Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the

Low Countries The Low Countries (; ), historically also known as the Netherlands (), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower Drainage basin, basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Bene ...

of Europe. It may refer to:

Place names in Europe

Belgium

Province of Brabant The Province of Brabant (, ; ) was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995. It was created in 1815 as South Brabant, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. In 1995, it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaki ...

, which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region: **

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( ; ) 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 ...

, in the Flanders region; the Dutch speaking part of the former Brabant province. **

Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant ( ; ; ) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut. Walloon Br ...

, in the Wallonia region; the French speaking part of the former Brabant province. **

Brussels-Capital Region Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital ...

, bilingual between French and Dutch. *

Klein-Brabant ("Little Brabant") is a Flemish region in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It includes the municipalities of Bornem and Puurs-Sint-Amands. The region is also a police zone, named . The region got a lot of attention during and after the broadc ...

, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region * East Brabant, or

Hageland The Hageland is a landscape in the Flemish Region of Belgium, situated in the eastern part of the Province of Flemish Brabant. It is mainly comprised between the cities of Aarschot, Leuven, Tienen and Diest, and probably coincides to some extent ...

, an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen

Netherlands

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

province

France

* Brabant-en-Argonne, commune in the Meuse department *

Brabant-le-Roi Brabant-le-Roi () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in northeastern France. The priest and Encyclopédiste Charles Millot died in Brabant-le-Roi 9 June 1769. Geography The village lies in the southern part of the commune on th ...

, commune in the Meuse department ** Brabant-lès-Villers (1973–1982), former commune, amalgamation of Brabant-le-Roi and Villers-aux-Vents

Geology

* London-Brabant Massif, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany

Historical use

Pagus of Brabant The ''pagus'' of Brabant (; ) was a geographical region in the early Middle Ages, located in what is now Belgium. It was the first region known to have been called Brabant, and it included the modern capital of Belgium, Brussels. It was divided ...

, the original, early medieval territory, divided between several counts, core of the later Landgraviate *

Landgraviate of Brabant The Landgraviate of Brabant (Modern , Modern ) was a small imperial fiefdom west of Brussels, consisting of the area between the Dender and Zenne rivers in the Low Countries, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. Before 1085 the land had belon ...

(1085–1183), an expansive medieval lordship including Brussels, core of the later Duchy *

Duchy of Brabant The Duchy of Brabant, a Imperial State, state of the Holy Roman Empire, was established in 1183. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant of 1085–1183, and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries. The Duchy comprised part of the Bu ...

, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1183 until the French Revolution, by which time the northern half had been lost to the Dutch Republic * Staats-Brabant, a territory of the Dutch Republic directly governed by the States-General from 1588 until the French Revolution * Département of Brabant, a département under various forms of French control, formed from an earlier French Département of the Dommel, and predecessor of modern North Brabant. *

(called South Brabant, 1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, based on earlier French département of the Dyle, became part of Belgium in 1830, now divided into three parts (see above)

Royalty and nobility

* House of Brabant descended from the

Reginarid The Reginarids (or Regnarids, Regniers, Reiniers, etc.) were a family of magnates in Lower Lotharingia during the Carolingian and Ottonian period. Their modern name is derived from the personal name which many members of the family bore, and which ...

family of Lotharingia *

Duke of Brabant The Duke of Brabant (, ) was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184. The title was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I, Duke of Brabant, Henry I of the House of Reginar, son of Godfrey III of Le ...

, a dynastic title of the modern Belgian royal family

Place names outside Europe

Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan Brabant Lake is an Indian settlement of 102 people located in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Brabant Lake is 172 km northeast of La Ronge and 45 km southwest of Southend.Google maps The community is located on the northern end of Brab ...

, Canada * Port Brabant, former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada *

Brabant, West Virginia Brabant is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The U ...

, United States *

Le Morne Brabant Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. On it is a basaltic monolith of the same name 556 metres (1,824 ft) high. Its summit covers an area of over . There are many caves and overha ...

, a mountain on Mauritius *

Brabant Island Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is long north-south, wide, and rises to in Mount Parry. The interi ...

, Antarctica

Other uses

* Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the

Belgian Draught The Belgian Draught, , , is a Belgium, Belgian list of horse breeds, breed of draught horse. It originates in the region of the Low Countries that is now central Belgium, and may also be called the Brabant after the former Province of Brabant ...

, a Belgian breed of horse *

Brabantian dialect Brabantian or Brabantish, also Brabantic or Brabantine (, , ), is a dialect group of the Dutch language. It is named after the historical Duchy of Brabant, which corresponded mainly to the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant, the Belgi ...

, a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language * Brabançonne (or "the Brabantian"), the national anthem of Belgium *

Brabant killers The Brabant killers are a group of unidentified criminals responsible for a series of violent attacks that mainly occurred in the Belgian province of Brabant (province), Brabant between 1982 and 1985. A total of 28 people died and 22 were injured ...

, a 1980s terrorist group * HNLMS ''Noord-Brabant'' ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy *

Brabant Company The Brabant Company (Dutch - ), also known as the New Company (''Nieuwe Compagnie''), was a precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Brabantsche Company was set up in 1599, by Jacques de Velaer, Isaac le Maire, Hans Hunger, Marcus ...

, precursor of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) * ''Brabant'' (train), a Paris-Brussels express train 1963–1995 * ''Brabant'' (cruise ship), operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines {{disambiguation, geo, ship