About Diest
Diest is a city in Flanders, Belgium with a population of 22,516. It is the 124th largest of the 222 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Belgium, and the 23,106th largest worldwide. It lies 52 km from Brussels.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#79of 144
Elevation
22 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
50.989, 5.051
Record updated
2011-02-18
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 222 in BelgiumClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.