Arrondissement of Antwerp

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Arrondissement of Antwerp Arrondissement Antwerpen
Arrondissement of Belgium
Location of the arrondissement in Antwerp Province
Coordinates: 51°15′N 4°30′E / 51.25°N 4.5°E / 51.25; 4.5Coordinates: 51°15′N 4°30′E / 51.25°N 4.5°E / 51.25; 4.5
Country	Belgium
Region	Flanders
Province	Antwerp
Municipalities	30
Area
• Total	1,000.31 km2 (386.22 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2017)
• Total	1,039,943
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The Arrondissement of Antwerp (Dutch: Arrondissement Antwerpen; French: Arrondissement d'Anvers) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in Antwerp Province, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. The territory of the Judicial Arrondissement of Antwerp coincides with that of the Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp.

History[]

The Arrondissement of Antwerp was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes (Dutch: Departement Twee Nethen). It originally comprised the cantons of Antwerp, Boom, Berchem, Brecht, Ekeren and Zandhoven. In 1923, the then municipalities of Burcht and Zwijndrecht (Burcht was merged into Zwijndrecht in 1977 to form the present-day municipality of Zwijndrecht) in the Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas were added to the arrondissement.

Municipalities[]

The Administrative Arrondissement of Antwerp consists of the following municipalities:

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