Municipalities of Belgium
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Belgium is divided into 589 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten, French: communes, German: Gemeinde) grouped into three regions and 10 provinces, except the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital region which do not belong to any of the 10 provinces. The municipalities are the smallest administrative subdivisions of Belgium.
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Lists of municipalities
Here are three lists of municipalities for each one of the three regions:
- List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region
- List of Flemish municipalities
- List of Walloon municipalities
History
Before 1830
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Between 1830 and 1977
After Belgium declared its independence in 1830, Belgium was divided into 2.492 municipalities. The number of municipalities changed however until the major reform of 1977 (e.g. in 1928 and after WW2).
See also: List of Belgian municipalities before 1977
Merging of municipalities in 1977 and 1988
After municipalities were merged in 1977 (major merging) and 1983 (merging of the municipalities of Antwerp), the number came down to 589.
Since 1977
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See also
- Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium
- List of Belgian municipalities by population
- List of cities in Belgium
- List of Belgian postal codes
- Municipalities with linguistic facilities
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Communities: French Community of Belgium | Flemish Community in Belgium | German-speaking community of Belgium | |
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| Flanders: Antwerp | East Flanders | Flemish Brabant | Limburg | West Flanders | |
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Wallonia: Hainaut | Liège | Luxembourg | Namur | Walloon Brabant | |