Province of Brabant

It was created in 1815 as South Brabant, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

[5] After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was created at the Congress of Vienna, consisting of territories which had been added to France by Napoleon: the former Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands.

The provincial governors during this time were: After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium and later also Luxembourg.

The province contained three arrondissements: Brussels, Leuven and Nivelles.

As comparison, the current two provinces of Brabant, together with Brussels, had 2,621,275 inhabitants in January 2011.

Belgian flag of Brabant
flag of Brabant used on the (current) official coat of arms of Belgium
Map of the Low Countries including Brabant (yellow). The border between the Northern and the Southern Netherlands is marked in red
Diagram of the Belgian Province of Brabant, which was divided into Flemish Brabant (bright yellow), Walloon Brabant (bright red), and the Brussels-Capital Region (orange).