Sunday, March 19, 2017

Provinces

Main article: Provinces of Belgium
The territory of Belgium is divided into three Regions, two of which, the Flemish Region and Walloon Region, are in turn subdivided into provinces; the third Region, the Brussels Capital Region, is neither a province nor a part of a province.
Province Dutch name French name German name Capital Largest city Area
(km2)
Population
(1 January 2016)
Antwerp Antwerpen Anvers Antwerpen Antwerp
(Dutch: Antwerpen)
(French: Anvers)
Antwerp
(Dutch: Antwerpen)
(French: Anvers)
2,860 1,824,136
East Flanders Oost-Vlaanderen Flandre-Orientale Ostflandern Ghent
(Dutch: Gent)
(French: Gand)
Ghent
(Dutch: Gent)
(French: Gand)
2,982 1,486,722
Flemish Brabant Vlaams-Brabant Brabant flamand Flämisch Brabant Leuven
(French: Louvain)
Leuven
(French: Louvain)
2,106 1,121,693
Hainaut Henegouwen Hainaut Hennegau Mons
(Dutch: Bergen)
Charleroi 3,800 1,337,157
Liège Luik Liège Lüttich Liège
(Dutch: Luik)
(German: Lüttich)
Liège
(Dutch: Luik)
(German: Lüttich)
3,844 1,098,688
Limburg Limburg Limbourg Limburg Hasselt Hasselt 2,414 863,425
Luxembourg Luxemburg Luxembourg Luxemburg Arlon
(Dutch: Aarlen)
(German: Arel)
Arlon
(Dutch: Aarlen)
(German: Arel)
4,443 280,327
Namur Namen Namur Namur Namur
(Dutch: Namen)
Namur
(Dutch: Namen)
3,664 489,204
Walloon Brabant Waals-Brabant Brabant wallon Wallonisch Brabant Wavre
(Dutch: Waver)
Braine-l'Alleud
(Dutch: Eigenbrakel)
1,093 396,840
West Flanders West-Vlaanderen Flandre-Occidentale Westflandern Bruges
(Dutch: Brugge)
(French: Bruges)
(German: Brügge)
Bruges
(Dutch: Brugge)
(French: Bruges)
(German: Brügge)
3,151 1,181,828

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