Brabant 4508 185067769 2008-01-17T21:38:53Z 130.15.199.171 Historically, '''Brabant''' has been the name of several administrative entities in the [[Low Countries]] with quite different geographical extent: * The Carolingian [[pagus]] Bracbatensis, located between the rivers [[Scheldt]] and [[Dijle]] between the 9th and 11th century; * [[Brabant (landgraviat)]], the part of the pagus between the rivers [[Dender]] 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 (province)|Antwerp]], [[Walloon Brabant]] and [[Flemish Brabant]], and the [[Brussels-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 and [[exclave]]s, as relicts of the old duchy of Brabant: the municipalities [[Baarle-Hertog]] (Belgium) and [[Baarle-Nassau]] (Netherlands). ==See also== * The '''Brabant massacres''' 1982–85, a series of unexplained terrorist attacks in Belgium, linked to the [[Nijvel gang]] and the [[Belgian 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 [[Brabant (province)|West-Brabant]]. * [[Brabant Island]], in Antarctica * [[Le Morne Brabant]], Mountain on Mauritius {{disambig}} [[Category:Brabant| ]] [[br:Brabant]] [[ca:Brabant (desambiguació)]] [[cs:Brabant]] [[de:Brabant]] [[es:Brabante]] [[fr:Brabant]] [[nl:Brabant]] [[nds-nl:Braobant]] [[ja:ブラバント]] [[no:Brabant]] [[ro:Brabant (dezambiguizare)]] [[ru:Брабант]] [[wa:Braibant]]