BRABANT  , the central and See also:

• METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

metropolitan See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, is formed out of See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient duchy . From 1815 to 1830; that is to say, during the existence of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of the Nether-lands, Belgian Brabant was distinguished from Dutch by the employment of the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical terms See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface of Brabant is undulating, and the highest points, some 400 ft. in See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude, are to be found at and near Mont St See also:

• JEAN

Jean . The province is well cultivated, and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people are well known for their See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . There are valuable See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone quarries, and many manufactures flourish in the smaller towns, such as See also:

• OTTIGNIES

Ottignies, as well as in the larger cities of See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels and See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain . Brabant contains 820,740 acres or 1268 sq. m . Its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns are Brussels, Louvain, See also:

• NIVELLES (Flem. Nyvel)

Nivelles, See also:

• HAL

Hal, Ottignies, and its three administrative divisions are named after the first three of those towns . They are subdivided into 5o cantons and 344 communes . In 1904 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of the province was 1,366,389 or a proportion of 1077 per sq.m .