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This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law. In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, and Brussels. [1]
This is a list of most populous municipalities in Belgium. Out of the 581 Belgian municipalities (as of 1 January 2019) the list contains all those with a population over 30,000. All of Belgium is divided into municipalities, however a municipality may or may not have an additional royally-decreed city status.
The list of municipalities of Belgium is a survey of the following lists because Belgium is divided in three regions: Brussels-Capital Region or Brussels, see List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (19 municipalities) Flemish Region or Flanders, see List of municipalities of the Flemish Region (300 municipalities)
The merger of Antwerp with the municipalities of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Hoboken, Ekeren, Merksem and Wilrijk in 1983 finally reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium to 589 and was the last reorganization of the municipalities for several decades because the merger of the 19 municipalities of Brussels was postponed indefinitely.
The cities listed all have populations over 300,000. The list deals exclusively with the areas within city administrative boundaries as opposed to urban areas or larger urban zones (metropolitan areas), which are generally larger in terms of population than the main city (although they can also be smaller).
Rank metropolitan area region core city population metro population LUZ population LUZ area LUZ pop. density 1 Brussels-Capital Region Brussels 194,291 (2019): 1,789,447 (2006)
The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 km 2 (12.6 sq mi) with 176,545 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,609 inhabitants, and the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , which is only 1.1 km 2 (0.4 sq mi) and also has the highest population density , at 24,650/km 2 ...
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