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The Arrondissement of Mechelen (Dutch: Arrondissement Mechelen; French: Arrondissement de Malines) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement, as the territory for both coincides.
History
The Arrondissement of Mechelen was created in 1800 as the third arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes (Dutch: Departement Twee Nethen). It originally comprised the cantons of Duffel, Heist-op-den-Berg, Lier, Mechelen and Puurs. In 1977, the then municipality of Muizen was added to the arrondissement from the Arrondissement of Leuven, and was merged into the City of Mechelen.
Per 1 January 2019, the municipalities of Puurs and Sint-Amands merged into the new municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands.
Municipalities
The Administrative Arrondissement of Mechelen consists of the following municipalities:
References
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- Maasmechelen
- Arrondissement of Mechelen
- Antwerp Province
- Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde
- Mechelen
- NUTS statistical regions of Belgium
- Brussels (disambiguation)
- List of television stations in Belgium
- Communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium
- Arrondissements of Belgium
- Maasmechelen
