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The federalized country Belgium geographically consists of 3 regions, of which only Flanders ( = the Flemish Region) and Wallonia (= the 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.
[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]
- Arlon
- Antwerp
- Bruges
- Brussels
- Charleroi
- Dendermonde
- Dinant
- Eupen
- Ghent
- Hasselt
- Huy
- Kortrijk
- Leuven
- Liège
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- Marche-en-Famenne
- Mechelen
- Mons
- Namur
- Neufchâteau
- Nivelles
- Oudenaarde
- Tongeren
- Tournai
- Turnhout
- Verviers
- Veurne
- Ypres
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[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
- ^ Police Zones.
