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).
WalloonBrabant 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.
WalloonBrabant was created in 1995 by the split of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, WalloonBrabant and Flemish Brabant; and the Brussels Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province.
The Duchy of Brabant was formally erected in 1183/1184.
The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I of Brabant, son of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia.
At the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands in 1795 the duchy of Brabant was dissolved.
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