirely within
1999:Common Community Commission
1991:French Community Commission
10:
2890:
1365:
1283:Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt
1242:
878:
726:570/km (1,500/sq mi)
658:520/km (1,300/sq mi)
590:670/km (1,700/sq mi)
531:
2806:
2778:
2736:
2698:
2682:
2668:
2657:
2631:
2568:
2335:
2326:Articles on second-level
2046:German-speaking Community
1905:Adjunct van de gouverneur
1825:The Provincial Councils (
1792:Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
1789:
1782:
1777:
1766:Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
1764:
1759:
1752:
1735:
1718:
1675:
1670:
1663:
1646:
1629:
1612:
1602:
1597:
1592:
1587:
1563:
1408:Prince-Bishopric of Liège
1323:
1276:
497:
358:
342:
326:
310:
302:
284:
276:
62:
57:
34:
2573:definition of the border
2328:administrative divisions
2169:that is not part of the
2167:Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde
1481:In 1839, as part of the
1351:383/km (990/sq mi)
1226:380/km (980/sq mi)
1158:140/km (360/sq mi)
1018:290/km (750/sq mi)
937:360/km (930/sq mi)
862:380/km (980/sq mi)
794:370/km (960/sq mi)
384:. Two of these regions,
2854:Subdivisions of Belgium
2088:State reform in Belgium
1972:Brussels Capital Region
1960:Brussels Capital Region
1695:Brussels-Capital Region
1525:Brussels-Capital Region
1496:In 1920, following the
1463:independence of Belgium
1265:Brussels Capital Region
1086:66/km (170/sq mi)
950:shared with Luxembourg)
457:
450:, and further into 581
437:Brussels-Capital Region
43:Provinces de Belgique (
37:Provincies van België (
27:Subdivisions of Belgium
2368:Bosnia and Herzegovina
2041:
1967:
1904:
1889:
1877:
1838:
1830:
1802:Provincial governments
1500:, Belgium annexed the
1454:
1437:
1383:
467:
380:is divided into three
2330:of European countries
2147:"Province of Belgium"
2039:
1957:
1547:French First Republic
1452:
1435:First French Republic
1432:
1373:
729:1500–1999, 3000–3499
465:
350:Provincial government
2849:Provinces of Belgium
2196:on 27 September 2007
1930:Following the Fifth
1866:Permanent Deputation
1472:German Confederation
1467:Belgian Constitution
1396:Southern Netherlands
1394:(1549–1581) and the
1380:Southern Netherlands
444:Belgian Constitution
396:. The third region,
49:Provinzen Belgiens (
35:Provinces of Belgium
1976:province of Brabant
1552:First French Empire
1521:province of Brabant
1491:province of Limburg
1412:Duchy of Luxembourg
1392:Seventeen Provinces
1202:Wallonisch-Brabant
835:Flandre occidentale
421:province of Brabant
417:creation of Belgium
2248:) (13 July 1995).
2042:
2007:Federal Government
1968:
1925:Brussels Periphery
1909:Flemish Government
1890:Collège provincial
1839:Conseil provincial
1816:Provincial College
1808:Provincial Council
1565:Kingdom of Belgium
1560:of the Netherlands
1531:Schematic overview
1519:, the (bilingual)
1455:
1438:
1404:County of Flanders
1384:
468:
297:Kingdom of Belgium
2836:
2835:
2774:
2773:
2590:
2589:
1843:States-Provincial
1799:
1798:
1775:
1515:. As part of the
1416:County of Hainaut
1363:
1362:
1298:
1217:
1149:
1093:
1077:
1009:
951:
943:
928:
853:
785:
717:
702:Flämisch-Brabant
649:
631:Flandre orientale
581:
508:
423:, which held the
374:
373:
272:
271:
18:Belgian provinces
16:(Redirected from
2881:
2680:
2679:
2663:
2623:Subdivisions of
2617:
2610:
2603:
2594:
2593:
2558:Northern Ireland
2336:Sovereign states
2320:
2313:
2306:
2297:
2296:
2265:
2264:
2262:
2260:
2252:(in Dutch). The
2241:
2235:
2234:
2232:
2230:
2221:
2212:
2206:
2205:
2203:
2201:
2195:
2188:
2180:
2174:
2157:
2151:
2150:
2143:
2130:
2124:
2115:
2109:
2009:who are called "
1940:Brussels-Capital
1769:
1589:Meuse-Inférieure
1542:
1541:
1483:Treaty of London
1420:Duchy of Limburg
1400:Duchy of Brabant
1296:
1279:
1278:
1261:
1254:
1215:
1186:
1179:
1147:
1118:
1111:
1091:
1075:
1046:
1039:
1007:
976:
969:
947:
941:
926:
897:
890:
851:
822:
815:
783:
754:
747:
715:
686:
679:
647:
618:
611:
579:
550:
543:
507:(1 January 2024)
506:
470:
469:
425:City of Brussels
295:
293:
292:
262:
260:
259:
253:
243:
241:
240:
234:
224:
222:
221:
215:
208:
201:
193:
188:
180:
174:
166:
160:
152:
146:
138:
133:
125:
119:
111:
109:
101:
93:
86:
78:
73:
67:
66:
59:
58:
32:
31:
21:
2889:
2888:
2884:
2883:
2882:
2880:
2879:
2878:
2839:
2838:
2837:
2832:
2810:
2802:
2780:Arrondissements
2770:
2766:Walloon Brabant
2732:
2718:Flemish Brabant
2694:
2673:
2664:
2655:
2651:German-speaking
2627:
2621:
2591:
2586:
2585:
2576:
2564:
2331:
2324:
2274:
2269:
2268:
2258:
2256:
2242:
2238:
2228:
2226:
2219:
2213:
2209:
2199:
2197:
2193:
2186:
2182:
2181:
2177:
2171:Flemish Brabant
2158:
2154:
2149:. statoids.com.
2145:
2144:
2133:
2125:
2118:
2110:
2101:
2096:
2069:
2034:
2001:. However, the
1984:Walloon Brabant
1980:Flemish Brabant
1952:
1944:Flemish Brabant
1921:French language
1897:Flemish Brabant
1859:14 October 2018
1804:
1768:
1727:Sambre-et-Meuse
1703:Walloon Brabant
1687:Flemish Brabant
1559:
1549:
1533:
1498:First World War
1424:County of Namur
1368:
1190:Walloon Brabant
1090:
1071:Olivier Schmitz
949:
945:
831:West-Vlaanderen
779:Herman Reynders
699:Brabant flamand
690:Flemish Brabant
627:Oost-Vlaanderen
505:
460:
448:arrondissements
433:Walloon Brabant
429:Flemish Brabant
376:The Kingdom of
370:
354:
332:Walloon Brabant
318:) – 1,926,522 (
290:
288:
268:
267:
266:
257:
255:
251:
248:
247:
238:
236:
232:
229:
228:
219:
217:
213:
210:
206:
204:
195:
192:Walloon Brabant
191:
182:
178:
177:
168:
164:
163:
154:
150:
149:
140:
136:
127:
123:
122:
113:
107:
106:
104:
95:
91:
89:
80:
76:
64:
48:
42:
36:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
2887:
2877:
2876:
2871:
2866:
2861:
2856:
2851:
2834:
2833:
2831:
2830:
2825:
2820:
2814:
2812:
2808:Municipalities
2804:
2803:
2801:
2800:
2795:
2790:
2788:Administrative
2784:
2782:
2776:
2775:
2772:
2771:
2769:
2768:
2763:
2758:
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