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Belfries of Belgium and France
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Belfry locations
Location	Belgium; north of France
Includes	56 belfries
Criteria	Cultural: (ii), (iv)
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)
Extensions	2005

Belfry of Bruges

Schepenhuis, Aalst

Cloth Hall, Ypres

Belfry of Tournai

Belfry of Mons

The Belfries of Belgium and France are a group of 56 historical buildings. They are part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. It shows a design change from feudal and religious influence in historic Flanders and its neighboring regions of the Duchy of Burgundy.

UNESCO included 32 towers of Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia in 1999. In 2005, the bell tower of Gembloux in the Walloon Region of Belgium and 23 others from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy regions were added to the renamed list. Brussels Town Hall and its bell tower were not included since was already part of the Grand Place World Heritage Site.

Additional six church towers were also added since they served as watchtowers or alarm bell towers. These include Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, St. Rumbolds Cathedral in Mechelen, St. Peter's Church, Leuven, St. Germanus Church in Tienen, the Basilica of Our Lady in Tongeren and St. Leonard's Church in Zoutleeuw.

Most of the buildings in the list are towers from bigger buildings. A few of them are restoration of towers previously connected to nearby bigger buildings.

Belgium
- Flanders
- Wallonia
  - Hainaut
  - Namur
France
- Nord-Pas de Calais
  - Nord
  - Pas-de-Calais
- Picardy
  - Somme
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Belgium

The ID numbers match the order in the complete list ID from 943 to 943bis from UNESCO.

Flanders

West Flanders

ID 943-004	Bruges	Hallentoren belfry and halls
ID 943-006	Diksmuide	City Hall and Belfry
ID 943-011	Kortrijk	Hallentoren Belfry
ID 943-014	Lo-Reninge (Lo)	Town Hall with Belfry (at present a hotel)
ID 943-017	Menen	City Hall and adjacent Belfry
ID 943-018	Nieuwpoort	Stadshalle grain hall (market hall) with Belfry
ID 943-020	Roeselare	City Hall, Stadshalle (market hall) and Belfry
ID 943-022	Tielt	Hallentoren belfry, Cloth Hall and Aldermen's Chamber
ID 943-025	Veurne	Landhuis ("country-house", former seat of the Viscounty of Veurne-Ambacht) and Belfry
ID 943-010	Ypres	Cloth Hall with Belfry

East Flanders

ID 943-001	Aalst	Aldermen's House with Belfry
ID 943-005	Dendermonde	City Hall with Belfry
ID 943-007	Eeklo	City Hall with Belfry
ID 943-008	Ghent	Belfry, Cloth Hall and Mammelokker
ID 943-019	Oudenaarde	City Hall with Belfry

Antwerp

ID 943-002	Antwerp	Cathedral of Our Lady
ID 943-003	Antwerp	City Hall
ID 943-009	Herentals	Former City & 'Laken'(Cloth) Hall
ID 943-013	Lier	City Hall and Belfry tower
ID 943-016	Mechelen	St. Rumbolds Tower of the cathedral
ID 943-015	Mechelen	Old Cloth Hall with Belfry (now part of the City Hall complex)

Flemish Brabant

ID 943-012	Leuven	St. Peter's Church and tower
ID 943-023	Tienen	St. Germanus Church with Stadstoren (City Tower)
ID 943-026	Zoutleeuw	St. Leonard's Church

Limburg

ID 943-021	Sint-Truiden	City Hall with Tower
ID 943-024	Tongeren	Basilica of Our Lady with Stadstoren (City Tower)

Wallonia

Hainaut

ID 943-027	Binche	Belfry of the City Hall
ID 943-028	Charleroi	Belfry of the City Hall
ID 943-029	Mons	Belfry
ID 943-031	Thuin	Belfry
ID 943-032	Tournai	Belfry

Namur

ID 943-056	Gembloux	Belfry
ID 943-030	Namur	Belfry

France

Nord-Pas de Calais

Nord

ID 943-033	Armentières	Belfry of the City Hall	50°41′11″N 2°52′57″E / 50.68645°N 2.8824°E / 50.68645; 2.8824
ID 943-034	Bailleul	Belfry of the City Hall	50°44′23″N 2°44′04″E / 50.7397°N 2.7344°E / 50.7397; 2.7344
ID 943-035	Bergues	Belfry	50°58′05″N 2°25′58″E / 50.9680°N 2.4327°E / 50.9680; 2.4327
ID 943-036	Cambrai	Belfry of the St. Martin's Church	50°10′27″N 3°13′56″E / 50.1742°N 3.232127°E / 50.1742; 3.232127
ID 943-037	Comines	Belfry of the City Hall	50°45′55″N 3°00′26″E / 50.7653°N 3.0072°E / 50.7653; 3.0072
ID 943-038	Douai	Belfry of the City Hall	50°22′04″N 3°04′50″E / 50.3679°N 3.0805°E / 50.3679; 3.0805
ID 943-040	Dunkirk	Belfry of the City Hall	51°02′15″N 2°22′36″E / 51.0376°N 2.3768°E / 51.0376; 2.3768
ID 943-039	Dunkirk	Belfry of Dunkirk(former church tower attached to Saint Eligius, in the 1700s transformed into a standalone municipal belfry)	51°02′08″N 2°22′35″E / 51.0356°N 2.3763°E / 51.0356; 2.3763
ID 943-041	Gravelines	Belfry	50°59′12″N 2°07′34″E / 50.9868°N 2.1261°E / 50.9868; 2.1261
ID 943-042	Lille	Belfry of the City Hall	50°37′50″N 3°04′11″E / 50.6306°N 3.0698°E / 50.6306; 3.0698
ID 943-043	Loos	Belfry of the City Hall	50°36′54″N 3°00′53″E / 50.61507°N 3.01477°E / 50.61507; 3.01477

Pas-de-Calais

ID 943-044	Aire-sur-la-Lys	Belfry of the City Hall	50°38′19″N 2°23′47″E / 50.6385°N 2.3963°E / 50.6385; 2.3963
ID 943-045	Arras	Belfry of the City Hall	50°17′28″N 2°46′37″E / 50.2911°N 2.7770°E / 50.2911; 2.7770
ID 943-046	Béthune	Belfry	50°31′52″N 2°38′21″E / 50.5310°N 2.6392°E / 50.5310; 2.6392
ID 943-047	Boulogne-sur-Mer	Belfry of the City Hall	50°43′30″N 1°36′48″E / 50.7250°N 1.6132°E / 50.7250; 1.6132
ID 943-048	Calais	Belfry of the City Hall	50°57′10″N 1°51′15″E / 50.9529°N 1.8542°E / 50.9529; 1.8542
ID 943-049	Hesdin	Belfry of the City Hall	50°22′23″N 2°02′11″E / 50.3730°N 2.0363°E / 50.3730; 2.0363

Picardy

Somme

ID 943-050	Abbeville	Belfry	50°06′26″N 1°49′58″E / 50.1073°N 1.8329°E / 50.1073; 1.8329
ID 943-051	Amiens	Belfry	49°53′44″N 2°17′46″E / 49.8955°N 2.2960°E / 49.8955; 2.2960
ID 943-052	Doullens	Belfry of the former Municipal Hall, at present the tourist information center	50°09′19″N 2°20′28″E / 50.1554°N 2.3410°E / 50.1554; 2.3410
ID 943-053	Lucheux	Belfry on the remaining City Gate	50°11′50″N 2°24′40″E / 50.1971°N 2.4112°E / 50.1971; 2.4112
ID 943-054	Rue	Belfry	50°16′21″N 1°40′07″E / 50.2725°N 1.6687°E / 50.2725; 1.6687
ID 943-055	Saint-Riquier	Belfry	50°08′03″N 1°56′47″E / 50.1342°N 1.9464°E / 50.1342; 1.9464