The National Bank of Belgium has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% private capital by a law of 5 May 1850 as a Société Anonyme (SA). It is a member of the European System of Central Banks.
van is a preposition in the Dutch and Afrikaans languages, meaning "of" or "from" depending on the context.
Verdonk and Verdonck are Dutch toponymic surnames.They are a contraction of van der Donk, where "donk" was a name for sandy raised terrain in a swamp. The spelling Verdonk is more common in the Netherlands, while Verdonck is more common in Belgium. Notable people with the surname include:
Putte is a Belgian municipality in the Province of Antwerp, near Mechelen
Van Vliet is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a vliet, a Dutch term for a minor stream. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 40th in 2007. Variations include Van de Vliet and Van der Vliet. People with this surname include:
Van Bruggen is a Dutch toponymic surname translating to "from/of [the] bridge[s]". Variant names with the same origin are Ter Brugge(n), Ter Brugghen, Van de(r) Brug, Van der Brugge(n), Van der Brugghen, and Verbrugge(n). Different settlements and houses with the name (de) Brug(ge) could also be at the source of each family name. People with these surnames include:
Van der Werff, Van der Werf, or Van de Werf are Dutch toponymic surnames, originally meaning "from the yard". Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Linden is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the linden tree". It can also be spelled Vander Linden or Vanderlinden. Notable people with the surname include:
Vermeersch is a Dutch toponymic surname most common in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a contraction of van der Meersch, where meersch is a Flemish term for a floodplain. Notable people with the surname include:
Van de Wiele is a Dutch-language toponymic surname in Belgium meaning "from the wiel". A wiel is a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach. Some of the variants are Van de Wiel, Van der Wiel, Van de Wiele, Vandewiele, Van der Wiele, and Van der Wielen. Notable people with the surname include:
van der Putten or Vander Putten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Putten is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Putten". Most often Putten would have referred to the town Putten in Gelderland or the former island of Putten in South Holland. People with this name include:
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest, with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
Fransen is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Frans". It can refer to:
Van der Poel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the pool". Abroad the surname is often concatenated to "Vanderpoel". People with this surname include:
Steur is a Dutch surname. Steur is the Dutch word for sturgeon and the surname may be metonymic for a fisherman or may have referred to an address named "de steur" .. The surname Steurs, mostly limited to the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant, may have a different origin. People with the name include:
Van der Weele or Van der Weel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the weel". Weel is a Zeelandic form of Dutch wiel, a pool or small lake formed by a dyke breach. People with this name include:
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