List of most populous municipalities in Belgium

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Namur

Leuven

This is a list of the most populous municipalities in Belgium.

A Belgian municipality may or may not have an additional, Royally-decreed city status in Belgium. Brussels for example is a singular urban unit consisting of 19 municipalities, only one of which is the city of Brussels.

List

Rank	Name	Population				Province	Region
		1984	2000	2007	2015
1.	Antwerp	488,425	446,525	466,203	513,570	Antwerp	Flemish Region
2.	Ghent	235,401	224,180	235,143	253,266	East Flanders	Flemish Region
3.	Charleroi	213,041	200,827	201,550	202,480	Hainaut	Wallonia
4.	Liège	203,065	185,639	188,907	195,968	Liège	Wallonia
5.	City of Brussels	137,211	133,859	145,917	175,534	—	Brussels-Capital Region
6.	Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek	105,346	105,692	113,493	131,030	—	Brussels-Capital Region
7.	Bruges	118,146	116,246	116,982	117,886	West Flanders	Flemish Region
8.	Anderlecht	91,841	87,812	97,601	116,332	—	Brussels-Capital Region
9.	Namur	101,861	105,419	107,653	110,646	Namur	Wallonia
10.	Leuven	84,908	88,014	91,942	98,376	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
11.	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	71,130	71,219	81,632	95,576	—	Brussels-Capital Region
12.	Mons	91,216	90,935	91,196	95,231	Hainaut	Wallonia
13.	Ixelles / Elsene	74,610	73,174	78,088	84,754	—	Brussels-Capital Region
14.	Mechelen	76,670	75,438	78,900	83,975	Antwerp	Flemish Region
15.	Aalst	77,767	76,313	77,790	83,709	East Flanders	Flemish Region
16.	Uccle / Ukkel	75,736	74,221	76,576	81,280	—	Brussels-Capital Region
17.	La Louvière	76,411	76,568	77,509	80,375	Hainaut	Wallonia
18.	Hasselt	65,503	68,085	70,584	76,331	Limburg	Flemish Region
19.	Kortrijk	75,592	74,790	73,777	75,219	West Flanders	Flemish Region
20.	Sint-Niklaas	68,277	68,290	70,016	74,289	East Flanders	Flemish Region
21.	Ostend	69,039	67,279	69,115	70,460	West Flanders	Flemish Region
22.	Tournai	67,291	67,379	67,844	69,756	Hainaut	Wallonia
23.	Genk	61,532	62,842	64,095	65,463	Limburg	Flemish Region
24.	Seraing	62,832	60,557	61,237	63,972	Liège	Wallonia
25.	Roeselare	51,712	54,199	56,268	60,386	West Flanders	Flemish Region
26.	Mouscron	54,315	52,492	53,174	57,068	Hainaut	Wallonia
27.	Verviers	54,155	53,148	54,150	55,356	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	54,022	—	Brussels-Capital Region
30.	Jette	39,320	39,749	43,564	50,724	—	Brussels-Capital Region
31.	Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis	42,769	42,458	44,767	50,472	—	Brussels-Capital Region
32.	Beveren	41,426	44,977	45,771	47,423	East Flanders	Flemish Region
33.	Etterbeek	44,267	39,404	42,342	46,773	—	Brussels-Capital Region
34.	Dendermonde	42,512	43,137	43,521	44,938	East Flanders	Flemish Region
35.	Beringen	35,115	39,261	41,531	44,885	Limburg	Flemish Region
36.	Turnhout	37,438	38,596	39,863	42,637	Antwerp	Flemish Region
37.	Vilvoorde	33,085	34,982	37,964	42,418	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
38.	Heist-op-den-Berg	35,175	37,233	38,721	41,812	Antwerp	Flemish Region
39.	Dilbeek	36,003	37,722	39,585	41,234	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
40.	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe	40,285	37,922	38,554	41,077	—	Brussels-Capital Region
41.	Lokeren	33,851	36,458	38,276	40,494	East Flanders	Flemish Region
42.	Sint-Truiden	36,665	37,147	38,427	39,957	Limburg	Flemish Region
43.	Braine-l'Alleud	30,558	35,259	37,512	39,756	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
44.	Herstal	37,721	36,292	37,720	39,365	Liège	Wallonia
45.	Geel	31,541	33,677	35,502	38,837	Antwerp	Flemish Region
46.	Evere		31,348		38,448	—	Brussels-Capital Region
47.	Halle	32,448	33,655	35,108	38,023	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
48.	Ninove	33,751	34,559	35,874	37,965	East Flanders	Flemish Region
49.	Maasmechelen	33,613	35,430	36,456	37,609	Limburg	Flemish Region
50.	Brasschaat	32,845	37,138	37,133	37,480	Antwerp	Flemish Region
51.	Waregem	33,575	35,839	35,831	37,341	West Flanders	Flemish Region
52.	Grimbergen	31,919	32,930	34,320	36,558	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
53.	Châtelet	38,405	35,452	35,813	36,439	Hainaut	Wallonia
54.	Mol	30,060	31,683	33,060	35,685	Antwerp	Flemish Region
55.	Ypres	34,670	35,071	34,919	34,971	West Flanders	Flemish Region
56.	Lier	31,209	32,191	33,259	34,652	Antwerp	Flemish Region
57.	Evergem	29,363	31,155	32,373	34,485	East Flanders	Flemish Region
58.	Schoten	30,774	32,733	33,132	34,016	Antwerp	Flemish Region
59.	Tienen	32,299	31,479	32,083	33,950	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
60.	Lommel	26,094	30,433	32,141	33,852	Limburg	Flemish Region
61.	Wavre	25,333	31,033	32,576	33,604	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
62.	Knokke-Heist	29,730	33,148	34,132	33,452	West Flanders	Flemish Region
63.	Binche	33,001	32,190	32,508	33,297	Hainaut	Wallonia
64.	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	27,791	30,013	30,929	33,270	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
65.	Geraardsbergen	30,248	30,945	31,543	32,981	East Flanders	Flemish Region
66.	Menen	32,905	32,028	32,439	32,905	West Flanders	Flemish Region
67.	Auderghem / Oudergem		28,804		32,835	—	Brussels-Capital Region
68.	Heusden-Zolder	27,541	30,105	31,017	32,774	Limburg	Flemish Region
69.	Zaventem		26,901		32,678	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
70.	Asse		27,931		32,069	Flemish Brabant	Flemish Region
71.	Bilzen	26,326	29,335	30,173	31,710	Limburg	Flemish Region
72.	Wevelgem	29,618	31,374	30,926	31,307	West Flanders	Flemish Region
73.	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	20,216	27,380	30,188	31,261	Walloon Brabant	Wallonia
74.	Courcelles		29,706		30,960	Hainaut	Wallonia
75.	Oudenaarde		27,788		30,788	East Flanders	Flemish Region
76.	Tongeren		29,723		30,677	Limburg	Flemish Region
77.	Houthalen-Helchteren	25,615	29,215	30,050	30,666	Limburg	Flemish Region
78.	Deinze		27,559		30,380	East Flanders	Flemish Region

See also

City status in Belgium Metropolitan areas in Belgium Municipalities of Belgium

List of cities in Flanders List of cities in Wallonia List of cities in Europe Lists of cities

References

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

External links

• Population data on Belgium
• Tourist guide to major cities in Belgium