Walloon Brabant
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| - | [[Image:Hell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Hieronymus Bosch]] hailed from [[Duchy of Brabant|Brabant]]]] | ||
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| - | The '''Duchy of Brabant''' was a historical region in the [[Low Countries]]. It consisted of not only the three modern-day [[Belgium|Belgian]] provinces of [[Flemish Brabant]], [[Walloon Brabant]] and [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]] as well as the [[Brussels-Capital Region]], but also the present-day [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[North Brabant]]. In [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times, Brabant was situated in the Roman provinces of [[Belgica]] and [[Germania Inferior]] and inhabited by [[Celts|Celtic tribes]], until [[Germanic peoples]] replaced them and made an end to [[Roman Empire|roman imperial rule]]. Its most important cities were [[Brussels]] (Brussel), [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (Antwerpen), [[Leuven]], [[Breda (Netherlands)|Breda]], [['s-Hertogenbosch]], [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]] and [[Mechelen]]. The region's name is first recorded as the Carolingian shire ''pagus Bracbatensis'', located between the rivers [[Scheldt]] and [[Dijle]], from ''bracha'' "new" and ''bant'' "region". | + | |
| - | {{GFDL}} | + | '''Walloon Brabant''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Brabant-Wallon'', [[Dutch language|Dutch]]: {{Audio-IPA|Nl-Waals-Brabant.ogg|''Waals-Brabant''}}, {{lang-wa|Roman Payis}}) is a [[Provinces of regions in Belgium|province]] of [[Wallonia]] in [[Belgium]]. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of [[Flemish Brabant]] ([[Flemish Region]]) and the provinces of [[Liège (province)|Liège]], [[Namur (province)|Namur]] and [[Hainaut (province)|Hainaut]] ([[Wallonia]]). Its capital is [[Wavre]]. It has an area of 1,093 km² and contains only one administrative district (''arrondissement'' in [[French language|French]]) with 27 municipalities.{{GFDL}} |
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Walloon Brabant (French: Brabant-Wallon, Dutch: Template:Audio-IPA, Template:Lang-wa) is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut (Wallonia). Its capital is Wavre. It has an area of 1,093 km² and contains only one administrative district (arrondissement in French) with 27 municipalities.
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