Belgium (Major Cities and Communes): Provinces, Major Cities & Communes

The regions and provinces of Belgium as well as all Belgian cities and communes exceeding 20,000 inhabitants.

Provinces
Principal Cities
Cities & Communes

Provinces

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	A (km²)	E 1984-01-01	E 1990-01-01	E 2000-01-01	E 2010-01-01	E 2012-01-01
i	Antwerpen [Antwerp]	ANT	Prov	VLA	Antwerpen	2,867	1,578,869	1,597,310	1,643,972	1,744,862	1,781,904
i	Vlaams-Brabant [Flemish Brabant]	BRV	Prov	VLA	Leuven	2,106	938,816	963,283	1,014,704	1,076,924	1,094,751
i	Oost-Vlaanderen [East Flanders]	OVL	Prov	VLA	Gent	2,982	1,331,193	1,331,608	1,361,623	1,432,326	1,454,716
i	West-Vlaanderen [West Flanders]	WVL	Prov	VLA	Brugge	3,144	1,086,574	1,102,501	1,128,774	1,159,366	1,169,990
i	Limburg	LIM	Prov	VLA	Hasselt	2,422	726,884	745,034	791,178	838,505	849,404
i	Vlaams Gewest [Flanders]	VLA	Reg		Bruxelles	13,522	5,662,336	5,739,736	5,940,251	6,251,983	6,350,765
i	Brabant Wallon [Walloon Brabant]	BRW	Prov	WAL	Wavre	1,091	290,192	315,358	349,884	379,515	385,990
i	Hainaut	HAI	Prov	WAL	Mons	3,786	1,285,936	1,278,039	1,279,467	1,309,880	1,323,196
i	Liège {Liege}	LIE	Prov	WAL	Liège	3,862	992,061	998,213	1,019,442	1,067,685	1,083,400
i	Luxembourg	LUX	Prov	WAL	Arlon	4,440	223,813	230,827	246,820	269,023	273,638
i	Namur	NAM	Prov	WAL	Namur	3,666	410,251	421,224	443,903	472,281	480,105
i	Région wallone [Wallonia] {Region wallone}	WAL	Reg		Namur	16,844	3,202,253	3,243,661	3,339,516	3,498,384	3,546,329
i	Région de Bruxelles (Brussels Gewest) [Brussels] {Region de Bruxelles}	BRU	Reg		Bruxelles	161	982,434	964,385	959,318	1,089,538	1,138,854
	Belgium	BEL			Bruxelles	30,528	9,853,023	9,947,782	10,239,085	10,839,905	11,035,948

(1984) Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique, 1984.
(1990) (2000) (2010) (2012) Statistics Belgium (web).

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	C E 2012-01-01
1	Antwerpen	ANT	502,604
2	Gent	OVL	248,242
3	Charleroi	HAI	203,871
4	Liège	LIE	195,576
5	Bruxelles	BRU	166,497
6	Schaerbeek	BRU	127,747
7	Brugge	WVL	117,170
8	Anderlecht	BRU	111,279
9	Namur	NAM	110,096

Cities & Communes

	Name	Adm.	C E 1984-01-01	C E 1990-01-01	C E 2000-01-01	C E 2010-01-01	C E 2012-01-01
i	Aalst (Alost)	OVL	77,767	76,245	76,313	80,043	81,853
i	Aarschot	BRV	26,014	26,179	27,495	28,405	28,755
i	Andenne	NAM	22,506	22,897	23,529	25,131	25,702
i	Anderlecht	BRU	91,841	89,231	87,812	104,647	111,279
i	Ans	LIE	26,598	27,637	27,528	27,638	27,769
i	Antwerpen (Anvers) [Antwerp]	ANT	488,425	470,349	446,525	483,505	502,604
i	Arlon (Aarlen)	LUX	22,128	23,325	24,791	27,763	28,289
i	Asse	BRV	26,285	27,047	27,931	30,228	30,875
i	Ath (Aat)	HAI	23,858	23,849	25,430	28,026	28,526
i	Auderghem (Oudergem)	BRU	29,959	29,143	28,804	30,811	31,963
i	Balen	ANT	18,389	18,683	19,290	21,022	21,570
i	Beersel	BRV	20,958	21,995	22,880	23,903	24,244
i	Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Sint-Agatha-Berchem)	BRU	18,593	18,566	18,735	22,185	22,931
i	Beringen	LIM	35,115	36,289	39,261	42,758	43,661
i	Beveren	OVL	41,426	42,163	44,977	46,299	46,752
i	Bilzen	LIM	26,326	27,079	29,335	30,882	31,358
i	Binche	HAI	33,001	32,828	32,190	32,749	33,002
i	Bornem	ANT	18,283	18,813	19,939	20,556	20,866
i	Boussu	HAI	20,941	20,749	20,059	20,104	19,896
i	Braine-l'Alleud (Eigenbrakel) {Braine-lAlleud}	BRW	30,558	31,989	35,259	38,303	38,882
i	Braine-le-Comte ('s Gravenbrakel)	HAI	16,679	17,504	19,084	21,035	21,327
i	Brasschaat	ANT	32,845	34,540	37,138	36,949	37,301
i	Brecht	ANT	17,057	20,172	25,091	27,597	27,906
i	Brugge (Bruges)	WVL	118,146	117,460	116,246	116,741	117,170
i	Bruxelles (Brussel) [Brussels]	BRU	137,211	136,706	133,859	157,673	166,497
i	Charleroi	HAI	213,041	206,779	200,827	202,598	203,871
i	Châtelet {Chatelet}	HAI	38,405	36,656	35,452	36,050	36,196
i	Chaudfontaine	LIE	19,583	20,288	20,607	20,865	20,944
i	Colfontaine	HAI	22,512	21,610	20,480	20,090	20,430
i	Courcelles	HAI	29,298	29,336	29,706	30,218	30,502
i	Deinze	OVL	25,148	25,687	27,559	29,298	29,724
i	Dendermonde (Termonde)	OVL	42,512	42,470	43,137	44,095	44,484
i	Diest	BRV	21,049	21,481	22,132	23,048	23,259
i	Dilbeek	BRV	36,003	36,647	37,722	39,998	40,388
i	Edegem	ANT	23,727	23,300	22,253	21,171	21,064
i	Eeklo	OVL	19,436	18,972	19,069	20,043	20,274
i	Etterbeek	BRU	44,267	39,641	39,404	44,352	45,502
i	Evere	BRU	30,487	29,685	31,348	35,803	37,009
i	Evergem	OVL	29,363	29,407	31,155	33,112	33,692
i	Flémalle {Flemalle}	LIE	27,910	26,557	25,777	25,016	25,593
i	Fleurus	HAI	22,325	22,525	22,380	22,358	22,594
i	Forest (Vorst)	BRU	49,425	47,178	45,555	50,258	53,312
i	Frameries	HAI	21,837	21,334	20,679	20,997	21,253
i	Ganshoren	BRU	21,258	20,581	19,757	22,589	23,383
i	Geel	ANT	31,541	32,367	33,677	36,990	37,848
i	Gembloux	NAM	18,317	18,952	20,484	23,206	24,153
i	Genk	LIM	61,532	61,343	62,842	64,757	65,264
i	Gent (Gand) [Ghent]	OVL	235,401	230,543	224,180	243,366	248,242
i	Geraardsbergen (Grammont)	OVL	30,248	30,219	30,945	32,033	32,629
i	Grâce-Hollogne {Grace-Hollogne}	LIE	22,316	22,099	22,503	21,820	22,009
i	Grimbergen	BRV	31,919	31,944	32,930	35,169	35,810
i	Halle (Hal)	BRV	32,448	32,574	33,655	36,000	36,852
i	Hamme	OVL	22,767	22,733	22,685	23,900	24,436
i	Harelbeke	WVL	25,489	25,733	26,320	26,577	26,957
i	Hasselt	LIM	65,503	66,094	68,085	73,067	74,588
i	Heist-op-den-Berg	ANT	35,175	35,238	37,233	39,866	40,512
i	Herent	BRV	16,249	17,463	18,848	20,030	20,642
i	Herentals	ANT	24,227	24,374	25,474	26,759	27,368
i	Herstal	LIE	37,721	36,356	36,292	38,219	38,772
i	Heusden-Zolder	LIM	27,541	28,589	30,105	31,526	32,003
i	Hoogstraten	ANT	14,712	15,615	17,751	19,754	20,386
i	Houthalen-Helchteren	LIM	25,615	27,062	29,215	30,126	30,356
i	Huy (Hoei)	LIE	17,361	18,114	19,056	20,789	21,205
i	Ieper (Ypres)	WVL	34,670	35,231	35,071	34,962	35,087
i	Ixelles (Elsene)	BRU	74,610	73,128	73,174	80,183	83,425
i	Izegem	WVL	26,570	26,479	26,532	27,111	27,363
i	Jette	BRU	39,320	38,769	39,749	46,818	48,805
i	Kapellen	ANT	22,477	23,977	25,671	26,427	26,546
i	Knokke-Heist	WVL	29,730	31,541	33,148	33,825	34,004
i	Koekelberg	BRU	16,098	16,096	16,211	19,812	20,661
i	Koksijde	WVL	14,974	17,397	19,729	21,832	22,153
i	Kontich	ANT	18,003	18,667	19,874	20,489	20,739
i	Kortrijk (Courtrai)	WVL	75,592	76,081	74,790	74,911	75,219
i	La Louvière {La Louviere}	HAI	76,411	76,138	76,568	78,071	78,774
i	Lanaken	LIM	20,679	22,042	23,500	25,341	25,599
i	Leuven (Louvain)	BRV	84,908	85,193	88,014	95,463	97,656
i	Liège (Luik) {Liege}	LIE	203,065	196,825	185,639	192,504	195,576
i	Lier (Lierre)	ANT	31,209	30,918	32,191	33,930	34,276
i	Lochristi	OVL	16,545	17,096	18,907	21,386	21,779
i	Lokeren	OVL	33,851	34,873	36,458	39,174	39,882
i	Lommel	LIM	26,094	27,427	30,433	32,917	33,409
i	Maaseik	LIM	20,514	21,063	22,852	24,570	24,828
i	Maasmechelen	LIM	33,613	33,833	35,430	36,937	37,369
i	Maldegem	OVL	21,459	21,340	22,036	22,791	23,126
i	Manage	HAI	21,499	21,682	21,812	22,227	22,501
i	Mechelen (Malines)	ANT	76,670	75,622	75,438	80,940	82,325
i	Menen (Menin)	WVL	32,905	32,726	32,028	32,530	32,683
i	Merelbeke	OVL	19,735	20,123	21,786	23,117	23,505
i	Mol	ANT	30,060	30,270	31,683	34,114	34,827
i	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek)	BRU	71,130	68,904	71,219	88,181	93,893
i	Mons (Bergen)	HAI	91,216	91,867	90,935	91,759	93,072
i	Mortsel	ANT	26,534	25,978	25,086	24,737	25,143
i	Mouscron (Moeskroen)	HAI	54,315	53,545	52,492	54,651	56,011
i	Namur (Namen)	NAM	101,861	103,466	105,419	108,950	110,096
i	Nijlen	ANT	18,970	19,442	20,423	21,572	22,065
i	Ninove	OVL	33,751	33,318	34,559	36,675	37,295
i	Nivelles (Nijvel)	BRW	22,098	22,866	23,751	26,047	26,819
i	Oostende (Ostende) [Ostend]	WVL	69,039	68,527	67,279	69,064	70,284
i	Oostkamp	WVL	20,081	20,203	21,218	22,452	22,764
i	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	BRW	20,216	22,194	27,380	30,721	31,182
i	Oudenaarde (Audenarde)	OVL	27,258	27,055	27,788	29,702	30,248
i	Oupeye	LIE	23,095	23,206	23,720	23,869	24,302
i	Overijse	BRV	21,366	22,665	23,738	24,430	24,716
i	Poperinge	WVL	19,644	19,305	19,254	19,960	19,989
i	Rixensart	BRW	19,873	20,743	21,271	21,668	21,883
i	Roeselare (Roulers)	WVL	51,712	52,512	54,199	57,432	58,823
i	Ronse (Renaix)	OVL	24,081	23,935	23,849	25,146	25,403
i	Saint-Ghislain	HAI	21,869	22,147	22,096	22,896	23,004
i	Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis)	BRU	42,769	43,579	42,458	46,981	49,492
i	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Sint-Joost-ten-Node)	BRU	20,352	21,511	22,097	26,338	27,134
i	Saint-Nicolas	LIE	24,728	24,034	23,101	22,774	23,320
i	Sambreville	NAM	27,475	27,371	27,197	27,316	27,507
i	Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek)	BRU	105,346	104,768	105,692	121,232	127,747
i	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Montaigu-Zichem)	BRV	20,400	20,525	21,720	22,553	22,592
i	Schoten	ANT	30,774	31,037	32,733	33,342	33,766
i	Seraing	LIE	62,832	60,952	60,557	62,698	63,575
i	Sint-Katelijne-Waver	ANT	17,510	17,994	19,038	20,149	20,349
i	Sint-Niklaas (Saint-Nicolas)	OVL	68,277	67,979	68,290	71,806	72,883
i	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	BRV	27,791	28,697	30,013	31,572	32,246
i	Sint-Truiden (Saint-Trond)	LIM	36,665	37,027	37,147	39,309	39,747
i	Soignies (Zinnik)	HAI	23,334	23,626	24,582	26,169	26,502
i	Temse (Tamise)	OVL	23,517	23,844	25,533	28,147	28,889
i	Tervuren	BRV	18,913	19,153	20,181	21,165	21,236
i	Tienen (Tirlemont)	BRV	32,299	31,669	31,479	32,552	32,987
i	Tongeren (Tongres)	LIM	29,555	29,478	29,723	30,042	30,557
i	Torhout	WVL	17,587	18,084	18,838	19,885	20,149
i	Tournai (Doornik)	HAI	67,291	67,767	67,379	69,043	69,593
i	Tubize (Tubeke)	BRW	20,025	20,348	21,461	23,553	24,108
i	Turnhout	ANT	37,438	37,669	38,596	40,763	41,572
i	Uccle (Ukkel)	BRU	75,736	75,402	74,221	77,589	79,610
i	Verviers	LIE	54,155	53,657	53,148	55,253	55,936
i	Vilvoorde (Vilvorde)	BRV	33,085	32,942	34,982	39,628	41,005
i	Waregem	WVL	33,575	34,555	35,839	36,306	36,751
i	Waterloo	BRW	24,960	27,424	28,986	29,598	29,731
i	Watermael-Boitsfort (Watermaal-Bosvoorde)	BRU	24,765	24,960	24,773	24,260	24,303
i	Wavre (Waver)	BRW	25,333	28,126	31,033	32,910	33,231
i	Westerlo	ANT	19,782	20,562	21,960	23,896	24,379
i	Wetteren	OVL	23,067	22,705	22,795	23,551	24,130
i	Wevelgem	WVL	29,618	30,462	31,374	30,975	31,076
i	Willebroek	ANT	22,467	22,120	22,508	24,204	24,825
i	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe)	BRU	48,982	48,141	46,528	50,749	51,871
i	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe)	BRU	40,285	38,396	37,922	39,077	40,037
i	Zaventem	BRV	25,358	25,856	26,901	30,446	31,715
i	Zedelgem	WVL	19,494	20,171	22,020	22,180	22,320
i	Zele	OVL	19,743	20,002	20,394	20,544	20,762
i	Zemst	BRV	17,401	18,634	20,553	21,928	22,249
i	Zoersel	ANT	15,411	17,662	20,164	21,265	21,555
i	Zonhoven	LIM	16,249	17,249	18,940	20,570	20,887
i	Zottegem	OVL	24,822	24,473	24,574	24,882	25,398
i	Zwevegem	WVL	22,799	23,019	23,489	24,113	24,209

(1984) Annuaire Statistique de la Belgique, 1984.
(1990) (2000) (2010) (2012) Statistics Belgium (web).

BELGIUM: Major Cities and Communes

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