Walloon Brabant - Definition and Overview

Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Liège, Namur and Hainaut. Its capital is Wavre. It has a surface area of 1093 km² and contains only one administrative district (arrondissement in French) with 27 municipalities.

Walloon Brabant was created in 1995 by the split of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant; and the Brussels Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province. The split was made to accommodate (with a delay) the division of Belgium in three regions (Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels).

• Population: 347,423 inhabitants (as of 1/1/1999)
• Population density: 319 inh./km²

The history of Brabant is at Brabant; see also Duke of Brabant

Nivelles District:

• Beauvechain
• Braine-l'Alleud
• Braine-le-Château
• Chastre
• Chaumont-Gistoux
• Court-Saint-Etienne
• Genappe
• Grez-Doiceau
• Hélécine
• 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

External links

• The province's official site, in English, French, Dutch and German (http://www.brabantwallon.be/en)

Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium
Communities: French Community of Belgium | Flemish Community in Belgium | German-speaking community of Belgium
Regions and provinces:
Flanders: Antwerp | East Flanders | Flemish Brabant | Limburg | West Flanders
Wallonia: Hainaut | Liège | Luxembourg | Namur | Walloon Brabant
Brussels-Capital Region