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Official Belgian data, explained

Buildings by built ground area by municipality in Belgium (2025)

This page maps Buildings by built ground area for one nationally comparable 2025 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.

Housing

What this indicator measures

Buildings in non-overlapping footprint bands.

Buildings. Buildings in non-overlapping footprint bands.

Indicator dossier

Data passport

Selected reference period
2025
Geography
municipalities
Measure
Buildings
Unit
count
Comparable areas
565
Coverage
100%

Latest published slice

How to read the pattern

Median
4,789count
Unweighted area mean
6,662count
Minimum
27count
Maximum
91,106count

Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 4,789 count. Values extend from 27 to 91,106 count. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.

Geography

Map of Belgium

Buildings by built ground area, 2025. Exact official boundaries; missing values remain neutral.
  1. 27–2,35794 areas
  2. 2,357–3,736115 areas
  3. 3,736–5,438115 areas
  4. 5,438–8,443120 areas
  5. 8,443–97,805121 areas
Buildings by built ground area, 2025. Exact official boundaries; missing values remain neutral.

Categories

Distribution by official map class

Distribution by official map classOne bar per catalogue-owned map class. The x-axis is the indicator value range; bar height is the number of areas.9427–2,3571152,357–3,7361153,736–5,4381205,438–8,4431218,443–97,805LowerHigher
One bar per catalogue-owned map class. The x-axis is the indicator value range; bar height is the number of areas.
ValueAreasCategories
27–2,35794
2,357–3,736115
3,736–5,438115
5,438–8,443120
8,443–97,805121

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municipalities

Highest and lowest values

From 565 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.

Highest and lowest values
Position#AreaOfficial codeValue
Highest1Antwerpen1100291,106 count
Highest2Gent4402179,994 count
Highest3Charleroi5201172,277 count
Highest4Liège6206354,106 count
Highest5Brugge3100544,934 count
Highest6Mons5305335,788 count
Highest7Namur9209433,202 count
Highest8La Louvière5800130,463 count
Highest9Aalst4100230,304 count
Highest10Kortrijk3402229,224 count
Lowest565Herstappe7302827 count
Lowest564Mesen33016498 count
Lowest563Martelange81013779 count
Lowest562Daverdisse84016846 count
Lowest561Horebeke45062856 count
Lowest560Herbeumont84029868 count
Lowest559Rouvroy85047873 count
Lowest558Spiere-Helkijn34043883 count
Lowest557Bever23009918 count
Lowest556Fauvillers820091,025 count

Method and limitations

Method and limitations

No missing value is imputed. Classification breaks and colours come from the catalogue, and source-declared suppression remains missing.

The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.

Every release year is retrospectively coded on the fixed 565-municipality domain used by the 2025 release.

Cadastral building stock at the reference year.

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Sources, licence and provenance

Sources, licence and provenance

Sources, licence and provenance