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Arrondissement of Ghent Arrondissement Gent | |
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 Location of the arrondissement inEast Flanders | |
| Coordinates:51°03′N3°42′E / 51.05°N 3.7°E /51.05; 3.7 | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Region | Flanders |
| Province | East Flanders |
| Municipalities | 13 |
| Area | |
• Total | 943.62 km2 (364.33 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2017) | |
• Total | 553,961 |
| • Density | 587.06/km2 (1,520.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
TheArrondissement of Ghent (Dutch:Arrondissement Gent;French:Arrondissement de Gand) is the largest of the six administrativearrondissements in theProvince ofEast Flanders,Belgium.[1] It is both anadministrative and ajudicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Ghent also comprises the municipalities of theArrondissement of Eeklo.
The Arrondissement of Ghent was created in 1800 as the first arrondissement in theDepartment ofEscaut (Dutch:Departement Schelde). It originally comprised the cantons ofDeinze,Eeklo,Evergem,Ghent,Kruishoutem,Lochristi,Nazareth,Nevele,Oosterzele,Waarschoot andZomergem. In 1803, the canton of Eeklo was merged with the Arrondissement of Sas-van-Gent to form theArrondissement of Eeklo. The canton of Kruishoutem was ceded to theArrondissement of Oudenaarde in 1818.
In 1921, parts of Laarne and Kalken (in theArrondissement of Dendermonde) were added to the arrondissement to form the new municipality of Beervelde. Parts ofKluizen,Ertvelde enZelzate were added to the arrondissement in 1927 from theArrondissement of Eeklo. In 1977, the municipality of Ertvelde (of which Kluizen had been a part since 1965) in the Arrondissement of Eeklo ceased to exist and was merged intoEvergem. As a result, it was added to the Arrondissement of Ghent.
Per 1 January 2019, the municipalities ofAalter andKnesselare were merged into Aalter,Deinze andNevele into Deinze, andWaarschoot,Lovendegem andZomergem intoLievegem. The number of municipalities in this arrondissement was thus be reduced from 21 to 17.
The Administrative Arrondissement of Ghent consists of the followingmunicipalities:
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| Judicial area of Antwerp | |
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| Judicial area of Brussels | |
| Judicial area of Ghent | |
| Judicial area of Liège | |
| Judicial area of Mons | |
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