Arrondissement of Antwerp explained

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.

History

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.

Municipalities

The Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp consists of the following municipalities:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011-05-12 . RSV - Planningsprocessen voor stedelijke gebieden . 2022-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110512173906/http://www.rsv.vlaanderen.be/nl/planningsprocessen/stedelijkegebieden/Antwerpen . 12 May 2011 . dead.