About Hasselt
Hasselt is a city in Flanders, Belgium with a population of 77,651. It is the 16th largest of the 222 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Belgium, and the 7,415th largest worldwide. It lies 70 km from Brussels.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#6of 144
Elevation
42 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Brussels
Coordinates
50.931, 5.338
Record updated
2025-07-28
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.