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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]
Map of Belgium Antwerp Ghent Charleroi Liège Brussels Bruges Namur Leuven. 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.
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 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)
Populated coastal places in Belgium (1 P) Port cities and towns in Belgium (5 P) Provincial capitals of Belgium (2 C) S. Spa towns in Belgium (2 P)
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.
Lists of cities in Belgium (3 P) Pages in category "Cities in Belgium" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.