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33-553: (Redirected from Provincial Council ) Provincial council may refer to: Government [ edit ] Provincial council (Belgium) , the assembly of the ten provinces of Belgium Provincial councils of Sri Lanka , government bodies for the nine provinces of Sri Lanka Provincial Council (Italy) , municipal legislative bodies in Italy Provincial council (Netherlands) , provincial parliament and legislative assembly in

66-624: A body within Gaelic games which consists of several counties Provincial councils in Catholicism , a local ecclesiastical synod Provincial Councils of Baltimore , 19th-century councils of Roman Catholic bishops in Baltimore, Maryland, US Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Provincial council . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

99-771: A parliamentary body in the Province of Pennsylvania, in British North America (1682–1776) Sangguniang Panlalawigan (literally "provincial council"; known in English as Provincial Board), legislatures of the provinces in the Philippines Taiwan Provincial Council , also known as Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council, defunct government body in Taiwan Other [ edit ] Provincial council (Gaelic games) ,

132-715: Is also a Deputy Governor ( Dutch : Adjunct van de gouverneur ). 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 municipalities in the Brussels Periphery . Following

165-460: Is divided into three regions . Two of these regions, Flanders and Wallonia , are each subdivided into five provinces . The third region, Brussels , does not belong to any province, nor is it subdivided into provinces. Instead, it has amalgamated both regional and provincial functions into a single "Capital Region" administration. Most of the provinces take their name from earlier duchies and counties of similar location, while their territory

198-452: Is mostly based on the departments installed during French annexation. At the time of the creation of Belgium in 1830, only nine provinces existed, including the province of Brabant , which held the City of Brussels . In 1995, Brabant was split into three areas: Flemish Brabant , which became a part of the region of Flanders; Walloon Brabant , which became part of the region of Wallonia; and

231-582: Is not a province, and does not contain any provinces.) The two new Brabant provinces became part of the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region respectively. The remaining eight provinces became part of these regions as well, so the Flemish Region and the Walloon Region each contain five provinces. The following table presents a simplified overview of the evolution of the French departments into

264-594: Is still very similar, but that could change in the future. Although the Regions are responsible for the provincial institutions, the Federal State has retained its responsibility over the provinces in certain cases. For instance, the Regions are responsible for the appointment of the Provincial Governors, but only after the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers . Legislation regarding

297-869: The Brussels-Capital Region , which became a third region. These divisions reflected political tensions between the French-speaking Walloons and the Dutch-speaking Flemish; the Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual. The division into provinces is fixed by Article 5 of the Belgian Constitution . The provinces and Brussels are subdivided into 43 administrative arrondissements , and further into 581 municipalities . The medieval Low Countries , including present-day Belgium,

330-599: The Brussels-Capital Region " and "Vice-Governor". The Governor exercises most of the few remaining powers elsewhere exercised by a provincial governor, particularly in the field of public order, as far as no (federal) law, (regional) decree, ordinance or decision states otherwise. The Governor is appointed by the cabinet of the Brussels Capital Region on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers. The regional government also appoints

363-702: The Fifth State Reform , the responsibility for the provincial institutions was devolved to the Regions. The Regions have the power to amend or replace the existing legislation on the provincial institutions, most notably the Provincial Law of 30 April 1836. In the Flemish Region, the Provincial Decree of 9 December 2005 applies. In the Walloon Region, the Code of Local Democracy and Decentralisation applies. The legal framework in these Regions

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396-860: The French-speaking province of Walloon Brabant . Within this mainly French speaking region, nearly all former provincial competencies are assumed by its regional institutions and by the French Community Commission , the Flemish Community Commission or the Common Community Commission . However, the Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital has two commissioners of the Federal Government who are called " Governor of

429-621: The Governor and Vice-Governor of Brussels-Capital , and the Deputy Governor of Flemish Brabant , has also remained a federal competency. The Brussels Capital Region does not belong to any province, nor does it contain any. The extraprovincial status of Brussels has existed since 1995, when the former province of Brabant , which had Brussels as its capital, was divided into the Dutch-speaking province of Flemish Brabant and

462-670: The Governor and six Deputies elected by the Provincial Council from among its members. Following the next 2018 election, there will be one Deputy less, i.e. five Deputies. In the Walloon Region it is called the Provincial College ( French : Collège provincial ) which consists of the Governor and four to five Deputies (depending on the number of inhabitants of the province) elected by the Provincial Council from among its members. In Flemish Brabant , there

495-669: The Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as parts of modern Germany and France, comprised a number of rival and independent feudal states of varying sizes. These each had their own identities and governments, though in the early modern period almost all the Belgian states became part of larger entities (the Seventeen Provinces (1549–1581) and the Southern Netherlands (after 1581)). Prominent early states in

528-673: The Vice-Governor, who must have a considerable knowledge of both French and Dutch and who must ensure that the legislation regarding the use of the two languages is observed in Brussels. Because the German-speaking Community is located entirely within Liège Province , it has been proposed on multiple occasions to create an eleventh province, the province of Eupen - Sankt Vith , which would comprise

561-713: The Wars of the Roses, the Duke of York made a successful entry into the City of York, by merely claiming no harm and that it was his right to possess "his duchy of York." Any feudal duchies that made up the patchwork of England have since been absorbed into the Royal Family. Other than Cornwall and Lancaster, British royal dukedoms are titular and do not include landholdings. Non-royal dukedoms are associated with ducal property, but this

594-590: The area of modern Belgium included the Duchy of Brabant , the County of Flanders , the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchy of Luxembourg ; smaller ones included the County of Hainaut , the Duchy of Limburg and the County of Namur , though there were other small states as well. When these territories were annexed by France in 1795, they were reorganised into départments ; the borders were redrawn and

627-493: The existing nine southern provinces. The first article of the Belgian Constitution said: "Belgium is divided into provinces. These provinces are Antwerp, Brabant, West Flanders, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, except for the relations of Luxembourg with the German Confederation ." As such, each of the modern provinces of Belgium (with the exception of Antwerp ) takes its name from one of

660-503: The historical names were replaced by names of geographical features (generally the main river of the area). At the end of French rule and the creation of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, the departmental territories were generally retained but were renamed into provinces and the historical names returned. At the time of the independence of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1830, Belgium's territory simply consisted of

693-412: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Provincial_council&oldid=1252210245 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Provincial council (Belgium) The Kingdom of Belgium

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726-714: The medieval predecessors, whereas the borders largely correspond to those of the French departments, which in most cases differ substantially from the historical entities. In 1839, as part of the Treaty of London , half of the province of Limburg became part of the Netherlands , which consequently has its own province of Limburg . In 1920, following the First World War , Belgium annexed the Eupen-Malmedy territory, which became part of Liège Province . During

759-646: The modern era, such as happened in Germany (once a federal empire) and Italy (previously a unified kingdom). In contrast, others were subordinate districts of those kingdoms that had unified either partially or completely during the medieval era, such as France, Spain, Sicily, Naples, and the Papal States. In France, several duchies existed in the medieval period, including Normandy , Burgundy , Brittany , and Aquitaine . The medieval German stem duchies ( German : Stammesherzogtum , literally "tribal duchy,"

792-692: The municipal elections. Before 1994, the provincial elections instead coincided with the national elections. Until then, the provincial councils also appointed Provincial Senators to the Belgian Senate . The last elections were held on 14 October 2018 . The executive branch was previously called the Permanent Deputation . In the Flemish Region it is now simply called the Deputation ( Dutch : Deputatie ) and it consists of

825-698: The nine municipalities of the German-speaking Community. Most of the functions carried out by provincial organs would then be exercised by the organs of the German-speaking Community. However, the community is small in area (854 km or 330 sq mi) and has only about 76,000 inhabitants, which would make it the smallest and by far the least populated province. Duchy There once existed an important difference between "sovereign dukes" and dukes who were ordinary noblemen throughout Europe. Some historic duchies were sovereign in areas that would become part of nation-states only during

858-712: The official title of its ruler being Herzog or "duke") were associated with the Frankish Kingdom and corresponded with the areas of settlement of the major Germanic tribes . They formed the nuclei of the major feudal states that comprised the early era of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation (961–1806; in German: Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation ). These were Schwaben (Swabia, mainly

891-658: The present-day Belgian provinces. The provincial government consists of three main branches: the Provincial Council , which is the legislative body, the Deputation or Provincial College , which is the executive body, and the Governor , who is appointed by the regional government (i.e. the Flemish or Walloon Government). The Provincial Councils ( Dutch : Provincieraad ; French : Conseil provincial ) are

924-460: The present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg), Bayern (Bavaria), and Sachsen (Saxony) in pre-Carolingian times, to which Franken (Franconia, at present the northern part of the German state of Bavaria) and Lothringen (Lorraine, nowadays mostly part of France) were added in post-Carolingian times. As mentioned above, such a duke was styled Herzog (literally "the one who is leading [the troops]"). In medieval England, duchies associated with

957-692: The provinces of the Netherlands Provincial Councils of New Zealand, former governing bodies of the Provinces of New Zealand (1853–1876) Provincial council (South Africa) , a former governing body of each of the four South African provinces (1910–1986) Provincial council (Spain) , governing body for a Spanish province Greenland Provincial Council , former local government bodies in Greenland Pennsylvania Provincial Council ,

990-537: The representative bodies of the population of the provinces. This is the equivalent of the States-Provincial in the Netherlands . The numbers of seats in the Provincial Councils are proportional to the population of the province; the numbers were reduced in both Flanders and Wallonia, starting 2013 (following the 2012 elections ). They are directly elected each six years, at the same time of

1023-425: The second half of the 20th century, Belgium transitioned from a unitary state to a federal state with three Communities and three Regions . As part of the state reforms , the (bilingual) province of Brabant was split in 1995 three ways: into two (unilingual) provinces (Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant) and into the (bilingual) Brussels-Capital Region . (The Brussels-Capital Region does not belong to any province,

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1056-593: The territories of Lancashire and Cornwall were created, with certain powers and estates of land accruing to their dukes. The Duchy of Lancaster was created in 1351 but became merged with the Crown when, in 1399, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, ascended the throne of England as Henry IV . Nowadays, the Duchy of Lancaster always belongs to the sovereign and its revenue is the Privy Purse . The Duchy of Cornwall

1089-495: Was created in 1337 and held successively by the Dukes of Cornwall, who were also heirs to the throne. Nowadays, the Duchy of Cornwall belongs to the sovereign's heir apparent , if there is one: it reverts to the Crown in the absence of an heir apparent and is automatically conferred to the heir apparent upon birth. These duchies today have mostly lost any non-ceremonial political role, but generate their holders' private income. During

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