European Union hashtags offer


This page introduces systematically defined hashtags for local government units in Belgium.

#tagcoding hashtags cover another four topic dimensions:

All those hashtags can be localized by adding the country's ISO 3166 country code, which is BE. For instance:

  • #sdg1BE for the goal "Ending poverty in all its forms in Belgium".
  • #isic9101BE for the economic activity "Library and archives activities in Belgium".
  • #cofog0112BE for the function of government "Financial and fiscal affairs in Belgium.

The Actor Atlas page of Belgium lists all #sdgBE, #isicBE and #cofogBE hashtags!


Local information and communication channels are essential, yet not trivial via social media.

That's why knowing and using tagcoding hashtags will improve communications in the public sphere of Belgium.

Languages of Belgium

These are the languages spoken in Belgium:

Language ISO 639 code #xy2wiki tag
Dutch nl #nl2wiki
French fr #fr2wiki
German de #de2wiki
Greek el #el2wiki
Limburgish li #li2wiki
Luxemburgish lb #lb2wiki
Picard pcd #pcd2wiki
Upper Saxon German sxu #sxu2wiki
Walloon wa #wa2wiki

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These are the subdivisions of Belgium with their #BElgu (#WWlgu) hashtag.

Region #BElgu Tag
Brussels #BE1
Brussels #BE1
Brussels #BE10
Brussels Capital Region #BE100
Flanders #BE2
Antwerpen #BE21
Antwerpen #BE211
Mechelen #BE212
Turnhout #BE213
Limburg #BE22
Hasselt #BE221
Maaseik #BE222
Tongeren #BE223
Oost-Vlaanderen #BE23
Aalst #BE231
Dendermonde #BE232
Eeklo #BE233
Gent #BE234
Oudenaarde #BE235
Sint-Niklaas #BE236
Vlaams-Brabant #BE24
Halle-Vilvoorde #BE241
Leuven #BE242
West-Vlaanderen #BE25
Brugge #BE251
Diksmuide #BE252
Ieper #BE253
Kortrijk #BE254
Oostende #BE255
Roeselare #BE256
Tielt #BE257
Veurne #BE258
Wallonian #BE3
Brabant Wallon #BE31
Nivelles #BE310
Hainaut #BE32
Ath #BE321
Charlerloi #BE322
Mons #BE323
Mouscron #BE324
Soignies #BE325
Thuin #BE326
Tournai #BE327
Liège #BE33
Huy #BE331
Liège #BE332
Verviers #BE335
Waremme #BE334
Luxembourg #BE34
Arlon #BE341
Bastogne #BE342
Marche-en-Famenne #BE343
Neufchâteau #BE344
Virton #BE345
Namur #BE35
Dinant #BE351
Namur #BE352
Philippeville #BE353

For detailed information on the major cities and administrative division of Belgium, see Belgium in Citypopulation.de.


NUTS 1, NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 codes have been defined in Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/1755 of 8 August 2019 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS).