List of cities in Wallonia
This is a list of cities in Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium. The status of "city" is historical and does not necessarily mean it has a high number of inhabitants: see city status in Belgium for more information.
Of the 262 Wallon communes, only 66 have the title city. They are as follows:
City |
Arrondissement |
Province |
Inhabitants (1 January 2013) |
Year of the Royal Order |
Communale charter |
Andenne | Namur | Namur | 25,795 | 1825 | |
Antoing | Tournai | Hainaut | 7,693 | 1825 | 1817 (titre) |
Arlon | Arlon | Luxembourg | 28,520 | 1825 | |
Ath | Ath | Hainaut | 28,463 | 1825 | 1166 |
Bastogne | Bastogne | Luxembourg | 15,230 | 1825 | 1332 |
Beaumont | Thuin | Hainaut | 7,053 | 1825 | |
Beauraing | Dinant | Namur | 8,867 | 1985 | |
Binche | Thuin | Hainaut | 33,091 | 1825 | |
Bouillon | Neufchâteau | Luxembourg | 5,399 | 1825 | |
Braine-le-Comte | Soignies | Hainaut | 21,408 | 1825 | |
Charleroi | Charleroi | Hainaut | 203,753 | 1825 | |
Châtelet | Charleroi | Hainaut | 36,319 | 1825 | |
Chièvres | Ath | Hainaut | 6,798 | 1825 | |
Chimay | Thuin | Hainaut | 9,836 | 1825 | |
Chiny | Virton | Luxembourg | 5,178 | 1825 | |
Ciney | Dinant | Namur | 15,852 | 1985 | |
Comines-Warneton | Mouscron | Hainaut | 18,005 | 1825 (Warneton) | |
Couvin | Philippeville | Namur | 13,952 | 1985 | |
Dinant | Dinant | Namur | 13,668 | 1825 | |
Durbuy | Marche-en-Famenne | Luxembourg | 11,238 | 1825 | 1331 |
Enghien | Soignies | Hainaut | 13,286 | 1825 | |
Eupen | Verviers | Liège | 18,892 | 1808 | 1808 (titre) |
Fleurus | Charleroi | Hainaut | 22,666 | 1982 | |
Florenville | Virton | Luxembourg | 5,527 | 1997 | |
Fontaine-l'Évêque | Charleroi | Hainaut | 17,395 | 1825 | |
Fosses-la-Ville | Namur | Namur | 10,208 | 1825 | |
Gembloux | Namur | Namur | 24,451 | 1985 | |
Genappe | Nivelles | Walloon Brabant | 15,160 | 1985 | |
Hannut | Waremme | Liège | 15,766 | 1985 | |
Herstal | Liège | Liège | 38,997 | 2009 | |
Herve | Verviers | Liège | 17,224 | 1825 | |
Houffalize | Bastogne | Luxembourg | 5,090 | 1825 | |
Huy | Huy | Liège | 21,346 | 1825 | 1066 |
Jodoigne | Nivelles | Walloon Brabant | 13,614 | 1985 | |
La Louvière | Soignies | Hainaut | 79,486 | 1985 | |
La Roche-en-Ardenne | Marche-en-Famenne | Luxembourg | 4,191 | 1825 | |
Le Rœulx | Soignies | Hainaut | 8,249 | 1825 | |
Lessines | Soignies | Hainaut | 18,471 | 1825 | |
Leuze-en-Hainaut | Tournai | Hainaut | 13,610 | 1825 | |
Liège | Liège | Liège | 195,931 | 1825 | |
Limbourg | Verviers | Liège | 5,819 | 1825 | |
Malmedy | Verviers | Liège | 12,316 | historical | |
Marche-en-Famenne | Marche-en-Famenne | Luxembourg | 17,440 | 1825 | |
Mons | Mons | Hainaut | 93,941 | 1825 | |
Mouscron | Mouscron | Hainaut | 56,407 | 1986 | |
Namur | Namur | Namur | 110,500 | 1825 | |
Neufchâteau | Neufchâteau | Luxembourg | 7,342 | 1825 | |
Nivelles | Nivelles | Walloon Brabant | 27,110 | 1825 | |
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve | Nivelles | Walloon Brabant | 31,353 | 1982 | |
Péruwelz | Tournai | Hainaut | 17,302 | 1825 | |
Philippeville | Philippeville | Namur | 9,074 | 1825 | |
Rochefort | Dinant | Namur | 12,431 | 1985 | |
Saint-Ghislain | Mons | Hainaut | 23,039 | 1825 | |
Saint-Hubert | Neufchâteau | Luxembourg | 5,650 | 1825 | |
Saint-Vith | Verviers | Liège | 9,479 | historical | |
Seraing | Liège | Liège | 63,732 | 1999 | |
Soignies | Soignies | Hainaut | 26,667 | 1825 | |
Stavelot | Verviers | Liège | 7,051 | 1825 | |
Thuin | Thuin | Hainaut | 14,662 | 1825 | |
Tournai | Tournai | Hainaut | 69,667 | 1825 | |
Verviers | Verviers | Liège | 55,733 | 1825 | |
Virton | Virton | Luxembourg | 11,540 | 1825 | |
Visé | Liège | Liège | 17,453 | 1825 | |
Walcourt | Philippeville | Namur | 18,215 | 1985 | |
Waremme | Waremme | Liège | 14,795 | 1985 | |
Wavre | Nivelles | Walloon Brabant | 33,365 | 1825 | |
See also
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