Antwerp (province)

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Antwerp
(Dutch: Antwerpen)
Country Belgium
Region Flag of Flanders Flemish Region
Capital Antwerp
Area 2,867 km²
Population 2005 1,682,683
Density 587 / km²
Governor Cathy Berx
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Antwerp (Dutch: Antwerpen) is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp. It has an area of 2867 km² and with nearly 1.7 million inhabitants it is the country's most populous province.

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[edit] Governors since 1830

  • François de Robiano (1830-1831)
  • Jean-François Tielemans (1831)
  • Charles Rogier (1831-1832 and 1834-1840)
  • Henri de Brouckère (1840-1844)
  • Jules Malou (1844-1845)
  • Jan Teichmann (1845-1862)
  • Edward Pycke d'Ideghem (1862-1887)
  • Charles du Bois de Vroylande (1887-1888)
  • Edward Osy de Zegwaart (1889-1900)
  • Fredegand Cogels (1900-1907)
  • Louis de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (1907-1908)
  • Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour (1908-1912)
  • Gaston van de Werve de Schilde (1912-1923)
  • Georges Holvoet (1923-1945)
  • Richard Declerck (1946-1966)
  • Andries Kinsbergen (1967-1993)
  • Camille Paulus (1993-2008)
  • Cathy Berx (since 2008)

[edit] Administrative subdivisions

The province is divided into three administrative arrondissements (arrondissementen in Dutch) containing 70 municipalities :

Antwerp arrondissement: Mechelen arrondissement: Turnhout arrondissement:

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