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Brabant

Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries

Low Countries

The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers....
with quite different geographical extent:

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Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries

Low Countries

The Carolingian pagus
Pagus

In the later Western Roman Empire, following the reorganization of Diocletian, a pagus became the smallest administrative district of a Roman province....
Bracbatensis, located between the rivers Scheldt
Scheldt

The Scheldt is a 350 km long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands. Its name is derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sceald "shallow", English language shoal, Low German schol, Frisian languages skol, and Swedish language sk?ll "thin"....
and Dijle
Dijle

Dyle or Dijle is a river in central Belgium, left tributary of the Rupel. It is 86 km long. It flows through the Belgian provinces Walloon Brabant, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
between the 9th and 11th century;
Brabant (landgraviat)
Brabant (landgraviat)

The Landgraviat of Brabant must be distinguished from the Duchy of Brabant. The Duchy of Brabant was initially a feudal elevation of the landgraviat, but its name was applied to the entire country under the control of the Dukes of Brabant, from the 13th century on....
, the part of the pagus between the rivers Dender
Dender

The Dendre or Dender is a 65 km long river in Belgium, right tributary of the river Scheldt. The confluence of both rivers is in the Belgian town Dendermonde....
and Dijle (from 1085/1086 up to 1183/1184);
Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was a historical region in the Low Countries. It consisted of not only the three modern-day Belgium provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp as well as the Brussels-Capital Region, but also the present-day Netherlands province of North Brabant....
: territory established in 1183-84, covering approximately the present Dutch province North Brabant and the three Belgian provinces Antwerp
Antwerp (province)

Antwerp is the northernmost provinces of regions in Belgium both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg , Flemish Brabant and East Flanders....
, Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant

Walloon Brabant is a Provinces of regions in Belgium of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Li?ge , Namur and Hainaut ....
and Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant

Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Li?ge , Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders....
, and the Brussels-Capital Region.
Province of Brabant
Province of Brabant

Brabant was a province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 until 1830 and a province of Belgium from 1830 until 1995, when it was split in the Dutch language speaking Flemish Brabant, the French speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region....
in Belgium, which in 1995 was split up into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant.
North Brabant
North Brabant

North Brabant is a Provinces of the Netherlands of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west....
, a province of the Netherlands.
East Brabant, the Brabant area East of Brussels, also referred to as the Hageland (= the area between the 4 cities Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen)
Klein Brabant, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders.

Along the international border between the Netherlands and Belgium there are a few enclaves and exclave

Exclave

An exclave is strip of land that belongs to a political entity but that is not connected to it by land . The strip of land is surrounded by other political entities....
s, as relicts of the old duchy of Brabant: the municipalities Baarle-Hertog

Baarle-Hertog

Baarle-Hertog is a municipality located in the Belgium province of Antwerp . The municipality only comprises the town of Baarle-Hertog proper. On January 1 2006 Baarle-Hertog had a total population of 2,306....
(Belgium) and Baarle-Nassau

Baarle-Nassau

Baarle-Nassau is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands.It is closely linked, with complicated borders, to the Belgium exclaves of Baarle-Hertog....
(Netherlands).

Brabant

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