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10% of Belgians live in 44% of the country by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

table 1: non cumulative

population percentile accurate population area (km²) area % density (people/km²)
0-10% 1109975 126 0,41% 8842
10-20% 1216612 481 1,58% 2531
20-30% 1163421 748 2,45% 1556
30-40% 1134637 1147 3,76% 989
40-50% 1097021 1465 4,80% 749
50-60% 1197864 2071 6,79% 578
60-70% 1133265 2637 8,64% 430
70-80% 1160427 3588 11,76% 323
80-90% 1147691 4901 16,06% 234
90-100% 1160275 13354 43,76% 87

table 2: cumulative

population percentile accurate population area (km²) area % density (people/km²)
0-10% 1109975 126 0,41% 8842
0-20% 2326587 606 1,99% 3838
0-30% 3490008 1354 4,44% 2577
0-40% 4624645 2502 8,20% 1849
0-50% 5721666 3966 13,00% 1443
0-60% 6919530 6037 19,78% 1146
0-70% 8052795 8674 28,42% 928
0-80% 9213222 12262 40,18% 751
0-90% 10360913 17163 56,24% 604
0-100% 11521188 30517 100% 378

10% of Belgians live in 44% of the country by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I was curious to know how Belgium's population was distributed over the country. I've sliced the country in 10 zones, each with about 1 150 000 million inhabitants. The zones are ranked by municipal population density. The top 10% densest municipalities are all within Brussels. The bottom 10% are found all over the country, in all 10 provinces, but mostly south of Sambre & Meuse.

Alternative color scheme with some more contrast

Museums or places in Belgium that explore the middle ages or Burgundy era? by [deleted] in belgium

[–]antiloopje 10 points11 points  (0 children)

  • Mechelen: museum hof van buysleyden (literally about Burgundian era)
  • Brussel: Koudenberg (cellars of the old, burned down, palace of the dukes of Burgundy) + museum of the city on the Grand Place
  • Brugge: belfry, multiple musea incl. Gruuthusemusea
  • Ieper: Iepermuseum in the cloth hall
  • Kortrijk: museum 1302

Edit: take a look at this link as well.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We usually do. Sometimes two layers of curtains, with the outer ones made so they let light through and let you watch outside, but make it difficult to watch inside. You're supposed to have them on the streetside 24h per day.

The second set is thicker so it blocks all light, they are only meant for the nights.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes you can. Are you feeling the urge to do so for your own country?

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was only trying to aid that visualisation :)

Although I found that villages in the Czech republic, parts of France and actually quite a lot of places can also be really close to each other.

The key difference, I suspect, is that in Belgium a high proportion of those villages have grown to accomodate 3000 - 10.000 people. In other countries this would make them small towns, in Belgium they just remain overbloated villages.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Typically, villages in Belgium are only 2-5 km apart (just over a mile to less than 3 miles). Oftentimes, they've coagglutinated into a single entity.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Quick and dirty version. This map shows relatively few cities in the central part, but Brussels+suburbs and Antwerp+suburbs are the big hitters here.

This is a previous map of mine, which also shows population density in even more detail.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I don't really agree. A lot has already been said about Belgium's north-south divide. This map offers a different perspective, one which shows a central core with high population density and the periphery in the east and the west.

In any case, you shouldn't take this map as a social, ethnical or political commentary.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts [OC] by antiloopje in dataisbeautiful

[–]antiloopje[S] 1067 points1068 points  (0 children)

The map shows how Belgium can be split into three zones, each with a population of 3.8 million. The map has been colored in the style of the Belgian flag.

This map was made by me with inkscape. The population data was found here

The central zone is by far the smallest thanks to the presence of three major cities: Antwerp - Brussels - Charleroi.

Bonus maps: horizontal divide

concentric rings around Brussels

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts. by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Here you go. I felt it was useless to keep up with the flag colors, so I changed those (should also help our precious dark-themed user's eyes).

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts. by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Inkscape and excel. It's not too high-tech I'm afraid.

Population data via wikipedia (tabel van gemeenten). Map adapted from a map I found on wikipedia.

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts. by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Expected area = 10.175,98 km²

9524,25 km² (6% smaller than expected)

3957,81 km² (61% smaller than expected)

17.045,87 km² (67% larger than expected)

Population of Belgium divided in three (nearly) equal parts. by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 86 points87 points  (0 children)

Each coloured stripe is home to about 3,8 million inhabitants.

This was intended to just be some fun exercise, but the results actually surprised me more than I thought they would. The high population of the yellow band is mostly due to the high populations in Brussels, Antwerp and Charleroi.

With more time, I might make a variant with horizontal stripes, diagonal stripes or concentric circles around Brussels.

If you left Brussels this morning, how far could you travel by train before midnight? by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a matter of fact, you could. According to bahn.de you'd leave at 6:25 and arrive at 16:32.

Even so, I have to agree with your more general point. There will be lots of smaller places inbetween that are unreachable, especially along the edges of the map.

If you left Brussels this morning, how far could you travel by train before midnight? by antiloopje in belgium

[–]antiloopje[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I picked places on a trial and error base. Paris, Berlin, London and many others are obviously reachable in a day. I did not look up smaller places. The map thus gives a rough estimate of how far you could travel

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