Arrondissement of Mechelen

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; 4.5Coordinates: 51°03′N 4°30′E / 51.05°N 4.5°E / 51.05; 4.5
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Antwerp
Municipalities	13
Area
• Total	510.22 km² (197.00 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2015)
• Total	335,418
• Density	660/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

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

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.

The Administrative Arrondissement of Mechelen 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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