This is a list of the 70 largest Belgian municipalities by population, as of January 1, 2010:
| Rank | Name | Population | Province | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antwerp | 483,505 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 2 | Ghent | 243,366 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 3 | Charleroi | 202,598 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 4 | Liège | 192,504 | Liège | Wallonia |
| 5 | City of Brussels | 157,673 | – | Brussels |
| 6 | Schaerbeek | 121,232 | – | Brussels |
| 7 | Bruges | 116,741 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 8 | Namur | 108,950 | Namur | Wallonia |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 104,647 | – | Brussels |
| 10 | Leuven | 95,463 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 11 | Mons | 91,759 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 12 | Sint-Jans-Molenbeek | 88,181 | – | Brussels |
| 13 | Mechelen | 80,940 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 14 | Ixelles | 80,183 | – | Brussels |
| 15 | Aalst | 80,043 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 16 | La Louvière | 77,509 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 17 | Uccle | 77,589 | – | Brussels |
| 18 | Kortrijk | 74,911 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 19 | Hasselt | 73,067 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 20 | Sint-Niklaas | 71,806 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 21 | Ostend | 69,064 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 22 | Tournai | 69,043 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 23 | Genk | 64,757 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 24 | Seraing | 62,698 | Liège | Wallonia |
| 25 | Roeselare | 57,432 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 26 | Verviers | 55,253 | Liège | Wallonia |
| 27 | Mouscron | 54,651 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 28 | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert | 50,749 | – | Brussels |
| 29 | Forest | 50,258 | – | Brussels |
| 30 | Saint-Gilles | 46,981 | – | Brussels |
| 31 | Jette | 46,818 | – | Brussels |
| 32 | Beveren | 46,299 | East Flanders – | Flanders |
| 33 | Etterbeek | 44,352 | – | Brussels |
| 34 | Dendermonde | 44,095 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 35 | Beringen | 42,758 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 36 | Turnhout | 40,763 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 37 | Dilbeek | 39,998 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 38 | Heist-op-den-Berg | 39,866 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 39 | Vilvoorde | 39,628 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 40 | Sint-Truiden | 39,309 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 41 | Lokeren | 39,174 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 42 | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre | 39,077 | – | Brussels |
| 43 | Braine-l'Alleud | 38,303 | Walloon Brabant | Wallonia |
| 44 | Herstal | 38,219 | Liège | Wallonia |
| 45 | Geel | 36,990 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 46 | Brasschaat | 36,949 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 47 | Maasmechelen | 36,937 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 48 | Ninove | 36,675 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 49 | Waregem | 36,306 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 50 | Châtelet | 36,050 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 51 | Halle | 36,000 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 52 | Evere | 35,803 | - | Brussels |
| 53 | Grimbergen | 35,169 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 54 | Ypres | 34,962 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 54 | Mol | 34,114 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 55 | Lier | 33,930 | Antwerp | Flanders |
| 56 | Knokke-Heist | 33,825 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 57 | Schoten | 33,342 | Antwerp | Flanders} |
| 58 | Evergem | 33,112 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 59 | Lommel | 32,917 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 60 | Wavre | 32,910 | Walloon Brabant | Wallonia |
| 61 | Binche | 32,749 | Hainaut | Wallonia |
| 62 | Tienen | 32,552 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 63 | Menen | 32,530 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 64 | Geraardsbergen | 32,033 | East Flanders | Flanders |
| 65 | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw | 31,572 | Flemish Brabant | Flanders |
| 66 | Heusden-Zolder | 31,526 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 67 | Wevelgem | 30,975 | West Flanders | Flanders |
| 68 | Bilzen | 30,882 | Limburg | Flanders |
| 69 | Auderghem | 30,811 | - | Brussels |
| 70 | Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve | 30,721 | Walloon Brabant | Wallonia |
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“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
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Cochon! Master, the grapes are here and now.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“A multitude of little superfluous precautions engender here a population of deputies and sub-officials, each of whom acquits himself with an air of importance and a rigorous precision, which seemed to say, though everything is done with much silence, Make way, I am one of the members of the grand machine of state.”
—Marquis De Custine (17901857)