Brabant

Brabant may refer to:

Historical use

• House of Brabant, a noble family from Lotharingia
• Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183), a medieval county west of Brussels, a small part of the Frankish pagus of Brabant including the rivers Zender, Senne and Dijle, became part of the larger Duchy of Brabant in 1183
• Duchy of Brabant (1183–1795), a region of the Holy Roman Empire; a duchy (1183–1556), part of Burgundian Netherlands (1430–1482); under Habsburg rule as Spanish Netherlands (1482–1581) and Austrian Netherlands (1581–1795), French Republic (1795-1814)
• South Brabant (1815–1830), part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, became part of Belgium in 1830 along with Central Brabant (Antwerp province)
• Province of Brabant (1830–1995), southern province of Belgium centred on Brussels

Place names in Europe

In the Netherlands:

• North Brabant province

In Belgium:

• Province of Brabant, which in 1995 was split up into two provinces and an autonomous region:
  • Flemish Brabant, in the Flanders region
  • Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region
  • Brussels-Capital Region
• 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

In 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

Place names outside Europe

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

Other uses

• Brabant (or Brabançon), other names for the Belgian (horse)
• Brabantian, a dialect that formed the basis of the Dutch language
• Brabant killers, a 1980s terroristic group
• HNLMS Noord-Brabant ('North Brabant'), several ships of the Dutch navy