- Brabant
Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the
Low Countries with quite different geographical extent:
* The Carolingianpagus Bracbatensis, located between the riversScheldt andDijle between the 9th and 11th century;
*Brabant (landgraviat) , the part of the pagus between the riversDender and Dijle (from 1085/1086 up to 1183/1184);
*Duchy of Brabant : territory established in 1183-84, covering approximately the present Dutch province North Brabant and the three Belgian provinces Antwerp,Walloon Brabant andFlemish Brabant , and theBrussels-Capital Region .
*Province of Brabant in Belgium, which in 1995 was split up into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant.
*North Brabant , a province of the Netherlands.
*East Brabant , the Brabant area East of Brussels, also referred to as the Hageland (= the area between the 4 cities Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen)
*Klein Brabant , the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders.Along the international border between the Netherlands and Belgium there are a few
enclave s andexclave s, as relicts of the old duchy of Brabant: the municipalitiesBaarle-Hertog (Belgium) andBaarle-Nassau (Netherlands).ee also
* The Brabant massacres 1982–85, a series of unexplained terrorist attacks in Belgium, linked to the
Nijvel gang and theBelgian stay-behind network .
*Brabantic , a dialect of the Dutch language.
*Brabant, West Virginia , USA.
*Belgian (horse) , some of which are referred to as Brabant, if originating from West-Brabant.
*Brabant Island , in Antarctica
*Le Morne Brabant , Mountain on Mauritius
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