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Brabant Wallon

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Province of Brabant Wallon
Flag of province
Coat of arms of the province
Information
Country Flag: Belgium Belgium
Region Flag of Wallonia Walloon Region
Community Flag of the French Community of Belgium French Community
Chief town City Flag Waver Wavre
Governor Marie-Jos Laloy
Total population 373 492 inhab. (01/01/2008)
Area 1 090 km
Districts Nivelles
ISO 3166-2 BE-WBR
Official site www.brabantwallon.be
Location
Location of the province in Belgium
Location of the province in Belgium
The 27 municipalities of the province
The 27 municipalities of the province
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Walloon Brabant is a province of Belgium located in the Walloon Region.

It is located in the center of Belgium. It is placed under the guardianship of the Walloon region but is strongly polarized by Brussels, which is peri urban expansion.

The province had 373,492 inhabitants in 2008 and a density of 336 inhabitants / km 2 in 2006.

Its area is 1090 km 2. The chief town of the province is Wavre.

The province is composed only of district administrative and judicial of Nivelles comprising 27 municipalities, including the capital district is Nivelles.

The western province is more populated than the East.

The main towns are Wavre , Waterloo , Eigenbrakel , Nivelles , Tubize , Rixensart , Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve and Jodoigne

Summary

History

It is also the youngest and the smallest province of Wallonia. The province of Brabant Wallon was born from the split of the former province of Brabant. It is now the Walloon Region , which organizes local authorities such as the provinces Governors

List of municipalities

Arrondissement of Nivelles

1. Beauvechain
2. Eigenbrakel
3. Braine-le-Chteau
4. Chastre
5. Gistoux-Chaumont
6. Court-Saint-Etienne
7. Genappe
8. Graven
9. Hlcine
10. Incourt
11. Ittre
12. Jodoigne
13. Hulpe
14. Lasne

15. Mont-Saint-Guibert
16. Nivelles
17. Orp-Jauche
18. Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
19. Perwez
20. Ramillies
21. Rebecq
22. Rixensart
23. Tubize
24. Villers-la-Ville
25. Walhain
26. Waterloo
27. Waver

Recent population

Population of law on July 1 of each year:

Borough 01-07-2003 01-07-2004 01-07-2005 01-07-2006
Nivelles 358753 361418 364722 367693
- Including foreign 29 512 29 445 30 133 30 395

Source:

Tourism

References

  1. Charles-Etienne Lagasse, the new political institutions in Belgium and Europe, Erasmus Namur, 2003, pp. 133-137
  2. National Institute of Statistics - Directorate General Statistics and Economic Information

See also

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Flag of Belgium Administrative divisions of Belgium
Regions and provinces of Belgium
Flag of Flanders Flemish Region Antwerp Flemish Brabant West Flanders East Flanders Limburg
Flag of Wallonia Walloon Region Wallonie Brabant Hainaut Liege Luxembourg Namur
Flag of the Brussels Capital Region Brussels Region is not divided into provinces
Administrative districts in Belgium Aalst Arlon Ath Antwerp Oudenaarde Bastogne Bruges Brussels Charleroi Kortrijk Dinant Diksmuide Eeklo Furnes Ghent Halle-Vilvoorde Hasselt Huy Liege Leuven Maaseik Mechelen Walk- en-Famenne Mons Mouscron Namur Neufchteau Nivelles Ostend Philippeville Roeselare St. Nicolas Soignies Dendermonde Thuin Tielt Tongeren Tournai Turnhout Verviers Virton Waremme Ypres
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Jurisdictional
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Province of Brabant Wallon
Nivelles Beauvechain Eigenbrakel Braine-le-Chateau Chastre Chaumont-Gistoux Court-Saint-tienne Genappe Graven Hlcine Incourt Ittre Jodoigne La Hulpe Lasne Mont-Saint-Guibert Nivelles Orp-Jauche Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve Perwez Ramillies Rebecq Rixensart Tubize Villers-la-Ville Walhain Waterloo Wavre Arms of Brabant Wallon
See also: Belgium Walloon Region Commons


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