Municipalities in Belgium
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Belgium comprises 589 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten, French: communes, German: Gemeinde) grouped into five provinces in each of two regions and into a third region, the Brussels-Capital Region, comprising 19 municipalities that do not belong to a province. The municipalities are the smallest administrative subdivisions of Belgium.
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[edit] 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 municipalities of the Flemish Region
- List of Walloon municipalities
[edit] History
[edit] Before 1830
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[edit] 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
[edit] Merging of municipalities in 1977 and 1983
After municipalities were merged in 1977 (major merging) and 1983 (merging of the municipalities of Antwerp), the number came down to 589.
[edit] Since 1977
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[edit] See also
- Communities and regions of Belgium
- Provinces of regions in Belgium
- List of Belgian municipalities by population
- List of cities in Belgium
- List of Belgian postal codes
- Municipalities with linguistic facilities
Communities: Flemish • French • German
Regions and provinces:
Brussels-Capital Region (not a province, neither has it provinces, nor is it part of one)
Flanders: Antwerp • East Flanders • Flemish Brabant • Limburg • West Flanders
Wallonia: Hainaut • Liège • Luxembourg • Namur • Walloon Brabant
Arrondissements: Administrative • Judicial • Electoral
Municipalities: of the Brussels-Capital Region • of Flanders • of Wallonia
de:Liste der Städte in Belgien fr:Liste des communes de Belgique it:Elenco di comuni belgi nl:Lijst van Belgische gemeenten
