Brabant

Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to:

Place names in Europe

Belgium

• Province of Brabant, divided in 1995 into two provinces and an autonomous region:
  • Flemish Brabant, in the Flanders region; the Dutch speaking part of the former Brabant province.
  • Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region; the French speaking part of the former Brabant province.
  • Brussels-Capital Region, bilingual between French and Dutch.
• Klein-Brabant, the municipalities Bornem, Puurs and Sint-Amands in the Antwerp province of Flanders region
• East Brabant, or Hageland, an area east of Brussels between the cities of Leuven, Aarschot, Diest and Tienen

Netherlands

• North Brabant province

France

• Brabant-en-Argonne, commune in the Meuse department
• Brabant-le-Roi, 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 original, an early medieval territory under jurisdiction of several counts
• Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183), an expansive medieval lordship, core of the later Duchy
• Duchy of Brabant, 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 former part of the duchy governed by the States-General of the Dutch Republic from 1588 until the French Revolution
• Département of Brabant, a département under various forms of French control, predecessor of modern North Brabant

Royalty and nobility

• House of Brabant descended from the Reginarid family of Lotharingia
• Duke of Brabant, a dynastic title of the modern Belgian royal family

Place names outside Europe

• Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Port Brabant, former name of Tuktoyaktuk, Canada
• Brabant, West Virginia, United States
• Le Morne Brabant, a mountain on Mauritius
• Brabant Island, Antarctica

Other uses

• Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the Belgian Draught, a Belgian breed of horse
• Brabantian dialect, a Dutch dialect that had a major influence on the formation of Standard Dutch
• Brabançonne (or "the Brabantian"), the national anthem of Belgium
• Brabant killers, a 1980s criminal group in Belgium
• HNLMS Noord-Brabant ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy
• Brabant Company, 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