Belgium Map with Provinces

Belgium has 10 provinces, split evenly between its two largest regions. The Flemish Region contains Antwerp, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Limburg and West Flanders. The Walloon Region contains Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur and Walloon Brabant. The third region, Brussels-Capital, is not part of any province. The total became 10 on 1 January 1995, when the old province of Brabant was split into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant. Before that, Belgium had nine provinces. The map on this page shows 11 areas, the 10 provinces plus the Brussels-Capital Region, so you can color the whole country without a gap in the middle.

Brussels is not a province of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is one of the country's three regions, alongside Flanders and Wallonia, and it has its own parliament and government. It covers about 161 km² (62 sq mi), and Statbel counted about 1.25 million residents on 1 January 2024. Until 1995, Brussels was part of the province of Brabant. When Brabant was split, the capital region was left outside the provincial system, and provincial-level tasks there are carried out by the region itself. Brussels is officially bilingual in French and Dutch. It is also the national capital and the seat of the Flemish government.

Luxembourg is the largest Belgian province by area, at about 4,460 km² (1,722 sq mi). It lies in the southeast of the country, in the Ardennes, and borders France and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Its capital is Arlon. Although it is the largest province, Luxembourg has the fewest residents, just under 300,000 on 1 January 2024 according to Statbel. That makes it the most thinly populated part of Belgium. The smallest province is Walloon Brabant, at about 1,100 km² (424 sq mi), south of Brussels. Liège and Hainaut are the next largest.

Antwerp is the most populous Belgian province, with about 1.9 million residents on 1 January 2024 according to Statbel. Its capital, the city of Antwerp, is the most populous municipality in Belgium and home to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, one of Europe's largest seaports. The province lies in the north of Flanders and borders the Netherlands. East Flanders, with Ghent as its capital, is the second most populous province. At the other end, Luxembourg has just under 300,000 residents on the same Statbel count. The Brussels-Capital Region has about 1.25 million people, but it is a separate region and not a province.

Each of Belgium's 10 provinces has a capital where the provincial council and governor are based. In Flanders, the capitals are Antwerp (Antwerp), Ghent (East Flanders), Leuven (Flemish Brabant), Hasselt (Limburg) and Bruges (West Flanders). In Wallonia, they are Mons (Hainaut), Liège (Liège), Arlon (Luxembourg), Namur (Namur) and Wavre (Walloon Brabant). The capital is not always the largest city in its province. Charleroi has more residents than Mons in Hainaut, and Ostend is a major city in West Flanders, but Bruges is the capital. Namur is also the capital of the Walloon Region. Brussels is the national capital and belongs to no province.

The Belgian province of Luxembourg is a different place from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the independent country to its east. Both were part of one territory until the Treaty of London in 1839, which gave the western, mostly French-speaking part to Belgium. The province's capital is Arlon, while the country's capital is Luxembourg City. Limburg has a similar history. Belgian Limburg, with Hasselt as its capital, and Dutch Limburg, with Maastricht as its capital, were also divided by the 1839 treaty and share a border along the Meuse. On this map, both names refer only to the Belgian provinces.

Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant were created on 1 January 1995 by splitting the old province of Brabant along the language border. Brabant had covered Dutch-speaking areas in the north, French-speaking areas in the south and bilingual Brussels in the middle. After the federal reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, Belgium placed each province entirely within one region. Flemish Brabant, with Leuven as its capital, went to Flanders and surrounds Brussels on all sides. Walloon Brabant, with Wavre as its capital, went to Wallonia and is now the smallest province, at about 1,100 km² (424 sq mi). Brussels became a region outside any province.

The German-speaking part of Belgium is in the east of Liège province, along the border with Germany. The German-speaking Community covers nine municipalities, including Eupen, where its parliament and government are based, and Sankt Vith. The area was transferred from Germany to Belgium after World War I under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. The community has its own powers over education, culture and some social policy, Its territory is part of the Walloon Region and Liège province, although Wallonia has transferred some regional powers to it, such as employment, monuments and the supervision of municipalities. It is not shown as a separate shape on this map, because it is a community and not a province or a region.

Belgium's 11 areas can be colored in the browser editor on this page, and no account is needed. A common use is to give Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels one color each. For statistics, paste one value per area and the editor produces a choropleth with a legend. Pins can mark towns, offices or customer locations, and label text, border color and thickness, fonts and background are adjustable. Free exports are standard PNG images carrying a small Ultimaps credit, while SVG, PDF and high-resolution PNG come with Pro.