Arrondissement of Antwerp | |
Type: | Arrondissement of Belgium |
Coordinates: | 51.25°N 4.5°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belgium |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Parts Type: | Municipalities |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 30 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1000.31 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
The Arrondissement of Antwerp (;) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in Antwerp Province, Belgium.[1] It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. The territory of the Judicial Arrondissement of Antwerp coincides with that of the Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp.
The Arrondissement of Antwerp was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes . It originally comprised the cantons of Antwerp, Boom, Berchem, Brecht, Ekeren and Zandhoven. In 1923, the then municipalities of Burcht and Zwijndrecht (Burcht was merged into Zwijndrecht in 1977 to form the present-day municipality of Zwijndrecht) in the Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas were added to the arrondissement.
The Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp consists of the following municipalities: