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 have updated the populations to 2010 data.

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`	273,544	469
Aarlen	Arlon	`BE.LX.AR`	`BE341`	`81`	57,850	317
Aat	Ath	`BE.HT.AT`	`BE321`	`51`	83,752	487
Antwerpen	Anvers	`BE.AN.AW`	`BE211`	`11`	985,332	1,000
Bastenaken	Bastogne	`BE.LX.BS`	`BE342`	`82`	45,061	1,043
Bergen	Mons	`BE.HT.MN`	`BE323`	`53`	251,901	584
Borgworm	Waremme	`BE.LG.WR`	`BE334`	`64`	75,588	390
Brugge	Bruges	`BE.WV.BG`	`BE251`	`31`	276,313	661
Brussel	Bruxelles	`BE.BU.BR`	`BE100`	`21`	1,089,538	161
Charleroi	Charleroi	`BE.HT.CR`	`BE322`	`52`	425,110	555
Dendermonde	Termonde	`BE.OV.DM`	`BE232`	`42`	192,521	343
Diksmuide	Dixmude	`BE.WV.DK`	`BE252`	`32`	49,675	362
Dinant	Dinant	`BE.NA.DN`	`BE351`	`91`	105,998	1,592
Doornik	Tournai	`BE.HT.TR`	`BE327`	`57`	144,486	608
Eeklo	Eeklo	`BE.OV.EK`	`BE233`	`43`	81,921	334
Gent	Gand	`BE.OV.GT`	`BE234`	`44`	527,248	944
Halle-Vilvoorde	Hal-Vilvorde	`BE.VB.HV`	`BE241`	`23`	593,455	943
Hasselt	Hasselt	`BE.LI.HS`	`BE221`	`71`	408,370	906
Hoei	Huy	`BE.LG.HY`	`BE331`	`61`	107,832	659
Ieper	Ypres	`BE.WV.IP`	`BE253`	`33`	105,828	550
Kortrijk	Courtrai	`BE.WV.KR`	`BE254`	`34`	281,112	404
Leuven	Louvain	`BE.VB.LV`	`BE242`	`24`	483,469	1,163
Luik	Liège	`BE.LG.LG`	`BE332`	`62`	604,062	797
Maaseik	Maaseik	`BE.LI.MS`	`BE222`	`72`	232,735	884
Marche-en-Famenne	Marche-en-Famenne	`BE.LX.MR`	`BE343`	`83`	54,214	954
Mechelen	Malines	`BE.AN.MH`	`BE212`	`12`	324,311	510
Moeskroen	Mouscron	`BE.HT.MC`	`BE324`	`54`	72,380	101
Namen	Namur	`BE.NA.NM`	`BE352`	`92`	301,472	1,165
Neufchâteau	Neufchâteau	`BE.LX.NC`	`BE344`	`84`	59,861	1,355
Nijvel	Nivelles	`BE.BW.NV`	`BE310`	`25`	379,515	1,091
Oostende	Ostende	`BE.WV.OS`	`BE255`	`35`	150,841	292
Oudenaarde	Audenarde	`BE.OV.OD`	`BE235`	`45`	119,995	419
Philippeville	Philippeville	`BE.NA.PV`	`BE353`	`93`	64,811	909
Roeselare	Roulers	`BE.WV.RS`	`BE256`	`36`	145,024	272
Sint-Niklaas	Saint-Nicolas	`BE.OV.SN`	`BE236`	`46`	237,097	475
Thuin	Thuin	`BE.HT.TN`	`BE326`	`56`	149,082	934
Tielt	Tielt	`BE.WV.TL`	`BE257`	`37`	90,274	329
Tongeren	Tongres	`BE.LI.TG`	`BE223`	`73`	197,400	632
Turnhout	Turnhout	`BE.AN.TH`	`BE213`	`13`	435,219	1,357
Verviers	Verviers	`BE.LG.VV`	`BE335*`	`63`	280,203	2,016
Veurne	Furnes	`BE.WV.VR`	`BE258`	`38`	60,299	275
Virton	Virton	`BE.LX.VT`	`BE345`	`85`	52,037	771
Zinnik	Soignies	`BE.HT.SG`	`BE325`	`55`	183,169	517
43 arrondissements					10,839,905	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. * Note: Verviers has two NUTS codes: `BE335` for communes and `BE336` for the district. INS: Codes assigned by the National Statistics Institute for the 1991 census. Population: 2010-01-01, compiled from population registers. Capitals: Arrondissements have the same names as their capitals. Halle-Vilvoorde has two capitals, Halle and Vilvoorde.

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