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In 1831, Belgium was divided into 2,739 municipalities, including 20 within the current Brussels-Capital Region (which at that time did not exist). [5] In 1841, a 21st and 22nd municipality were created when Berchem-Sainte-Agathe formally separated from neighbouring Koekelberg and Jette-Ganshoren split into Jette and Ganshoren.
This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law. In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, and Brussels. [1]
François Joseph Ferdinand Marchal, Histoire des Pays-Bas autrichiens (Brussels, Deprez-Parent) [14] M. E. Perrot, Revue de l'exposition des produits le l'industrie nationale en 1841 (Brussels) [15] Guide books. A. Ferrier, Guide pittoresque du voyageur en Belgique (3rd edition, Brussels, Société Belge de Librairie) [16]
In 1804, the royal chapel was entrusted by Napoleon to the Protestant community of Brussels and became Brussels Protestant Church. It has largely retained its original appearance. Until 1878, the Brussels Salon, a periodic exhibition of work by living artists, took place in the former apartments of Charles Alexander of Lorraine. This situation ...
The merger of Antwerp with the municipalities of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Hoboken, Ekeren, Merksem and Wilrijk in 1983 finally reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium to 589 and was the last reorganization of the municipalities for several decades because the merger of the 19 municipalities of Brussels was postponed indefinitely.
A royal decree of 28 July 1840 constituted the exhibition of Belgian industrial products in 1841. Belgian Interior Minister Charles Liedts was assigned to oversee the decrees. An organizing committee included Brussels Mayor Guillaume Van Volxem, Frédéric Basse, Charles de Brouckère, Auguste-Donat De Hemptinne, and more. The committee ...
View of the Brussels Zoological Garden, 1856 Celebrations for Belgian National Day in Brussels, 21 July 1856. 1856 28 March: The reconstructed Royal Theatre of La Monnaie opens. 11 June: The Société royale belge des aquarellistes is founded under the chairmanship of Jean-Baptiste Madou. Drawing of a crowd on the Grand-Place during the ...
The municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region has two official names: a French and a Dutch (sometimes the same). For more information, see List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region . Subcategories