Arrondissement of Antwerp

Arrondissement of Antwerp Arrondissement Antwerpen
Arrondissement of Belgium
Location of the arrondissement in Antwerp
Coordinates: 51°15′N 4°30′E / 51.25°N 4.5°E / 51.25; 4.5Coordinates: 51°15′N 4°30′E / 51.25°N 4.5°E / 51.25; 4.5
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Antwerp
Municipalities	30
Area
• Total	1,000.31 km² (386.22 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2015)
• Total	1,027,342
• Density	1,000/km² (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

The Arrondissement of Antwerp (Dutch: Arrondissement Antwerpen; French: Arrondissement d'Anvers) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. 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 (Dutch: Departement Twee Nethen). 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:

Administrative arrondissements of Belgium

Brussels-Capital Region	Brussels-Capital

Flemish Region	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

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

Judicial arrondissements of Belgium

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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