| Arrondissement of Mechelen Arrondissement Mechelen | |
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| Arrondissement | |
 Location of the arrondissement in Antwerp | |
| Coordinates: 51°03′N 4°30′E / 51.05°N 4.5°E / 51.05; 4.5 | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region |  Flanders |
| Province |  Antwerp |
| Municipalities | 13 (until 2018) 12 (since 2019) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 510.22 km (197.00 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 340,410 |
| • Density | 670/km (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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:
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References
- "Chiffres de population au 1er janvier 2022" (PDF). Federal Public Service Interior. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
| Administrative arrondissements of Belgium | |
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 Brussels | |
| Flanders | |
 Wallonia | |
| Former Judicial arrondissements of Belgium until 31 March 2014 | |
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| Judicial area of Antwerp | |
| Judicial area of Brussels | |
| Judicial area of Ghent | |
| Judicial area of Liège | |
| Judicial area of Mons | |
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