In Belgium, there are judicial and electoral cantons.
Judicial cantons A judicial canton (, , ) is a group of municipalities over which a single justice of the peace has jurisdiction. A judicial arrondissement consists of all judicial cantons on its territory. There are 187 judicial cantons in Belgium as of 2017. Most judicial cantons cover multiple municipalities; however larger towns and cities are often divided into more than one judicial canton. The city of Antwerp, for instance, is divided into 12 judicial cantons. A judicial canton has an average population of 60,000 people, but some have a population as low as 30,000 people or as high as 100,000 people.
Electoral cantons An electoral canton (, ) is a group of municipalities in which elections are organised together by one Canton Principal Office. It does not necessarily correspond with a judicial canton. Each electoral canton consists of one or more whole municipalities, and each canton is wholly within a single administrative arrondissement.
There are 209 electoral cantons in Belgium, of which 8 are in Brussels, 104 are in Flanders, and 97 are in Wallonia. The newest canton is Sint-Genesius-Rode in Flemish Brabant, which was created in 2014. The cantons were the lowest, most detailed level at which election results were available, until the 2014 elections when the FPS Interior also published results at municipality level.
Brussels
Anderlecht Brussels Ixelles/Elsene Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek Uccle/Ukkel
Flanders Antwerp
Antwerp Arendonk Boom Brecht Duffel Heist-op-den-Berg Herentals Hoogstraten Kapellen Kontich Lier Mechelen Mol Puurs Turnhout Westerlo Zandhoven
East Flanders
Aalst Assenede Beveren-Waas Brakel Deinze Dendermonde Destelbergen Eeklo Evergem Ghent Geraardsbergen Hamme Herzele Horebeke Kaprijke Kruishoutem Lochristi Lokeren Merelbeke Nazareth Nevele Ninove Oudenaarde Ronse Sint-Gillis-Waas Sint-Niklaas Temse Waarschoot Wetteren Zele Zomergem Zottegem
Flemish Brabant
Aarschot Asse Diest Glabbeek Haacht Halle Landen Lennik Leuven Meise Sint-Genesius-Rode Tienen Vilvoorde Zaventem Zoutleeuw
Limburg
Beringen Bilzen Borgloon Bree Genk Hasselt Herk-de-Stad Maaseik Maasmechelen Neerpelt Peer Riemst Sint-Truiden Tongeren Voeren
West Flanders
Avelgem Bruges Diksmuide Gistel Harelbeke Hooglede Ypres Izegem Kortrijk Lichtervelde Menen Mesen Meulebeke Nieuwpoort Ostend Oostrozebeke Poperinge Roeselare Ruiselede Tielt Torhout Veurne Vleteren Wervik Zonnebeke
Wallonia
Hainaut
Antoing Ath Beaumont Belœil Binche Boussu Celles Charleroi Chimay Chièvres Châtelet Comines-Warneton Dour Enghien Estaimpuis Flobecq Fontaine-l'Évêque Frameries Frasnes-lez-Anvaing La Louvière Le Rœulx Lens Lessines Leuze-en-Hainaut Merbes-le-Château Mons Mouscron Péruwelz Seneffe Soignies Thuin Tournai
Liège
Aubel Aywaille Bassenge Dison Eupen Ferrières Fléron Grâce-Hollogne Hannut Herstal Herve Huy Héron Limbourg Liège Malmedy Nandrin Saint-Nicolas St. Vith Seraing Spa Stavelot Verlaine Verviers Visé Waremme
Luxembourg
Arlon Bastogne Bouillon Durbuy Érezée Fauvillers Florenville Houffalize La Roche-en-Ardenne Marche-en-Famenne Messancy Nassogne Neufchâteau Paliseul Saint-Hubert Sainte-Ode Vielsalm Virton Wellin Étalle
Namur
Andenne Beauraing Ciney Couvin Dinant Éghezée Florennes Fosses-la-Ville Gedinne Gembloux Namur Philippeville Rochefort Walcourt
Walloon Brabant
Genappe Jodoigne Nivelles Perwez Wavre
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