| City or town name | Earliest settlement | Year of foundation | First written mention of the name | Granted city rights in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namur |
Iron Age
|
circa 57 BCE
|
7th century
|
1152
|
| Arnhem |
circa 1500 BCE
|
circa 50 BCE
|
893
|
1233
|
| Tongeren |
15 BCE
|
340
|
1335
|
|
| Nijmegen |
circa 5 CE
|
1230
|
||
| Maastricht |
circa 500 BCE
|
circa 15 CE
|
1204
|
|
| Utrecht |
47 CE
|
1122
|
||
| Tournai |
circa 50 CE
|
3rd century
|
1188
|
|
| Arlon |
1st century
|
1060
|
1825
|
|
| Leiden |
1st century
|
860
|
1266
|
|
| Dinant |
Neolithic
|
4th century
|
558
|
1252
|
| Kortrijk |
1st to 5th century
|
5th century
|
1127
|
|
| Liège |
6th century
|
558
|
1196
|
|
| Flushing |
620
|
1315
|
||
| Ghent |
circa 625
|
c. 1185
|
||
| Huy |
1st century
|
(102)
|
634
|
1066
|
| Nivelles |
Neolithic
|
645
|
645
|
1265
|
| Antwerp |
1st century
|
7th century
|
1221
|
|
| Hasselt |
7th century
|
1165
|
1232
|
|
| Mons |
Iron Age
|
7th century
|
1825
|
|
| Lier |
7th century
|
1212
|
||
| Tilburg |
709
|
1809
|
||
| Deventer |
circa 768
|
956
|
||
| Mechelen |
8th century
|
1303
|
||
| Zwolle |
circa 800
|
1040
|
1230
|
|
| Aalst |
840
|
1164
|
||
| Middelburg |
9th century
|
844
|
1217
|
|
| Bruges |
1st century
|
9th century
|
875
|
1128
|
| Durbuy |
circa 889
|
11h century
|
1331
|
|
| Leuven |
891
|
1211
|
||
| Luxembourg |
before 100 BCE
|
963
|
963
|
1244
|
| Oudenaarde |
974
|
1190
|
||
| Brussels |
979
|
1229
|
||
| Gembloux |
10th century
|
1985
|
||
| Haarlem |
10th century
|
1245
|
||
| Limbourg |
1033
|
11th century
|
||
| Groningen |
1040
|
11th century
|
||
| Dordrecht |
1049
|
1220
|
||
| Geraadsbergen |
1060
|
1060
|
1068
|
|
| 's-Hertogenbosch |
1185
|
1185
|
1185
|
|
| Gouda |
11th century
|
1272
|
||
| Breda |
late 11th century
|
1252
|
||
| Delft |
circa 1100
|
1246
|
||
| Ypres |
12th century
|
1174
|
||
| Amsterdam |
12th century
|
1275
|
1300
|
|
| The Hague |
1248
|
1248
|
1806
|
|
| Rotterdam |
1260's
|
1340
|
||
| Charleroi |
1666
|
