List of cities in Belgium

Map of Belgium

Antwerp

Ghent

Charleroi

Liège

Brussels, Capital of Belgium

Bruges

Namur

This is a list of the most populous municipalities in Belgium. This does not correspond to municipalities having the city status in Belgium.

Brussels is a region consisting of 18 municipalities and the city of Brussels; combined they have 1,154,635 inhabitants (data correct on 01/01/2013).

List

Rank	Name	Population (1984)	Population (2000)	Population (2007)	Population (2013)	Province	Region
1.	Antwerp	488,425	446,525	466,203	507,911	Antwerp	Flemish Region
2.	Ghent	235,401	224,180	235,143	248,813	East Flanders	Flemish Region
3.	Charleroi	213,041	200,827	201,550	203,753	Hainaut	Wallonia
4.	Liège	203,065	185,639	188,907	195,931	Liège	Wallonia
5.	Brussels (city)	137,211	133,859	145,917	168,576	—	Brussels-Capital Region
6.	Bruges	118,146	116,246	116,982	117,577	West Flanders	Flemish Region
7.	Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek	105,346	105,692	113,493	130,587	—	Brussels-Capital Region
8.	Anderlecht	91,841	87,812	97,601	113,462	—	Brussels-Capital Region
9.	Namur	101,861	105,419	107,653	110,500	Namur	Wallonia
10.	Leuven	84,908	88,014	91,942	97,692	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
11.	Mons	91,216	90,935	91,196	93,941	Hainaut	Wallonia
12.	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	71,130	71,219	81,632	94,653	—	Brussels-Capital Region
13.	Mechelen	76,670	75,438	78,900	82,602	Antwerp	Flemish Region
14.	Ixelles / Elsene	74,610	73,174	78,088	84,216	—	Brussels-Capital Region
15.	Aalst	77,767	76,313	77,790	82,587	East Flanders	Flemish Region
16.	Uccle / Ukkel	75,736	74,221	76,576	80,487	—	Brussels-Capital Region
17.	La Louvière	76,411	76,568	77,509	79,486	Hainaut	Wallonia
18.	Hasselt	65,503	68,085	70,584	75,579	Limburg	Flemish Region
19.	Kortrijk	75,592	74,790	73,777	75,120	West Flanders	Flemish Region
20.	Sint-Niklaas	68,277	68,290	70,016	73,280	East Flanders	Flemish Region
21.	Ostend	69,039	67,279	69,115	69,969	West Flanders	Flemish Region
22.	Tournai	67,291	67,379	67,844	69,667	Hainaut	Wallonia
23.	Genk	61,532	62,842	64,095	65,224	Limburg	Flemish Region
24.	Seraing	62,832	60,557	61,237	63,732	Liège	Wallonia
25.	Roeselare	51,712	54,199	56,268	59,340	West Flanders	Flemish Region
26.	Mouscron	54,315	52,492	53,174	56,407	Hainaut	Wallonia
27.	Verviers	54,155	53,148	54,150	55,733	Liège	Wallonia
28.	Forest / Vorst	49,425	45,555	48,284	54,024	—	Brussels-Capital Region
29.	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe	48,982	46,528	48,315	52,592	—	Brussels-Capital Region
30.	Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis	42,769	42,458	44,767	50,377	—	Brussels-Capital Region
31.	Jette	39,320	39,749	43,564	49,411	—	Brussels-Capital Region
32.	Beveren	41,426	44,977	45,771	46,933	East Flanders	Flemish Region
33.	Etterbeek	44,267	39,404	42,342	46,228	—	Brussels-Capital Region
34.	Dendermonde	42,512	43,137	43,521	44,493	East Flanders	Flemish Region
35.	Beringen	35,115	39,261	41,531	43,975	Limburg	Flemish Region
36.	Turnhout	37,438	38,596	39,863	42,008	Antwerp	Flemish Region
37.	Vilvoorde	33,085	34,982	37,964	41,432	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
38.	Heist-op-den-Berg	35,175	37,233	38,721	40,915	Antwerp	Flemish Region
39.	Dilbeek	36,003	37,722	39,585	40,737	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
40.	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe	40,285	37,922	38,554	40,535	—	Brussels-Capital Region
41.	Lokeren	33,851	36,458	38,276	40,104	East Flanders	Flemish Region
42.	Sint-Truiden	36,665	37,147	38,427	39,769	Limburg	Flemish Region
43.	Braine-l'Alleud	30,558	35,259	37,512	39,250	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
44.	Herstal	37,721	36,292	37,720	38,997	Liège	Wallonia
45.	Geel	31,541	33,677	35,502	38,101	Antwerp	Flemish Region
46.	Ninove	33,751	34,559	35,874	37,446	East Flanders	Flemish Region
47.	Maasmechelen	33,613	35,430	36,456	37,421	Limburg	Flemish Region
48.	Brasschaat	32,845	37,138	37,133	37,286	Antwerp	Flemish Region
49.	Halle	32,448	33,655	35,108	37,104	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
50.	Waregem	33,575	35,839	35,831	36,960	West Flanders	Flemish Region
51.	Châtelet	38,405	35,452	35,813	36,319	Hainaut	Wallonia
52.	Grimbergen	31,919	32,930	34,320	36,188	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
53.	Mol	30,060	31,683	33,060	35,089	Antwerp	Flemish Region
54.	Ypres	34,670	35,071	34,919	34,978	West Flanders	Flemish Region
55.	Lier	31,209	32,191	33,259	34,497	Antwerp	Flemish Region
56.	Evergem	29,363	31,155	32,373	33,961	East Flanders	Flemish Region
57.	Schoten	30,774	32,733	33,132	33,776	Antwerp	Flemish Region
58.	Knokke-Heist	29,730	33,148	34,132	33,753	West Flanders	Flemish Region
59.	Lommel	26,094	30,433	32,141	33,636	Limburg	Flemish Region
60.	Wavre	25,333	31,033	32,576	33,365	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
61.	Tienen	32,299	31,479	32,083	33,233	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
62.	Binche	33,001	32,190	32,508	33,091	Hainaut	Wallonia
63.	Geraardsbergen	30,248	30,945	31,543	32,852	East Flanders	Flemish Region
64.	Menen	32,905	32,028	32,439	32,707	West Flanders	Flemish Region
65.	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	27,791	30,013	30,929	32,677	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
66.	Heusden-Zolder	27,541	30,105	31,017	32,132	Limburg	Flemish Region
67.	Bilzen	26,326	29,335	30,173	31,435	Limburg	Flemish Region
68.	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	20,216	27,380	30,188	31,353	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
69.	Wevelgem	29,618	31,374	30,926	31,100	West Flanders	Flemish Region
70.	Houthalen-Helchteren	25,615	29,215	30,050	30,515	Limburg	Flemish Region
71.	Aarschot	25,615	29,215	30,050	30,515	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region

See also

References

• Population Statistics (French)
• Population Statistics (Dutch)

External links

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