The federalized country Belgium geographically consists of 3 regions, of which only Flemish Region and Walloon Region are subdivided into 5 provinces each; the Brussels-Capital Region is neither a province nor is it part of one.

In Belgium there are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.

Administrative

The 43 administrative arrondissements are an administrative level between the municipalities and the provinces. Brussels-Capital forms a single arrondissement for all 19 municipalities in the region by that name. Per region an overview of its municipalities (gemeenten/communes) and the district or administrative arrondissement these belong to can be found in the Municipalities in Belgium page; for these administrative arrondissements also more technical references are available.

Judicial

Belgium has 27 judicial arrondissements.^[1]

• Arlon
• Antwerp
• Bruges
• Brussels
• Charleroi
• Dendermonde
• Dinant
• Eupen
• Ghent
• Hasselt
• Huy
• Kortrijk
• Leuven
• Liège

• Marche-en-Famenne
• Mechelen
• Mons
• Namur
• Neufchâteau
• Nivelles
• Oudenaarde
• Tongeren
• Tournai
• Turnhout
• Verviers
• Veurne
• Ypres

Electoral

Until a short while ago the electoral circles for the parliaments were electoral arrondissements; at present these circles are the provinces, except for the arrondissements Brussels-Capital (geographically coinciding with the Brussels-Capital Region) and Halle-Vilvoorde (one of the two districts in the province Flemish Brabant in the Flemish region), which together still form the electoral circle Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (in Dutch kieskring Brussel-Halle-Vilvoorde, in French cercle or circonscription électoral Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde).

• For the elections of the Walloon Parliament, 13 arrondissements (or grouped arrondissements) are still being used as electoral circles:
  • Arlon Marche-en-Famenne Bastogne
  • Mons
  • Charleroi
  • Dinant Philippeville
  • Tournai Ath Mouscron
  • Huy Waremme
  • Liège
  • Namur
  • Neufchâteau Virton
  • Nivelles
  • Thuin
  • Verviers
  • Soignies

References

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