List of places in Belgium named after people
This is a list of inhabited places in Belgium which are named after people. The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place.
A
- Alken – Allius[1]
- Anneessens Quarter – Frans Anneessens, dean of the Nation of St. Christopher, one of the Guilds of Brussels.
- Auderghem – Aldaric[2]
B
- Baarle-Hertog – Duke John III of Brabant
- Berchem-Sainte-Agathe – Saint Agatha of Sicily.[3]
- Braine-le-Comte – Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut.[4]
C
- Charleroi – Count Charles III of Hainaut
- Chimay – Cimus, local Gallic chieftain.[5]
D
- Dansaert Quarter – Antoine Dansaert, Belgian representative.
F
- Flagey Quarter – Eugène Flagey, mayor of Ixelles.[6]
- Fort Jaco – Jacques Pastur, local mercenary.
G
- Gembloux – Gemellus
- Geraardsbergen – Gerald, Lord of Hunnegem.[7]
- Gingelom – Gangilo[8]
- Godarville – Godhardus.[9]
- Gooik – Gaudius[10]
H
J
K
L
- Leopoldsburg – King Leopold I of Belgium.[15]
- Leopold Quarter – King Leopold I of Belgium.[16]
M
- Mariakerke – Mary, mother of Jesus.[17]
- Martelange – Martelius
- Molenbeek-Saint-Jean – John the Baptist[18]
P
- Philippeville – Count Philip V of Namur.[19]
S
- Sint-Anna-Pede – Saint Anne
- Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse – Saint George of Lydda
- Saint-Gilles – Saint Giles the Hermit
- Saint-Hubert – Saint Hubert of Liège
- Saint-Josse-ten-Noode – Saint Judoc
- Saint-Nicolas – Saint Nicholas of Myra
- Sint-Amands – Saint Amandus
- Sint-Gillis-Waas – Saint Giles the Hermit
- Sint-Laureins – Saint Lawrence of Rome
- Sint-Martens-Latem – Saint Martin of Tours
- Sint-Niklaas – Saint Nicholas of Myra
- Sint-Pieters-Leeuw – Saint Peter the Apostle
- Sint-Truiden – Saint Trudo
T
W
- Wauthier-Braine – Walter, local knight.[21]
- Wervik – Virovos, Celtic chieftain[22]
- Woluwe-Saint-Lambert – Saint Lambert of Maastricht
- Woluwe-Saint-Pierre – Saint Peter the Apostle.[23]
References
- ^ "Alken". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be (in Dutch). 1999. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Auderghem / Oudergem (Municipality, Region of Brussels-Capital, Belgium)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ Un peu d'histoire… (PDF).
- ^ "La ville de Braine Le Comte". www.ronquieres.org (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ M.H. (2017-11-20). "Chimay". Villes et villages de la vallée de la Haine (in French). Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ d'Ixelles, Archives (2021-09-12). "Eugène Flagey". ArchivIris (in Flemish). Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Historische stadskern van Geraardsbergen". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be (in Dutch). 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Gingelom". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be (in Dutch). 1981. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ Herbillon, Jules. Les noms des communes en Wallonie [The names of municipalities in Wallonia] (in French). p. 6.
- ^ DBNL. "De Plaatsnamen met -acum in het Vlaamsche land Door Prof. Dr. Alb. Carnoy, werkend lid der Koninklijke Vlaamsche Academie., Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde 1933". DBNL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Pepingen (Municipality, Province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Tiense Sprokkel 307: Geldenaken/Jodoigne, een nieuwe verklaring". Dr. fil. Paul Kempeneers (in Dutch). 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Maurits Gysseling: Toponymisch Woordenboek (1960) p. 560". bouwstoffen.kantl.be. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Tiense Sprokkel 228: Comitius in Kumtich". Dr. fil. Paul Kempeneers (in Dutch). 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Koninklijk Museum van het Kamp van Beverlo | Belgium Battlefield of Europe". belgiumbattlefield.be. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ Moulaert, Frank; Rodriguez, Arantxa; Swyngedouw, Erik (2003-03-27). The Globalized City: Economic Restructuring and Social Polarization in European Cities. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-155552-7.
- ^ "Mariakerke". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be (in Dutch). 1993-01-01. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Histoire en quelques mots — Français". www.molenbeek.irisnet.be. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "Philippeville, Old stronghold and its underground passages | Tourism in the Ardennes". www.visitardenne.com. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ DBNL. "De naam Pée door M. Gysseling, Album Willem Pée, Willem Pée". DBNL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ Tarlier, Jules (1873). La Belgique ancienne et moderne: géographie et histoire des communes belges. Province de Brabant (in French). Decq et Duhent.
- ^ "Viroviacum - Vici.org". vici.org. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ^ "History". Woluwe Saint Pierre. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
See also
- List of places named after people
- Buildings and structures named after people
- Lists of places by eponym
- List of eponyms
- Lists of etymologies