🇧🇪 Cities in Belgium — API & JSON data

Geomelon's Belgium coverage: 3,461 cities across 5 regions, with name translations in 32 languages — start with Brussels-Capital Region, the country's largest city at 1,255,795 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

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Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Brussels-Capital Region	—	1,255,795
Antwerp	Flemish Region	536,079
Ghent	Flemish Region	272,657
Charleroi	Wallonia	204,322
City of Brussels	Brussels-Capital Region	195,546
Liège	Wallonia	195,278
Anderlecht	Brussels-Capital Region	120,887
Bruges	Flemish Region	118,509
Namur	Wallonia	114,007
Leuven	Flemish Region	101,032

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=be&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "bc8eddee-5aff-4c4e-86a8-0240ddaf2ee1",
    "name": "Brussels-Capital Region",
    "population": 1255795,
    "countryName": "Belgium",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇪",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "bc8251f6-1dce-4bbf-be68-ab2ea2b60afb",
    "name": "Antwerp",
    "population": 536079,
    "countryName": "Belgium",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇪",
    "regionName": "Flemish Region"
  },
  {
    "id": "acf6b987-ce37-414f-9ff5-4b76419d4e5c",
    "name": "Ghent",
    "population": 272657,
    "countryName": "Belgium",
    "countryCode": "BE",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇪",
    "regionName": "Flemish Region"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=be&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=be&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Belgium are available in 32 languages.

en: Brussels-Capital Region
zh: 布鲁塞尔首都大区
ru: Брюссельский столичный регион

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 225 Belgium cities as JSON (32 KB, no API key) from the Belgium cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Belgium does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 3,461 cities in Belgium across 5 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Belgium city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Belgium are available in 32 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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