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24-643: Flemish Brabant was created in 1995 by the splitting of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant; and the Brussels-Capital Region , which no longer belongs to any province. The split was made to accommodate the eventual division of Belgium in three regions (Flanders, Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region). The province is made up of two arrondissements . The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement surrounds Brussels and

48-699: A deputy governor as well. The deputy governor is appointed by the Flemish Government on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers and must have a considerable knowledge of both the Dutch and the French language . He is responsible for ensuring that the language legislation is observed in the peripheral municipalities of Flemish Brabant. The Provincial Council of Flemish Brabant consists of 72 members (84 members until 2012) elected for

72-483: A grant from Lilly Endowment . Data file collection and processing began in 1997. The online archive launched in the fall of 1998 under the domain name www.thearda.com, and originally contained thirty-three surveys regarding American religion. Within ten years, the archive had expanded to include more than 400 data files. As of 2016 , more than 900 data files were available for download on the ARDA website. Starting in 2005,

96-400: A learning center editor, and a press room editor. The primary component of the ARDA, the data archive, contains over 1,000 quantitative data files as of January 2024 . ARDA staff do not themselves collect the data encompassed in these files; rather, the surveys' principal investigators submit their data to the ARDA for processing and archiving. Thus, the data files currently included in

120-421: A term of office of 6 years. The last election was held on Sunday 14 October 2012. Seven political parties have seats in the provincial council: The current president of the provincial council is An Hermans (CD&V). She is assisted by a bureau which consists of two vice-presidents, four secretaries, three quaestors and the floor leaders of the fractions in the provincial council. The governing majority in

144-598: Is a free source of online information related to American and international religion . One of the primary goals of the archive is to democratize access to academic information on religion by making this information as widely accessible as possible. Over 900 surveys, membership reports, and other data collections are currently available for online preview, and most can be downloaded free of charge. Other features include national profiles, GIS maps, church membership overviews, denominational heritage trees, historical timelines, tables, charts, and other summary reports. Founded as

168-510: Is appointed by the Flemish government, on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers. From the creation of Flemish Brabant in 1995, as a result of the division of the Province of Brabant into Flemish- and French -speaking provinces, until his retirement in 2020, the governor was Lodewijk De Witte . He was succeeded by Jan Spooren . The governor is responsible for supervising

192-548: Is mainly a residential area, though it also contains large industrial zones and has Belgium's main airport . It is joined by the Leuven Arrondissement , centered on Leuven , the province's capital and largest city. Products of Flemish Brabant include Belgian beers . The official language of Flemish Brabant is Dutch , as in the rest of Flanders. A few municipalities are to a certain extent allowed to use French to communicate with their citizens; these are called

216-631: The Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde and 30 in Leuven . Province of Brabant The Province of Brabant ( / b r ə ˈ b æ n t / , US also / b r ə ˈ b ɑː n t , ˈ b r ɑː b ən t / , Dutch: [ˈbraːbɑnt] ) was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995. It was created in 1815 as South Brabant , part of the United Kingdom of

240-572: The municipalities with language facilities . Other such special municipalities can be found along the border between Flanders and Wallonia, and between Wallonia and the German-speaking area of Belgium. Halle-Vilvoorde mostly surrounds Brussels , which is officially bilingual but whose inhabitants mostly speak French. The Governor is the representative or "commissioner" of the federal and Flemish governments in Flemish Brabant. He

264-676: The ARDA are submitted by religion scholars and research centers worldwide. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University , the ARDA is funded by Lilly Endowment , the John Templeton Foundation , Chapman University , and Pennsylvania State University. Roger Finke , then professor of sociology at Purdue University , founded the American Religion Data Archive in 1996 on

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288-522: The ARDA began to host surveys dealing with religion outside the United States. In 2006, the archive therefore changed its name from the American Religion Data Archive to the Association of Religion Data Archives to more properly reflect the scope of information available. The new name preserved both the acronym and the domain name from the American Religion Data Archive. Since its founding,

312-509: The ARDA has moved from Purdue to the Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University , where is still run under the direction of Roger Finke, with the assistance of Christopher Bader of Chapman University. The staff has, since 1997, expanded to include a research team of religion experts and graduate students, a marketing and web development team, a team of editors for guiding papers and working papers,

336-600: The ARDA website. This article is cross-posted to the Huffington Post , for which Briggs also writes. In 2015, the ARDA began providing interactive historical timelines of religion in the United States. Currently, there are nine interactive timelines listed: Prominent Religious Events and People, Social Movements and Religion, Religious Minorities, Race/Ethnicity and Religion, Women and Religion, Baptist Events and People, Catholic Events and People, Methodist Events and People, and Presbyterian Events and People. The ARDA

360-533: The American Religion Data Archive in 1997, and online since 1998, the archive was initially targeted at researchers interested in American religion. In February 2006, the American Religion Data Archive became the Association of Religion Data Archives when an international data archive was added. The archive now includes both American and international collections as well as features for educators, journalists, religious congregations, and researchers. Data included in

384-700: The Netherlands . In 1995, it was split into the Dutch -speaking Flemish Brabant , the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region . After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was created at the Congress of Vienna , consisting of territories which had been added to France by Napoleon: the former Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands . In

408-1039: The archive originate from almost 200 different sources. Major data file contributors include the Presbyterian Panel Survey, the Southern Focus Poll, the U.S. Congregational Life Survey, and the Middletown Area Study. Data from the General Social Survey , the American National Election Studies , the World Religion Database, and the Pew Research Center are also available. Among the most common topics of information included are public opinions regarding social issues (e.g. abortion , homosexuality,

432-467: The local authorities, ensuring that laws and decrees are observed, maintaining public order and security, and coordinating the response to a disaster which has occurred in his province. He also presides over the Deputation, however, he does not have the right to vote in the Deputation except in those cases where the Deputation exercises a judicial function. Flemish Brabant is the only province that has

456-839: The majority parties as follows: two for CD&V, two for Open Vld, one for sp.a and one for Groen. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the province was 49.8 billion € in 2018. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 38,600 € or 128% of the EU27 average in the same year. According to the International Social Survey Programme 2008: Religion III by the Association of Religion Data Archives , 73.9% of Flemish Brabant's population identified themselves as Catholics , 23.1% as non-religious , and 3% adhered to other religions. Religion in Flemish Brabant (2008) Flemish Brabant has 65 municipalities : 35 in

480-712: The newly created kingdom, the former French département of Dyle became the new province of South Brabant , distinguishing it from Central Brabant (later Antwerp province ); and from North Brabant (now part of the Netherlands ), all named after the former Duchy of Brabant . The provincial governors during this time were: After the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the Southern Netherlands (including South and Central Brabant) became independent as Belgium and later also Luxembourg . The province

504-413: The provincial council for 2013–2018 is formed by CD&V, Open VLD, sp.a and Groen. These parties together have a majority of 43 out of 72 seats. The Deputation is the executive organ responsible for the daily administration of the province. It consists of the governor and six deputies elected by the provincial council from among its midst. For the 2013–2018 legislative term, the deputies are divided among

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528-743: The role of women), survey respondents' perceptions of God/the divine, and survey respondents' religious affiliations. In addition to archived survey data, the ARDA also provides information regarding the religious composition of, and the state of religious freedom in, the 232 nations currently recognized by the United States State Department ; membership and distributional data and historical lineages ("Family Trees") of major world religions and U.S. denominations thereof; and various learning tools. A bi-weekly journalistic article dealing with matters of religion and (usually American) public life, written by David Briggs, also appears on

552-815: Was created, but the region was still part of the province of Brabant. In 1995, the province of Brabant was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant , the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region. The Brussels-Capital Region exercises the powers of a Province on its own territory . As comparison, the current two provinces of Brabant, together with Brussels, had 2,621,275 inhabitants in January 2011. Number of inhabitants x 1000 50°47′N 4°38′E  /  50.783°N 4.633°E  / 50.783; 4.633 Association of Religion Data Archives The Association of Religion Data Archives ( ARDA )

576-451: Was then renamed simply Brabant and became the central province of Belgium, with its capital city Brussels . The province contained three arrondissements: Brussels , Leuven and Nivelles . In 1961–1963, the language border was established, from which the province was divided into a Dutch-speaking region, a French-speaking region and the bilingual Brussels. The Brussels arrondissement was split to this end. In 1989, Brussels-Capital Region

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