Population density of Dour

Reference date: 2026-01-01

494.1

residents/km²

Dour recorded 494.1 residents per km² in 2026, ranking 188th among Belgium's municipalities by population density.

Sauwartan mine headframe, a documented local view of Dour
Sauwartan mine headframeBourgeois.A · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adapted for Belgium in Maps; changes were made.
Population
16,611residents
Rank in Belgium
188thout of 565 municipalities
Density change
+1.5
Reference date
2026-01-01

Population density

Inside the municipality

Population is unevenly distributed. The view below uses exact 2025 statistical-sector boundaries and never assigns residents to an unknown polygon.

100.0% of residents are located to a statistical sector; 2 remain available only in the municipality total.

Population density by statistical sector inside Dour
  • 0 residents
  • 1.1–32.6 residents/km²
  • 145.8–517.1 residents/km²
  • 615.7–1,198.3 residents/km²
  • 1,421.2–1,985.9 residents/km²
  • 2,215.9–5,700.6 residents/km²
Colours compare sectors only within this municipality; hatched sectors have zero registered residents. Reference date: 2025-01-01.
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Densest inhabited statistical sectors
CITE HYANCINTHE HARMEGNIES 53020A31K3165,700.6 residents/km²
CITE DES COCARS 53020A03L1784,850.1 residents/km²
CENTRE PARC 53020A0221,0134,565.0 residents/km²
DOUR-CENTRE 53020A0016112,970.1 residents/km²
WIHERIES-CENTRE 53020C01K9362,890.8 residents/km²

Official time series

Official time series: Dour2017–2026: 496.4–494.1.498.3495.5492.8490.0496.42017497.22018495.02019491.12020491.62021492.42022493.12023492.82024492.52025494.12026
2017-01-01 – 2026-01-01

Source: official Statbel data · Statbel

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Official time series
202616,611494.1
202516,559492.5
202416,567492.8
202316,578493.1
202216,553492.4
202116,528491.6
202016,512491.1
201916,644495.0
201816,716497.2
201716,705496.4
201616,733497.3
201516,866501.2
201416,840500.4
201316,974504.4
201216,921502.8
201116,942503.5
201016,900502.2
200916,776498.5

Key figures

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