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East Flanders

ProvinceBE-VOV

Province of Belgium.

EuropeCapital: GentSub-region: FlandersLanguage: Dutch
Population
1.6M
Metros tracked
9
2.5M in metros (155%)
Composite score
14.5
Sum across tracked metros
Type
Province
ISO 3166-2: BE-VOV
At a glance
Endonym
Oost-Vlaanderen
Area
3,007 km²
Population density
533 /km²
Highest point
Hotondberg (151 m (495 ft))
Human Development Index
0.955 (2023)
Rank in Belgium
4th of 11 by composite score
Area rank
6th of 11 by area
Largest tracked metro
Gent

Civic facts via Wikidata.

East Flanders metro footprint

9 metros
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Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal

Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.

9 tracked metros

#317Gent★ Capital
8.1
576KEstablished Metro
#696Genk
2.9
443KEmerging Metro
#1181Sint-Niklaas
1.3
293KEmerging Metro
#1400Oudenaarde
0.9
129KLocal Metro
#1645Aalst
0.6
307KLocal Metro
#1697Namur
0.6
325KLocal Metro
#3212Dendermonde
0.1
208KLocal Metro
#3574Ypres
0.0
108KLocal Metro
#3682Eeklo
0.0
89KLocal Metro