Brabant, Belgium, Europe

Brabant was the Province of Brabant, a province in Belgium ("België" in French) from 1830 to 1995; it was originally created in 1815 as South Brabant, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium, and later also Luxembourg. The province was then renamed simply Brabant and became the central province of Belgium, with its capital city Brussels. The province contained three arrondissements: Brussels, Leuven and Nivelles In 1961-1963 the language borders were established, from which the province was divided into a Dutch-speaking region, a French-speaking region and the bilingual Brussels-the Brussels arrondissement was split to this end In 1989, Brussels-Capital Region was created, but the region was still part of the province of Brabant. In 1995, the province of Brabant was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region