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  1. $Title{Table 3.: Population and Population Change by Provinces and Arrondissement, 1970-81}
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  4. Province                              Population           Percent Change
  5.   Arrondissement                 1970           1981            1970-81
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  7.  
  8. Antwerpen
  9.   Antwerpen ................       917,559     918,144             0.1
  10.   Mechelen .................       287,713     292,325             1.6
  11.   Turnhout .................       332,728     359,407             8.0
  12.                                  _________   _________
  13.     Total Antwerpen ........     1,538,000   1,569,876             2.1
  14.  
  15. Brabant
  16.   Brussels .................     1,075,136     997,293            -7.2
  17.   Halle-Vilvoorde ..........       472,030     518,191             9.8
  18.   Leuven ...................       389,460     414,729             6.5
  19.   Nivelles .................       234,328     291,009            24.2
  20.                                  _________   _________
  21.     Total Brabant ..........     2,170,954   2,221,222             2.3
  22.  
  23. Hainaut
  24.   Ath ......................        78,335      77,291            -1.3
  25.   Charleroi ................       456,716     443,832            -2.8
  26.   Mons .....................       261,078     257,234            -1.5
  27.   Mouscron .................        72,198      72,674             0.7
  28.   Soignies .................       164,925     167,238             1.4
  29.   Thuin ....................       139,222     141,442             1.6
  30.   Tournai ..................       144,474     141,766             1.9
  31.                                  _________   _________
  32.     Total Hainaut .........      1,316,948   1,301,477            -1.2
  33.  
  34. Liege
  35.   Huy .....................         85,868      88,221             2.7
  36.   Liege ...................        618,229     605,123            -2.1
  37.   Verviers ................        239,242     245,260             2.5
  38.   Waremme .................         59,401      60,809             2.4
  39.                                  _________     _______
  40.    Total Liege ............      1,002,740     999,413            -0.3
  41.  
  42. Limburg
  43.   Hasselt .................        319,559     352,707            10.4
  44.   Maaseik .................        166,619     187,771            12.7
  45.   Tongeren ................        166,369     176,410             6.0
  46.                                  _________     _______
  47.     Total Limburg .........        652,547     716,888             9.9
  48.  
  49. Luxembourg
  50.   Arlon ...................         47,586      47,311            -0.6
  51.   Bastogne ................         36,438      36,199            -0.7
  52.   Marche-en-Famenne .......         39,437      42,697             8.3
  53.   Neufchateau .............         51,344      51,488             0.3
  54.   Virton ..................         43,149      44,231             2.5
  55.                                  _________     _______
  56.     Total Luxembourg ......        217,954     221,926             1.8
  57.  
  58. Namur
  59.   Dinant ..................         86,592      88,924             2.7
  60.   Namur ...................        245,472     261,054             6.3
  61.   Philippeville ...........         55,191      57,422             4.0
  62.                                    _______     _______
  63.     Total Namur ...........        387,255     407,400             5.2
  64.  
  65. Oost-Vlaanderen
  66.   Aalst ...................        263,842     262,469            -0.5
  67.   Dendermonde .............        175,530     180,617             2.9
  68.   Eeklo ...................         78,561      79,924             1.7
  69.   Gent ....................        479,152     485,565             1.3
  70.   Oudenaarde ..............        113,845     112,501            -1.2
  71.   Sint-Niklaas ............        199,185     210,116             1.6
  72.                                  _________   _________
  73.     Total Oost-Vlaanderen .      1,310,115   1,331,192             1.6
  74.  
  75. West-Vlaanderen
  76.   Brugge ..................        241,813     254,221             5.1
  77.   Diksmuide ...............         49,191      47,680            -3.1
  78.   Ieper ...................        105,214     103,893            -1.3
  79.   Kortrijk ................        263,840     271,613             2.9
  80.   Oostende ................        130,043     132,204             1.7
  81.   Roeselare ...............        133,670     137,035             2.5
  82.   Tielt ...................         83,645      84,727             1.3
  83.   Veurne ..................         47,015      47,880             1.8
  84.                                  _________   _________
  85.     Total West-Vlaanderen .      1,054,431   1,079,253             2.4
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  87.  
  88. TOTAL BELGIUM .............      9,650,944   9,848,647             2.1
  89.  
  90.     Flanders ..............      5,416,583   5,630,129             3.9
  91.  
  92.     Wallonia ..............      3,159,225   3,221,225             2.0
  93.  
  94.       German-speaking
  95.         area of Wallonia ..         61,972      64,914             4.7
  96. ____________________________________________________________________________
  97. Source: Based on information from Belgium, Ministere des Affaires Economiques,
  98.         Institute National de Statistique, Annuaire de statistiques
  99.         regionales, Brussels, 1982, 11.
  100.