Brabante Flamenco

"La provincia del Brabante Flamenco (en neerlandés: Vlaams-Brabant, en francés: Brabant flamand) es una provincia de Bélgica que forma parte de la región de Flandes. Nació de la escisión de la antigua provincia unitaria de Brabante ente el Brabante Flamenco y el Brabante valón. El gentilicio con el que se denomina a los naturales y a quienes habitan en ella es brabanzón, brabanzona (plural: brabanzones). La puesta en marcha de la escisión fue efectuada por un acuerdo de cooperación firmado el 30 de mayo de 1993 entre el Estado federal belga, las tres regiones autónomas en que está dividida Bélgica y las comunidades lingüísticas francesa y flamenca. El nacimiento oficial de la provincia del Brabante Flamenco se consagró el 1 de enero de 1995."

"Flemish Brabant (Dutch: Vlaams-Brabant [vlamzbrabnt] , French: Brabant flamand) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven. It has an area of 2,106 km² which is divided into two administrative districts (arrondissementen in Dutch) containing 65 municipalities. Flemish Brabant was created in 1995 by the splitting of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant; and the Brussels-Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province. The split was made to accommodate the eventual division of Belgium in three regions (Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region). It is a province with a rich cultural history and a great diversity of typical products, among them several of the world-famous Belgian beers. The province is made up of two arrondissements. The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement has Brussels in its middle. It is therefore mainly a residential area, but it also has large industrial zones. For example, it is home to Belgium's main airport. The other arrondissement is the Leuven Arrondissement, centered on Leuven. The official language in Flemish Brabant is Dutch (as it is in the whole of Flanders), but a few municipalities are to a certain extent allowed to use French to communicate with their citizens; these are called the municipalities with language facilities. Other such special municipalities can be found along the border between Flanders and Wallonia, and between Wallonia and the German-speaking area of Belgium. Halle-Vilvoorde mostly surrounds Brussels, which is officially bilingual but whose inhabitants mostly speak French. The history of Brabant can be found at the Duchy of Brabant article; see also Duke of Brabant."