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Belgium: Municipal flags

Status of the municipalities
Geographical index of Belgian municipal flags

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Status of the municipalities

Belgium is divided into municipalities called Gemeenten (Dutch) or Communes (French).
Some municipalities present themselves officially as towns, that is Stad (Dutch) or Ville de(French), for instance Stad Aalst and Ville de Charleroi. According to Tom Doesselaere, from the Flemish Government website, this privilege is still based on medieval city rights and freedom charters.

The list of the towns is given on the website of the Union of the Belgian Towns and Municipalities (Vereniging van Belgische Steden en Gemeenten - Union des Villes et Communes belges), as follows:

- Flanders:
Aalst, Aarschot, Antwerp, Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Bree, Bruges, Damme, Deinze, Dendermonde, Diest, Dixsmuide, Dilsen-Stokkem, Eeklo, Geel, Ghent, Geraardsbergen, Gistel, Halen, Halle, Hamont-Achel, Harelbeke, Hasselt, Herentals, Herk-de-Stad, Hoogstraten, Ieper, Izegem, Kortrijk, Landen, Leuven, Lier, Lo-Reninge, Lokeren, Lommel, Maaseik, Mechlin, Menen, Nieuwpoort, Ninove, Ostende, Oudenaarde, Oudenburg, Peer, Poperinge, Roeselare, Ronse, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Truiden, Tienen, Tongeren, Torhout, Turnhout, Veurne, Vilvoorde, Wervik, Zottegem and Zoutleeuw.

- Brussels-Capitale:
Brussels.

- Wallonia:
Arlon, Ath, Bastogne, Beaumont, Beauraing, Binche, Bouillon, Braine-le-Comte, Charleroi, Châtelet, Chiny, Comines-Warneton, Couvin, Dinant, Durbuy, Enghien, Eupen, Fleurus, Fontaine-l'Evêque, Fosses-la-Ville, Gembloux, Genappe, Hannut, Herve, Houffalize, Huy, Jodoigne, La Louvière, La Roche-en-Ardenne, Le Roeulx, Lessines, Liège, Limbourg, Malmédy, Marche-en-Famenne, Mons, Mouscron, Namur, Neufchâteau, Nivelles, Péruwelz, Philippeville, Rochefort, Saint-Ghislain, Saint-Hubert, Sankt Vith, Soignies, Stavelot, Thuin, Tournai, Verviers, Virton, Visé, Walcourt, Waremme and Wavre.

These lists are slightly outdated and must be completed with a few municipalities that were recently granted the title of town: Genk and Waregem (23 June 1999) and Mortsel (1 January 2000) in Flanders; Seraing (23 June 1999) and maybe Sambreville (recently) in Wallonia.

Gerard van der Vaart, Jan Mertens & Ivan Sache, 23 April 2005

Belgium: Municipal flags

Status of the municipalities

Geographical index of Belgian municipal flags