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Despite its small size, Saint-Josse appears, with 23,234 inhabitants per square kilometer, as the densest municipality in terms of population. The average population density in Belgium was, on 1 January 2022, 377 inhabitants per km², up from 375 in 2021 and 372 in 2019. The average population density is 492 inhabitants per square kilometer in the Flemish Region, 217 in the Walloon Region and 7,528 in Brussels-Capital.
The smallest municipality in Flanders is Herstappe (1.3 km²) ahead of Drogenbos (2.5 km²) and Messines (3.6 km²). Saint-Nicolas, with 6.9 square kilometers, is the smallest in Wallonia ahead of Beyne-Heusay (7.3 km²) and Farciennes (10.5 km²). Sant-Nicolas is also the most densely populated with 3,568 inhabitants per km², ahead of Liège (2,845 inhab./km²), Charleroi (1,966 inhab./km²), Seraing (1,814 inhab./km²) and Herstal (1,733 inhab./km²). ).
Brussels most densely populated
The gap between the extremes can also be very large, such as between the 23,234 inhabitants per square kilometer of Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode and the municipality of Daverdisse, in the province of Luxembourg, which has only 25 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The five most populated municipalities in the country are all part of the Brussels region: Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode (23,234 inhab./km²), Saint-Gilles (19,274 inhab./km²), Koekelberg (18,633 inhab./km²) , Schaerbeek (16,540 inhab./km²) and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (16,241 inhab./km²).
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The five least populated municipalities are all in Wallonia: Daverdisse (25 inhab./km²), Vresse-sur-Semois (25 inhab./km²), Sainte-Ode (27 inhab./km²), La Roche-en-Ardenne (28 inhab./km²) and Herbeumont (29 inhab./km²).