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List of most populous municipalities in Belgium

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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. For example, Brussels is a federal region of 19 municipalities, the City of Brussels being only one of them.

List

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# Municipality Population Province Region
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
1. Antwerp 470,349 446,525 483,505 513,570 529,247  Antwerp  Flanders
2. Ghent 230,543 224,180 243,366 253,266 263,927  East Flanders  Flanders
3. Charleroi 206,779 200,827 202,598 202,480 202,746  Hainaut  Wallonia
4. Liège 196,825 185,639 192,504 195,968 197,217  Liège  Wallonia
5. Brussels 136,706 133,859 157,673 175,534 185,103
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  Brussels-Capital Region
6. Schaerbeek 104,768 105,692 121,232 131,030 132,799
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  Brussels-Capital Region
7. Anderlecht 89,231 87,812 104,647 116,332 120,887
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  Brussels-Capital Region
8. Bruges 117,460 116,246 116,741 117,886 118,656  West Flanders  Flanders
9. Namur 103,466 105,419 108,950 110,646 111,432 Namur  Wallonia
10. Leuven 85,193 88,014 95,463 98,376 102,275  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
11. Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 68,904 71,219 88,181 95,576 97,979
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  Brussels-Capital Region
12. Mons 91,867 90,935 91,759 95,231 95,887  Hainaut  Wallonia
13. Ixelles 73,128 73,174 80,183 84,754 87,632
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  Brussels-Capital Region
14. Aalst 76,245 76,313 80,043 83,709 87,332  East Flanders  Flanders
15. Mechelen 75,622 75,438 80,940 83,975 86,921  Antwerp  Flanders
16. Uccle 75,402 74,221 77,589 81,280 83,980
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  Brussels-Capital Region
17. La Louvière 76,138 76,568 78,071 80,375 81,138  Hainaut  Wallonia
18. Hasselt 66,094 68,085 73,067 76,331 78,714  Limburg  Flanders
19. Sint-Niklaas 67,979 68,290 71,806 74,289 78,531  East Flanders  Flanders
20. Kortrijk 76,081 74,790 74,911 75,219 77,109  West Flanders  Flanders
21. Ostend 68,527 67,279 69,064 70,460 71,647  West Flanders  Flanders
22. Tournai 67,767 67,379 69,043 69,756 69,083  Hainaut  Wallonia
23. Genk 61,343 62,842 64,757 65,463 66,447  Limburg  Flanders
24. Seraing 60,952 60,557 62,698 63,972 64,192  Liège  Wallonia
25. Roeselare 52,512 54,199 57,432 60,386 63,478  West Flanders  Flanders
26. Mouscron 53,545 52,492 54,651 57,068 58,767  Hainaut  Wallonia
27. Woluwe-Saint-Lambert 48,141 46,528 50,749 54,022 57,712
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  Brussels-Capital Region
28. Forest 47,178 45,555 50,258 55,012 56,581
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  Brussels-Capital Region
29. Verviers 53,657 53,148 55,253 55,356 55,290  Liège  Wallonia
30. Jette 38,769 39,749 46,818 50,724 52,728
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  Brussels-Capital Region
31. Saint-Gilles 43,579 42,458 46,981 50,472 49,678
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  Brussels-Capital Region
32. Beveren 42,163 44,977 46,299 47,423 49,047  East Flanders  Flanders
33. Etterbeek 39,641 39,404 44,352 46,773 48,473
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  Brussels-Capital Region
34. Beringen 36,289 39,261 42,758 44,885 46,598  Limburg  Flanders
35. Dendermonde 42,470 43,137 44,095 44,938 45,870  East Flanders  Flanders
36. Vilvoorde 32,942 34,982 39,628 42,418 45,495  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
37. Turnhout 37,669 38,596 40,763 42,637 45,280  Antwerp  Flanders
38. Deinze 36,242 38,552 41,083 42,419 43,580  East Flanders  Flanders
39. Dilbeek 36,647 37,722 39,998 41,234 43,423  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
40. Heist-op-den-Berg 35,238 37,233 39,866 41,812 42,950  Antwerp  Flanders
41. Evere 29,685 31,348 35,803 38,448 42,656
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  Brussels-Capital Region
42. Woluwe-Saint-Pierre 38,396 37,922 39,077 41,077 42,119
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  Brussels-Capital Region
43. Lokeren 34,873 36,458 39,174 40,494 42,044  East Flanders  Flanders
44. Geel 32,367 33,677 36,990 38,837 40,709  Antwerp  Flanders
45. Sint-Truiden 37,027 37,147 39,309 39,957 40,672  Limburg  Flanders
46. Herstal 36,356 36,292 38,219 39,365 40,190  Liège  Wallonia
47. Halle 32,574 33,655 36,000 38,023 40,182  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
48. Braine-l'Alleud 31,989 35,259 38,303 39,756 40,170  Walloon Brabant  Wallonia
49. Ninove 33,318 34,559 36,675 37,965 39,251  East Flanders  Flanders
50. Maasmechelen 33,833 35,430 36,937 37,609 38,933  Limburg  Flanders
51. Waregem 34,555 35,839 36,306 37,341 38,350  West Flanders  Flanders
52. Brasschaat 34,540 37,138 36,949 37,480 38,223  Antwerp  Flanders
53. Grimbergen 31,944 32,930 35,169 36,558 37,972  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
54. Mol 30,270 31,683 34,114 35,685 37,022  Antwerp  Flanders
55. Lier 30,918 32,191 33,930 34,652 36,646  Antwerp  Flanders
56. Châtelet 36,656 35,452 36,050 36,439 35,668  Hainaut  Wallonia
57. Evergem 29,407 31,155 33,112 34,485 35,628  East Flanders  Flanders
58. Tienen 31,669 31,479 32,552 33,950 35,293  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
59. Ypres 35,231 35,071 34,962 34,971 34,995  West Flanders  Flanders
60. Zaventem 25,856 26,901 30,446 32,678 34,782  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
61. Wavre 28,126 31,033 32,910 33,604 34,748  Walloon Brabant  Wallonia
62. Sint-Pieters-Leeuw 28,697 30,013 31,572 33,270 34,621  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
63. Auderghem 29,143 28,804 30,811 32,835 34,404
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  Brussels-Capital Region
64. Schoten 31,037 32,733 33,342 34,016 34,316  Antwerp  Flanders
65. Lommel 27,427 30,433 32,917 33,852 34,245  Limburg  Flanders
66. Heusden-Zolder 28,589 30,105 31,526 32,774 33,892  Limburg  Flanders
67. Geraardsbergen 30,219 30,945 32,033 32,981 33,649  East Flanders  Flanders
68. Menen 32,726 32,028 32,530 32,905 33,540  West Flanders  Flanders
69. Asse 27,047 27,931 30,228 32,069 33,505  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
70. Binche 32,828 32,190 32,749 33,297 33,448  Hainaut  Wallonia
71. Knokke-Heist 31,541 33,148 33,825 33,452 33,089  West Flanders  Flanders
72. Pelt 25,439 27,911 30,502 31,684 33,076  Limburg  Flanders
73. Bilzen 27,079 29,335 30,882 31,710 32,477  Limburg  Flanders
74. Oudenaarde 27,055 27,788 29,702 30,788 31,612  East Flanders  Flanders
75. Wevelgem 30,462 31,374 30,975 31,307 31,579  West Flanders  Flanders
76. Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve 22,194 27,380 30,721 31,261 31,316  Walloon Brabant  Wallonia
77. Courcelles 29,336 29,706 30,218 30,960 31,179  Hainaut  Wallonia
78. Tongeren 29,478 29,723 30,042 30,677 31,142  Limburg  Flanders
79. Houthalen-Helchteren 27,062 29,215 30,126 30,666 30,550  Limburg  Flanders
80. Waterloo 27,424 28,986 29,598 29,568 30,376  Walloon Brabant  Wallonia
81. Temse 23,844 25,533 28,147 29,182 30,196  East Flanders  Flanders
82. Aarschot 26,179 27,495 28,405 29,288 30,183  Flemish Brabant  Flanders
83. Arlon 23,325 24,791 27,763 29,016 30,081  Luxembourg  Wallonia

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