Antwerp Province

Antwerp Official name is Provincie Antwerpen (Dutch). (, , ) is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium.

Antwerp is largest city of the province and its capital; the Port of Antwerp is part of the city.

History
The modern province of Antwerp was the old Deux-Nèthes department, created in 1795 during the First French Empire in the northern part of the Duchy of Brabant.

In 1815, during the creation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the territory became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as the province of Central Brabant, distinguishing it from North Brabant and South Brabant. In 1830, after Belgium's independence the province was renamed Antwerp (after its major city and capital).

Geography
The province of Antwerp borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders.

The province has an area of  with a population of about 1,887,000 in 2022.

The northernmost point of the province (and also of Belgium) is in Meersel-Dreef with the coordinates .

The capital and largest city is Antwerp, also the largest city in the Flemish Region.

Its highest point is Beerzelberg,  high, in the municipality of Putte, Mechelen district. The lowest point of the province with  high, lies in the valley of the Grote Nete river near Lier.

The main river in the province is the Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, ). Others rivers are Rupel, Grote Nete, Kleine Nete.

Administrative divisions
The province of Antwerp is divided into three arrondissements (Antwerp, Mechelen and Turnhout) and a total of 69 municipalities since 2019.

+ Municipalities by arrondissements, with their numbers in the map Antwerp  Mechelen  Turnhout 170px
 Aartselaar (1)
 Antwerpen (Antwerp) (2)
 Boechout (8)
 Boom (10)
 Borsbeek (12)
 Brasschaat (13)
 Brecht (14)
 Edegem (17)
 Essen (18)
 Hemiksem (22)
 Hove (27)
 Kalmthout (29)
 Kapellen (30)
 Kontich (32)
 Lint (36)
 Malle (37)
 Mortsel (42)
 Niel (43)
 Ranst (49)
 Rumst (53)
 Schelle (54)
 Schilde (55)
 Schoten (56)
 Stabroek (58)
 Wijnegem (63)
 Wommelgem (65)
 Wuustwezel (66)
 Zandhoven (67)
 Zoersel (68)
 Zwijndrecht (69) 170px 
 Berlaar (7)
 Bonheiden (9)
 Bornem (11)
 Duffel (16)
 Heist-op-den-Berg (21)
 Lier (34)
 Mechelen (38)
 Nijlen (44)
 Putte (47)
 Puurs-Sint-Amands (48)
 Sint-Katelijne-Waver (57)
 Willebroek (64) 170px 
 Arendonk (3)
 Baarle-Hertog (4)
 Balen (5)
 Beerse (6)
 Dessel (15)
 Geel (19)
 Grobbendonk (20)
 Herentals (23)
 Herenthout (24)
 Herselt (25)
 Hoogstraten (26)
 Hulshout (28)
 Kasterlee (31)
 Laakdal (33)
 Lille (35)
 Meerhout (39)
 Merksplas (40)
 Mol (41)
 Olen (45)
 Oud-Turnhout (46)
 Ravels (50)
 Retie (51)
 Rijkevorsel (52)
 Turnhout (59)
 Vorselaar (60)
 Vosselaar (61)
 Westerlo (62)

Population by arrondissement
Population x 1,000 (on 1 January since 1980).Institut national de statistique - Direction générale Statistique et information économique

Arrondissement197019801990200020102020Antwerp  918 925 923 932 985 1,056Mechelen 283 292 295 306 324 347Turnhout 333 357 380 406 435 464Province of Antwerp 1,533 1,574 1,597 1,644 1,745 1,867

References

 Other websites 

  Official website