Belgium Arrondissements

Arrondissements of Belgium

The NUTS code scheme was revised in 2003. The code for Brussels arrondissement changed from BE1 to BE100, and for Nivelles, from BE31 to BE310.

I added the 2003 populations according to the INS (Institut National de Statistique). This site gave Hal-Vilvorde, rather than Halle-Vilvorde, as the French name of that arrondissement. It also gave minor adjustments to some areas, notably Brugge (661 rather than 651 km.²).

Belgium is divided into provinces, which are subdivided into arrondissements. The table below shows all of the arrondissements of Belgium. Much of this information appeared in different form in "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries".

Flemish name	French name	HASC	NUTS	INS	Population	Area(km.²)
Aalst	Alost	`BE.OV.AL`	`BE231`	`41`	262,542	469
Aarlen	Arlon	`BE.LX.AR`	`BE341`	`81`	53,232	317
Aat	Ath	`BE.HT.AT`	`BE321`	`51`	80,147	487
Antwerpen	Anvers	`BE.AN.AW`	`BE211`	`11`	940,681	1,000
Bastenaken	Bastogne	`BE.LX.BS`	`BE342`	`82`	41,906	1,043
Bergen	Mons	`BE.HT.MN`	`BE323`	`53`	248,832	584
Borgworm	Waremme	`BE.LG.WR`	`BE334`	`64`	69,759	390
Brugge	Bruges	`BE.WV.BG`	`BE251`	`31`	272,305	661
Brussel	Bruxelles	`BE.BU.BR`	`BE100`	`21`	992,041	161
Charleroi	Charleroi	`BE.HT.CR`	`BE322`	`52`	420,653	555
Dendermonde	Termonde	`BE.OV.DM`	`BE232`	`42`	186,991	343
Diksmuide	Dixmude	`BE.WV.DK`	`BE252`	`32`	48,037	362
Dinant	Dinant	`BE.NA.DN`	`BE351`	`91`	101,295	1,592
Doornik	Tournai	`BE.HT.TR`	`BE327`	`57`	140,831	608
Eeklo	Eeklo	`BE.OV.EK`	`BE233`	`43`	79,374	334
Gent	Gand	`BE.OV.GT`	`BE234`	`44`	500,794	944
Halle-Vilvoorde	Hal-Vilvorde	`BE.VB.HV`	`BE241`	`23`	565,759	943
Hasselt	Hasselt	`BE.LI.HS`	`BE221`	`71`	388,469	906
Hoei	Huy	`BE.LG.HY`	`BE331`	`61`	102,135	659
Ieper	Ypres	`BE.WV.IP`	`BE253`	`33`	104,168	550
Kortrijk	Courtrai	`BE.WV.KR`	`BE254`	`34`	277,430	404
Leuven	Louvain	`BE.VB.LV`	`BE242`	`24`	462,080	1,163
Luik	Liège	`BE.LG.LG`	`BE332`	`62`	585,444	797
Maaseik	Maaseik	`BE.LI.MS`	`BE222`	`72`	222,793	884
Marche-en-Famenne	Marche-en-Famenne	`BE.LX.MR`	`BE343`	`83`	51,486	954
Mechelen	Malines	`BE.AN.MH`	`BE212`	`12`	308,665	510
Moeskroen	Mouscron	`BE.HT.MC`	`BE324`	`54`	69,674	101
Namen	Namur	`BE.NA.NM`	`BE352`	`92`	286,930	1,165
Neufchâteau	Neufchâteau	`BE.LX.NC`	`BE344`	`84`	56,331	1,355
Nijvel	Nivelles	`BE.BW.NV`	`BE310`	`25`	358,012	1,091
Oostende	Ostende	`BE.WV.OS`	`BE255`	`35`	144,903	292
Oudenaarde	Audenarde	`BE.OV.OD`	`BE235`	`45`	114,609	419
Philippeville	Philippeville	`BE.NA.PV`	`BE353`	`93`	62,170	909
Roeselare	Roulers	`BE.WV.RS`	`BE256`	`36`	141,211	272
Sint-Niklaas	Saint-Nicolas	`BE.OV.SN`	`BE236`	`46`	225,826	475
Thuin	Thuin	`BE.HT.TN`	`BE326`	`56`	146,212	934
Tielt	Tielt	`BE.WV.TL`	`BE257`	`37`	88,192	329
Tongeren	Tongres	`BE.LI.TG`	`BE223`	`73`	191,266	632
Turnhout	Turnhout	`BE.AN.TH`	`BE213`	`13`	411,773	1,357
Verviers	Verviers	`BE.LG.VV`	`BE333`	`63`	268,504	2,016
Veurne	Furnes	`BE.WV.VR`	`BE258`	`38`	57,685	275
Virton	Virton	`BE.LX.VT`	`BE345`	`85`	49,340	771
Zinnik	Soignies	`BE.HT.SG`	`BE325`	`55`	175,357	517
43 arrondissements					10,355,844	30,530
Flemish name, French name: In general contexts, use the Flemish name for arrondissements in the Flemish Region (NUTS codes beginning with BE2), the French name for arrondissements in Wallonia (NUTS BE3). In English, you may prefer to use the English names Antwerp (for Antwerpen), Brussels (for Brussel), and Ghent (for Gent). HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the province. For key, see "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries". NUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (level 3). These are codes developed by Eurostat in order to report European statistics on the basis of a set of comparable regions. If the NUTS codes are truncated to two digits, they become level-2 NUTS codes, which represent the province. Truncated to one digit, they become level-1 NUTS codes, which represent the region. INS: Codes assigned by the National Statistics Institute for the 1991 census. Population: As of 2003-01-01. Source: INS. Capitals: Arrondissements have the same names as their capitals. Halle-Vilvoorde has two capitals, Halle and Vilvoorde.

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