List of Belgian municipalities by population

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This is a list of Belgian municipalities by population, as of January 1, 2005:

Rank Name Population Province
1 Brussels-Capital Region 1,006,749 none
2 Antwerp 457,749 Antwerp
3 Ghent 230,951 East Flanders
4 Charleroi 201,373 Hainaut
5 Liège 185,574 Liège
6 Bruges 117,327 West Flanders
7 Namur 106,767 Namur
8 Mons 91,083 Hainaut
9 Leuven 89,910 Flemish Brabant
10 Mechelen 77,480 Antwerp
11 Aalst 77,007 East Flanders
12 La Louvière 76,896 Hainaut
13 Kortrijk 73,625 West Flanders
14 Hasselt 69,538 Limburg
15 Sint-Niklaas 69,082 East Flanders
16 Ostend 68,594 West Flanders
17 Tournai 67,476 Hainaut
18 Genk 63,607 Limburg
19 Seraing 60,728 Liège
20 Roeselare 55,380 West Flanders
21 Verviers 52,820 Liège
22 Mouscron 52,534 Hainaut
23 Beveren 45,593 East Flanders
24 Beringen 44,000 Limburg
25 Dendermonde 43,081 East Flanders
26 Turnhout 39,561 Antwerp
27 Dilbeek 39,288 Flemish Brabant
28 Heist-op-den-Berg 38,126 Antwerp
29 Sint-Truiden 37,989 Limburg
30 Lokeren 37,515 East Flanders
31 Brasschaat 37,180 Antwerp
32 Vilvoorde 36,956 Flemish Brabant
33 Herstal 36,832 Liège
34 Braine-l'Alleud 36,803 Walloon Brabant
35 Maasmechelen 36,175 Limburg
36 Waregem 35,919 West Flanders
37 Châtelet 35,475 Hainaut
38 Ninove 35,373 East Flanders
39 Ypres 34,949 West Flanders
40 Geel 34,758 Antwerp
41 Halle 34,679 Flemish Brabant
42 Knokke-Heist 33,823 West Flanders
43 Grimbergen 33,571 Flemish Brabant
44 Schoten 33,230 Antwerp
45 Lier 32,947 Antwerp
46 Mol 32,476 Antwerp
47 Menen 32,325 West Flanders
48 Wavre 32,023 Walloon Brabant
49 Evergem 31,963 East Flanders
50 Tienen 31,746 Flemish Brabant
51 Lommel 31,616 Limburg
52 Geraardsbergen 31,089 East Flanders
53 Wevelgem 31,059 West Flanders
54 Heusden-Zolder 30,648 Limburg
55 Sint-Pieters-Leeuw 30,637 Flemish Brabant


The Brussels-Capital Region comprises the following municipalities:

  1. City of Brussels (142,853)
  2. Schaarbeek/Schaerbeek (110,375)
  3. Anderlecht (93,808)
  4. (Sint-Jans-)Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (78,520)
  5. Elsene/Ixelles (77,729)
  6. Ukkel/Uccle (74,976)
  7. (Sint-Lambrechts-)Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (47,845)
  8. Vorst/Forest (47,555)
  9. Sint-Gillis/Saint-Gilles (43,733)
  10. Jette (42,250)
  11. Etterbeek (41,097)
  12. (Sint-Pieters-)Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (37,920)
  13. Evere (33,069)
  14. Oudergem/Auderghem (29,265)
  15. Watermaal-Bosvoorde/Watermael-Boitsfort (24,314)
  16. Sint-Joost-ten-Node/Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (23,142)
  17. Ganshoren (20,609)
  18. (Sint-Agatha-)Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (19,968)
  19. Koekelberg (17,721)

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