Provinces of Belgium facts for kids

Belgium is divided into three regions (Flemish Region, Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region), two of them are subdivided into five provinces each.

Provinces of the Flemish Region

Province	Antwerp	Limburg	Flemish Brabant	East Flanders	West Flanders
Dutch name	Antwerpen	Limburg	Vlaams Brabant	Oost-Vlaanderen	West-Vlaanderen
French name	Anvers	Limbourg	Brabant flamand	Flandre orientale	Flandre occidentale
German name	Antwerpen	Limburg	Flämisch-Brabant	Ostflandern	Westflandern
Location
Flag
Coat of Arms
HASC	BE.AN	BE.LI	BE.VB	BE.OV	BE.WV
FIPS	BE01	BE05	BE12	BE08	BE09
ISO 3166-2	VAN	VLI	VBR	VOV	VWV
Postal codes	2000-2999	3500-3999	1500-1999, 3000-3499	9000-9999	8000-8999
Area	2860 km² 21.15% of Flanders 9.38% of Belgium	2414 km² 17.85% of Flanders 7.92% of Belgium	2106 km² 15.57% of Flanders 6.91% of Belgium	2982.24 km² 22.12% of Flanders 9.81% of Belgium	3151 km² 23.30% of Flanders 10.33% of Belgium
Highest point	Beerzelberg (55 m)	Remersdaal (288 m)	Walshoutem (137 m)	Hottondberg (150 m) Pottelberg (157 m)	Kemmelberg (156 m)
Subdivisions	3 Arrondissements 70 municipalities	3 Arrondissements 44 municipalities	2 Arrondissements 65 municipalities	6 Arrondissements 65 municipalities	8 Arrondissements 64 municipalities
Capital	Antwerpen	Hasselt	Leuven	Gent	Brugge
Population	1,682,683 28% of Flanders	805,786 13% of Flanders	1,037,786 17% of Flanders	1,389,199 23% of Flanders	1,130,040 19% of Flanders
Density	587 / km²	333 / km²	493 / km²	459 / km²	362 / km²
Governor	Cathy Berx	Steve Stevaert	Lodewijk De Witte	André Denys	Paul Breyne
Government	CD&V, sp.a, VLD	CD&V, sp.a, VLD	CD&V, sp.a, VLD	CD&V, sp.a, VLD	CD&V, sp.a
Website	Official page: http://www.provant.be	Official page: http://www.limburg.be	Official page: http://www.vlaamsbrabant.be	Official page: http://www.oost-vlaanderen.be	Official page: http://www.west-vlaanderen.be

Provinces of the Walloon Region

Province	Hainaut	Walloon Brabant	Namur	Liège	Luxembourg
French name	Hainaut	Brabant wallon	Namur	Liège	Luxembourg
German name	Hennegau	Wallonisch-Brabant	Namur	Lüttich	Luxemburg
Dutch name	Henegouwen	Waals Brabant	Namen	Luik	Luxemburg
Location
Flag
Coat of Arms
HASC	BE.HT	BE.BW	BE.NA	BE.LG	BE.LX
FIPS	BE03	BE10	BE07	BE04	BE06
Area	3800 km² 22.56% of Wallonia 12.44% of Belgium	1093 km² 6.49% of Wallonia 3.58% of Belgium	3664 km² 21.75% of Wallonia 11.99% of Belgium	3844 km² 22.82% of Wallonia 12.58% of Belgium	4443 km² 26.38% of Wallonia 14.54% of Belgium
Subdivisions	7 Arrondissements 69 municipalities	1 Arrondissement 27 municipalities	3 Arrondissements 38 municipalities	4 Arrondissements 84 municipalities	5 Arrondissements 44 municipalities
Capital	Mons	Wavre	Namur	Liège	Arlon
Population	1,309,880 37% of Wallonia	379,515 11% of Wallonia	472,281 13% of Wallonia	1,067,685 31% of Wallonia	269,023 8% of Wallonia
Density	345 / km²	347 / km²	129 / km²	277 / km²	60 / km²
Governor	Claude Durieux	Marie-José Laloy	Denis Mathen	Michel Foret	Bernard Caprasse
Website	Official page: http://www.hainaut.be/	Official page: http://www.brabantwallon.be/	Official page: http://www.province.namur.be/	Official page: http://www.prov-liege.be/	Official page: http://www.province.luxembourg.be/

3rd Province (Eupen-Sankt Vith)

Because the German-speaking Community is found in the Province of Liège, people want a third province: the Province of Eupen-Sankt Vith, which would be made up of the 9 municipalities of the German-speaking Community.

Images for kids

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  Provinces of Belgium (including the Brussels-Capital Region) by population as of 1 January 2019

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  Map of the Seventeen Provinces, red showing the border between the independent (Northern) Netherlands and the Southern Netherlands.

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  Belgium at its independence in 1830

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  The Brussels Capital Region in Belgium.

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  The German-speaking Community.

See also

In Spanish: Organización territorial de Bélgica para niños