List of cities in Belgium

This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal order, decree, or by an act of law.

In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, and Liège.^[1]

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City	Arrondissement	Province	Population (1 January 2017)	Year of the royal order or decree	Communal Charter
Aalst (Alost)	Aalst	East Flanders	84,859	1825	1174
Aarschot (fr: Aerschot)	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	29,654	1825	1194
Andenne	Namur	Namur	26,767	1825
Antoing	Tournai	Hainaut	7,829	1825	1817 (title)
Ans	Liège	Liège	28,280	2021[2]
Antwerp (nl, de: Antwerpen; fr: Anvers)	Antwerp	Antwerp	520,504	1825	1221
Arlon (nl: Aarlen; de: Arel)	Arlon	Luxembourg	29,585	1825
Ath (nl: Aat)	Ath	Hainaut	29,074	1825	1166
Aubange	Arlon	Luxembourg	16,927	2018[3]
Bastogne (nl: Bastenaken)	Bastogne	Luxembourg	15,737	1825	1332
Beaumont	Thuin	Hainaut	7,095	1825
Beauraing	Dinant	Namur	9,161	1985[4]
Beringen	Hasselt	Limburg	45,704	1985[5]	1239
Bilzen	Tongeren	Limburg	32,151	1985[5]	1386
Binche	Thuin	Hainaut	33,545	1825
Blankenberge	Bruges	West Flanders	20,265	1985[5]
Borgloon (fr: Looz)	Tongeren	Limburg	10,668	1985[5]	± 1200
Bouillon	Neufchâteau	Luxembourg	5,459	1825
Braine-le-Comte (nl: 's-Gravenbrakel)	Soignies	Hainaut	21,532	1825
Bree	Maaseik	Limburg	15,911	1985[6]	1386
Bruges (nl: Brugge)	Bruges	West Flanders	118,187	1825	1128
Brussels (fr: Bruxelles; nl: Brussel; de: Brüssel)	Brussels-Capital		1,235,192[a]	1825	1229
Charleroi	Charleroi	Hainaut	201,256	1825
Châtelet	Charleroi	Hainaut	36,350	1825
Chièvres	Bastogne	Hainaut	6,913	1825
Chimay	Thuin	Hainaut	9,879	1825
Chiny	Virton	Luxembourg	5,179	1825
Ciney	Dinant	Namur	16,360	1985[5]
Comines-Warneton (nl: Komen-Waasten)	Mouscron	Hainaut	18,102	1825 (Warneton)
Couvin	Philippeville	Namur	13,908	1985[5]
Damme	Bruges	West Flanders	10,945	1985[5]	1180
Deinze	Ghent	East Flanders	30,906	1825	1241
Dendermonde (fr: Termonde)	Dendermonde	East Flanders	45,583	1825	1233
Diest	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	23,612	1825	1229
Diksmuide (Dixmude)	Diksmuide	West Flanders	16,719	1825	12th
Dilsen-Stokkem	Maaseik	Limburg	20,310	1987[7]	1244 (Stokkem)
Dinant	Dinant	Namur	13,568	1825
Durbuy	Marche-en-Famenne	Luxembourg	11,459	1825	1331
Eeklo	Eeklo	East Flanders	20,708	1825	1240
Enghien (nl: Edingen)	Soignies	Hainaut	13,563	1825
Eupen	Verviers	Liège	19,461	1808	1808 (title)
Fleurus	Charleroi	Hainaut	22,624	1982
Florenville	Virton	Luxembourg	5,628	1997[8]
Fontaine-l'Évêque	Charleroi	Hainaut	17,673	1825
Fosses-la-Ville	Namur	Namur	10,436	1825
Geel	Turnhout	Antwerp	39,560	1985[5]
Gembloux (nl: Gembloers)	Namur	Namur	25,763	1985[9]
Genappe (nl: Genepiën)	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant	15,334	1985[5]
Genk	Hasselt	Limburg	65,986	1999[10]
Geraardsbergen (fr: Grammont)	Aalst	East Flanders	33,204	1825	1068
Ghent (nl, de: Gent, fr: Gand)	Ghent	East Flanders	259,083	1825	1178
Gistel	Ostend	West Flanders	12,021	1985[5]	13th
Halen	Hasselt	Limburg	9,511	1985[5]	1206
Halle (fr: Hal)	Halle-Vilvoorde	Flemish Brabant	38,680	1825	1225
Hamont-Achel	Maaseik	Limburg	14,427	1985[5]	14th century (Hamont)
Hannut (nl: Hannuit)	Waremme	Liège	16,254	1985[5]
Harelbeke	Kortrijk	West Flanders	27,683	1985[5]	1153
Hasselt	Hasselt	Limburg	77,124	1825	1232
Herk-de-Stad (fr: Herck-la-Ville)	Hasselt	Limburg	12,694	1985[5]	1386
Herentals	Turnhout	Antwerp	27,800	1985[11]	1209
Herstal	Liège	Liège	39,939	2009[12]
Herve	Verviers	Liège	17,638	1825
Hoogstraten	Turnhout	Antwerp	21,300	1985[13]	1210
Houffalize	Bastogne	Luxembourg	5,232	1825
Huy (nl: Hoei)	Huy	Liège	21,301	1825	1066
Izegem	Roeselare	West Flanders	27,590	1825	1817 (title)
Kortrijk (fr: Courtrai)	Kortrijk	West Flanders	75,736	1825	1127
Jodoigne (nl: Geldenaken)	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant	14,005	1985
La Louvière	Soignies	Hainaut	80,719	1985
La Roche-en-Ardenne	Marche-en-Famenne	Luxembourg	4,162	1825
Landen	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	15,919	1985[14]	1211
Le Rœulx	Soignies	Hainaut	8,552	1825
Lessines (nl: Lessen)	Soignies	Hainaut	18,580	1825
Leuven (fr: Louvain, de: Löwen)	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	100,291	1825	1211
Leuze-en-Hainaut	Tournai	Hainaut	13,814	1825
Libramont-Chevigny	Neufchâteau	Luxembourg		2025[15]
Liège (nl: Luik, de: Lüttich)	Liège	Liège	197,885	1825
Lier (fr: Lierre)	Mechelen	Antwerp	35,244	1825	1212
Limbourg (nl, de: Limburg)	Verviers	Liège	5,990	1825
Lokeren	Sint-Niklaas	East Flanders	41,057	1825	1804 (title)
Lommel	Maaseik	Limburg	33,996	1990[16]
Lo-Reninge	Diksmuide	West Flanders	3,288	1985[5]
Maaseik	Maaseik	Limburg	25,233	1825	1244
Malmedy (de: Malmünde)	Verviers	Liège	12,503	historical
Marche-en-Famenne	Marche-en-Famenne	Luxembourg	17,401	1825	13th century
Mechelen (fr: Malines; de: Mecheln)	Mechelen	Antwerp	85,665	1825	1301
Menen (fr: Menin)	Kortrijk	West Flanders	33,112	1825
Mesen (fr: Messines)	Ypres	West Flanders	1,049	1985[5]
Mons (nl, de: Bergen)	Mons	Hainaut	95,220	1825
Mortsel	Antwerp	Antwerp	25,588	1999[10]
Mouscron (nl: Moeskroen)	Mouscron	Hainaut	57,773	1986[17]
Namur (nl: Namen)	Namur	Namur	110,628	1825	10th century
Neufchâteau	Neufchâteau	Luxembourg	7,597	1825
Nieuwpoort (fr: Nieuport)	Veurne	West Flanders	11,351	1825	1163
Ninove	Aalst	East Flanders	38,446	1825	12th
Nivelles (nl: Nijvel)	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant	28,368	1825	13th century
Ostend (nl: Oostende; fr/de: Ostende)	Ostend	West Flanders	70,994	1825	1267
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant	31,543	1982
Oudenaarde (fr: Audenarde)	Oudenaarde	East Flanders	30,972	1825	1189
Oudenburg	Ostend	West Flanders	9,325	1985[5]	1226
Peer	Maaseik	Limburg	16,427	1985[5]
Péruwelz	Tournai	Hainaut	17,152	1825
Philippeville	Philippeville	Namur	9,239	1825
Poperinge	Ypres	West Flanders	19,735	1825	1147
Rochefort	Dinant	Namur	12,599	1985
Roeselare (fr: Roulers)	Roeselare	West Flanders	61,657	1825	1250
Ronse (fr: Renaix)	Oudenaarde	East Flanders	26,092	1825	1240
Saint-Ghislain	Mons	Hainaut	23,207	1825
Saint-Hubert	Neufchâteau	Luxembourg	5,588	1825
Sambreville	Namur	Namur		2024[18]
St. Vith (fr: Saint Vith)	Verviers	Liège	9,661	historical
Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (fr: Montaigu-Zichem)	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	22,924	1985[5]	1605
Seraing	Liège	Liège	64,157	1999[10]
Sint-Niklaas (fr: Saint-Nicolas)	Sint-Niklaas	East Flanders	76,028	1825
Sint-Truiden (fr: Saint-Trond)	Hasselt	Limburg	40,169	1825	8th
Soignies (nl: Zinnik)	Soignies	Hainaut	27,447	1825	1142
Spa	Verviers	Liège	10,345	2018[19]
Stavelot	Verviers	Liège	7,140	1825
Thuin	Thuin	Hainaut	14,600	1825
Tielt	Tielt	West Flanders	20,301	1825	1245
Tienen (fr: Tirlemont)	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	34,365	1825
Tongeren (fr: Tongres)	Tongeren	Limburg	30,865	1825
Torhout	Bruges	West Flanders	20,503	1825
Tournai (nl: Doornik)	Tournai	Hainaut	69,493	1825	1188
Tubize (nl: Tubeke)	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant	25,914	2017[20]
Turnhout	Turnhout	Antwerp	43,467	1825	1212
Verviers	Verviers	Liège	55,194	1825
Veurne (Furnes)	Veurne	West Flanders	11,727	1825
Vilvoorde (fr: Vilvorde)	Halle-Vilvoorde	Flemish Brabant	43,653	1985[5]	1192
Virton	Virton	Luxembourg	11,381	1825
Visé (nl: Wezet)	Liège	Liège	17,759	1825
Walcourt	Philippeville	Namur	18,353	1985[5]
Waregem	Kortrijk	West Flanders	37,871	1999[10]
Waremme (nl: Borgworm)	Waremme	Liège	15,036	1985
Wavre (nl: Waver)	Nivelles	Walloon Brabant	34,169	1825
Wervik (fr: Wervicq)	Ypres	West Flanders	18,689	1825
Ypres (nl: Ieper)	Ypres	West Flanders	35,014	1825	1174
Zottegem (fr: Sottegem)	Aalst	East Flanders	26,137	1985
Zoutleeuw (fr: Léau)	Leuven	Flemish Brabant	8,446	1985	1107

See also

• City status in Belgium
• List of most populous municipalities in Belgium
• Municipalities of Belgium
• List of cities in Flanders
• List of cities in Wallonia

Notes

1. The population is indicated for Brussels-Capital Region, but the city status is granted to the City of Brussels (municipality).