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The first governor of united Limburg (including the province of Limburg in the Netherlands) was Charles de Brouckère, from 1815, after the Battle of Waterloo until 1828. He was followed by Maximilien de Beeckman who governed the united province until 1830, when the Belgian revolution began and division of Limburg began, first with the ...
Bocholt (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; Limburgish: Bóggetj [ˈboɣətʃ]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2021, Bocholt had a total population of 13,144. The total area is 59.34 km 2 which gives a population density of 208 inhabitants per km 2. [2]
The municipal councils definitively approved the merger on 18 December 2017. Neerpelt and Overpelt thus ceased to exist on 31 December 2018. A day later, on 1 January 2019, Pelt officially became a new municipality in Limburg. [3] The merged municipality has an area of 83.63 km 2 and counts more than 32,000 inhabitants.
Oudsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌutsˌbɛrɣə(n)]; Limburgish: Audsberge [ˈawtsbæʀ(ə)ɣə]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Opglabbeek and Meeuwen-Gruitrode. The merged municipality has an area of 116.24 km 2 and a population of 23,520 people ...
Belgium comprises 581 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten; French: communes; German: Gemeinden), 300 of them grouped into five provinces in Flanders and 262 others in five provinces in Wallonia, while the remaining 19 are in the Brussels Capital Region, which is not divided in provinces. In most cases, the municipalities are the smallest ...
Arrondissements of Belgium are subdivisions below the provinces of Belgium.There are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.
Bree (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Brée, French pronunciation:) is a city and municipality in the Flemish province of Limburg, Belgium. In December 2021, Bree had a total population of 16,097. The total area is 64.96 km 2 (25.08 sq mi) which gives it a population density of 246 inhabitants per square kilometre (640/sq mi).
Neerpelt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈneːrpɛlt] ⓘ, lit. ' Lower Pelt ') is a town in Pelt and a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.In 2018, the municipality had a total population of 17,174.