Arrondissement of Mechelen

Arrondissement in Flanders, Belgium

Arrondissement of Mechelen

Arrondissement Mechelen

Arrondissement

Location of the arrondissement in Antwerp

Coordinates: 51°03′N 4°30′E﻿ / ﻿51.05°N 4.5°E﻿ / 51.05; 4.5
Country|  Belgium
Region|  Flanders
Province|  Antwerp
Municipalities| 13 (until 2018)
12 (since 2019)
Area

• Total

| 510.22 km2 (197.00 sq mi)
Population

(1 January 2017)

• Total

| 340,410
• Density| 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)

The Arrondissement of Mechelen (Dutch: Arrondissement Mechelen; French: Arrondissement de Malines) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement, as the territory for both coincides.

## History

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The Arrondissement of Mechelen was created in 1800 as the third arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes (Dutch: Departement Twee Nethen). It originally comprised the cantons of Duffel, Heist-op-den-Berg, Lier, Mechelen and Puurs. In 1977, the then municipality of Muizen was added to the arrondissement from the Arrondissement of Leuven, and was merged into the City of Mechelen.

Per 1 January 2019, the municipalities of Puurs and Sint-Amands merged into the new municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands.

## Municipalities

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The Administrative Arrondissement of Mechelen consists of the following municipalities:[1]

* Berlaar
* Bonheiden
* Bornem
* Duffel
* Heist-op-den-Berg
* Lier

* Mechelen
* Nijlen
* Putte
* Puurs-Sint-Amands
* Sint-Katelijne-Waver
* Willebroek

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## References

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1. ^ "Chiffres de population au 1er janvier 2022" (PDF). Federal Public Service Interior. Retrieved January 5, 2023.

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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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Former Judicial arrondissements of Belgium until 31 March 2014

Judicial area of Antwerp|

* Antwerp
* Hasselt
* Mechelen
* Tongeren
* Turnhout

Judicial area of Brussels|

* Brussels
* Leuven
* Nivelles

Judicial area of Ghent|

* Bruges
* Dendermonde
* Ghent
* Kortrijk
* Oudenaarde
* Veurne
* Ypres

Judicial area of Liège|

* Arlon
* Dinant
* Eupen
* Huy
* Liège
* Marche-en-Famenne
* Namur
* Neufchâteau
* Verviers

Judicial area of Mons|

* Charleroi
* Mons
* Tournai

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