Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde

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Arrondissement in Flanders, Belgium

Administrative Arrondissement
of Halle-Vilvoorde

Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde

Arrondissement

Location of the arrondissement in Flemish Brabant

Coordinates: 50°51′N 4°12′E﻿ / ﻿50.85°N 4.2°E﻿ / 50.85; 4.2
Country|  Belgium
Region|  Flanders
Province|  Flemish Brabant
Municipalities| 35
Area

• Total| 942.93 km2 (364.07 sq mi)
Population

(1 January 2017)

• Total| 627,247
• Density| 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement (Dutch: Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde) is one of the two administrative arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.[1] It almost completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region and lies to the west of the other arrondissement in the province, the Leuven Arrondissement. Unlike the Arrondissement of Leuven, it is not a judicial arrondissement; however since the sixth Belgian state reform in 2012–14, it has its own public prosecutor's service.

The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement and the Brussels-Capital Region together formed the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde electoral district and the Judicial Arrondissement of Brussels. Following the 2007 federal election, Yves Leterme, who was in charge of the negotiations for forming a new Federal Government, proposed to split up the Judicial Arrondissement of Brussels into two judicial arrondissements: one comprising Halle-Vilvoorde and the other comprising the Brussels Region.

## History[edit]

The municipalities with language facilities near Brussels

The Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde was established in 1963 when the language borders were determined. At that time, the then Administrative Arrondissement of Brussels, which had the same territory as the present-day Judicial Arrondissement of Brussels, was split into three administrative arrondissements, two of which still exist today:

* Brussels-Capital, which consists of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels Region;
* Halle-Vilvoorde, a unilingual Dutch-speaking administrative arrondissement;
* Brussels-Periphery, which consisted of the six Flemish municipalities with language facilities for French-speakers around Brussels.

On January 1, 1971, the Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery ceased to exist and its municipalities were added to Halle-Vilvoorde.

In 1977, the then municipality of Muizen ceased to exist and was ceded to the Arrondissement of Mechelen, in the Province of Antwerp.

## Municipalities[edit]

The Administrative Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde is made up of the following municipalities:

* Affligem
* Asse
* Beersel
* Bever
* Dilbeek
* Drogenbos
* Galmaarden
* Gooik
* Grimbergen
* Halle
* Herne
* Hoeilaart

* Kampenhout
* Kapelle-op-den-Bos
* Kraainem
* Lennik
* Liedekerke
* Linkebeek
* Londerzeel
* Machelen
* Meise
* Merchtem
* Opwijk
* Overijse

* Pepingen
* Roosdaal
* Sint-Genesius-Rode
* Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
* Steenokkerzeel
* Ternat
* Vilvoorde
* Wemmel
* Wezembeek-Oppem
* Zaventem
* Zemst

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## Population[edit]

Population as of 1 January in recent years:

Year | Population

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1990 | 533,719
1995 | 549,165
2000 | 558,220
2005 | 572,697
2010 | 593,455
2015 | 617,330
2017 | 627,247

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Wohnsitz, Nationalität, Familienstand, Alter und Geschlecht". Direction générale Statistique – Statistics Belgium. Direction générale Statistique – Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

## See also[edit]

* Brussels Periphery (Vlaamse Rand)

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Administrative arrondissements of Belgium

Brussels|

* Brussels-Capital

Flanders|

* Aalst
* Antwerp
* Bruges
* Dendermonde
* Diksmuide
* Eeklo
* Ghent
* Halle-Vilvoorde
* Hasselt
* Kortrijk
* Leuven
* Maaseik
* Mechelen
* Ostend
* Oudenaarde
* Roeselare
* Sint-Niklaas
* Tielt
* Tongeren
* Turnhout
* Veurne
* Ypres-Ieper

Wallonia|

* Arlon
* Ath
* Bastogne
* Charleroi
* Dinant
* Huy
* La Louvière
* Liège
* Marche-en-Famenne
* Mons
* Namur
* Neufchâteau
* Nivelles
* Philippeville
* Soignies
* Thuin
* Tournai-Mouscron
* Verviers
* Virton
* Waremme

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