Official Belgian data, explained
Permitted residential floor area by municipality in Belgium (Jan–Apr 2026)
This page maps Permitted residential floor area for one nationally comparable Jan–Apr 2026 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Construction
What this indicator measures
Official building-permit total.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- Jan–Apr 2026
- Geography
- municipalities
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2025
- Measure
- Permitted residential floor area
- Unit
- m²
- Comparable areas
- 510
- Coverage
- 90.3%
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 2,472m²
- Unweighted area mean
- 4,302m²
- Minimum
- 31m²
- Maximum
- 92,524m²
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 2,472 m². Values extend from 31 to 92,524 m². This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 92,524circle area
- 2,472circle area
- 1,035circle area
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 31–3,885 | 350 |
| 3,885–7,739 | 94 |
| 7,739–11,593 | 31 |
| 11,593–15,447 | 15 |
| 15,447–19,300 | 8 |
| 19,300–23,154 | 4 |
| 23,154–27,008 | 3 |
| 27,008–30,862 | 0 |
| 30,862–34,716 | 0 |
| 34,716–38,570 | 0 |
| 38,570–42,424 | 0 |
| 42,424–46,278 | 1 |
| 46,278–50,131 | 1 |
| 50,131–53,985 | 1 |
| 53,985–57,839 | 1 |
| 57,839–61,693 | 0 |
| 61,693–65,547 | 0 |
| 65,547–69,401 | 0 |
| 69,401–73,255 | 0 |
| 73,255–77,109 | 0 |
| 77,109–80,962 | 0 |
| 80,962–84,816 | 0 |
| 84,816–88,670 | 0 |
| 88,670–92,524 | 1 |
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municipalities
Highest and lowest values
From 510 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Bruxelles | 21004 | 92,524 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Gent | 44021 | 56,140 m² |
| Highest | 3 | Oostende | 35013 | 52,805 m² |
| Highest | 4 | Koksijde | 38014 | 48,208 m² |
| Highest | 5 | Brugge | 31005 | 43,820 m² |
| Highest | 6 | Liège | 62063 | 26,442 m² |
| Highest | 7 | Antwerpen | 11002 | 25,854 m² |
| Highest | 8 | Vilvoorde | 23088 | 24,735 m² |
| Highest | 9 | Boom | 11005 | 21,932 m² |
| Highest | 10 | Eghezée | 92035 | 20,811 m² |
| Lowest | 510 | Vresse-sur-Semois | 91143 | 31 m² |
| Lowest | 509 | Anhée | 91005 | 139 m² |
| Lowest | 508 | Hélécine | 25118 | 142 m² |
| Lowest | 507 | Grâce-Hollogne | 62118 | 156 m² |
| Lowest | 506 | Vielsalm | 82032 | 160 m² |
| Lowest | 505 | Quiévrain | 53068 | 164 m² |
| Lowest | 504 | Trois-Ponts | 63086 | 167 m² |
| Lowest | 503 | Hamoir | 61024 | 184 m² |
| Lowest | 502 | Rumes | 57072 | 194 m² |
| Lowest | 501 | Brunehaut | 57093 | 197 m² |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; 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.
Sum of the four published monthly observations January-April 2026; deliberately labelled YTD, not a complete year.
Year to date through month 4; not comparable with complete calendar years.
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