Skip to content
Stem Vote, to the home page
How Belgium works

The municipality and the province

The municipality is the government closest to home: the municipal council decides, the college with the mayor carries it out. The province sits between the municipality and the region.

First grade of secondaryAges 12 to 14Draft: Not yet reviewed by a citizenship teacher.

Why

The street light outside your door has been broken for weeks. Who should you tell, and who makes sure it gets fixed?

Much of what you see every day is arranged by the municipality: the street you cycle on, the lights that shine in the evening, the rubbish that gets collected, the sports hall where you train.

When you know who does what in your municipality, you also know where to go with a question, a problem or a good idea.

Opening Kaft Plus…

Kaft Plus

The rest of “The municipality and the province” is in Kaft Plus

The learning path and the first 3 topics of Stem are free. Kaft Plus opens every topic and exercise.

Open with Kaft Plus

Already have Kaft Plus? The same button signs you in and brings you straight back.

Spotted a mistake?

A few words are enough. We will check and fix it.

Search

Loading…

Reading comfort

Choose what helps. Your choice is kept on this device.

Text size

Prefer your device’s own settings (zoom, screen reader, dark mode)? They work here too.