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Forest

Dutch Vorst · German Forest/Vorst

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Forest (highlighted) and its 5 neighbouring municipalities. Click any area to open it.

About Forest

Forest is a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. On 1 January 2024 it had 58,044 inhabitants on an area of 6.3 km², a population density of 9,184 inhabitants per km². That is higher than the average of 7,706 per km² in Brussels-Capital Region.

By population, Forest ranks 29th of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 8th of the 19 municipalities in Brussels-Capital Region. By area it ranks 547th in Belgium.

The official language is French and Dutch (bilingual). Like all 19 Brussels municipalities, Forest is officially bilingual French and Dutch.

Neighbouring municipalities

Forest borders 5 municipalities:

Postcodes in Forest

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1190Forest, Vorst

Distances from Forest

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Brussels75
Mechelen2516
Leuven2817
Charleroi4428
Mons4729
Antwerp5031
Ghent5132
Namur5534
Hasselt7245
Kortrijk7446
Liège9157
Bruges9157
Ostend10767
Arlon164102

Straight line between the centres of the municipalities. By road it is usually 20–40% further. Calculate another distance →

Nearby municipalities

More about Forest: Wikipedia.