About Gent
Gent is a city in Flanders, Belgium with a population of 265,086. It is the 3rd largest of the 222 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Belgium, and the 2,153rd largest worldwide. It lies 50 km from Brussels.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 144
Coordinates
51.050, 3.717
Record updated
19 February 2023
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.