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Hove

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About Hove

Hove is a municipality in the province of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium. On 1 January 2026 it had 8,400 inhabitants on an area of 6.0 km², a population density of 1,400 inhabitants per km². That is higher than the average of 677 per km² in Antwerp and higher than the Belgian average of 387 per km².

By population, Hove ranks 400th of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 65th of the 67 municipalities in Antwerp. By area it ranks 549th in Belgium.

The official language is Dutch.

Population of Hove since 2016

1 January 2016: 8,14120168,1411 January 2017: 8,15220171 January 2018: 8,11520181 January 2019: 8,12520191 January 2020: 8,27720201 January 2021: 8,28720211 January 2022: 8,31120221 January 2023: 8,44420231 January 2024: 8,40620241 January 2025: 8,36620251 January 2026: 8,40020268,400
Population on 1 January, 2016–2026. The bars start above zero to make the change visible. Source: Statbel.

Between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2026 the population of Hove grew by 259 inhabitants (+3.2%), from 8,141 to 8,400. In the last year it changed by +34. The highest figure in this period was in 2023.

For population growth since 2016, Hove ranks 371st of 565. Over the same period the province of Antwerp changed by +7.0% and Belgium by +5.3%.

Neighbouring municipalities

Hove borders 5 municipalities:

Postcodes in Hove

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2540Hove

Distances from Hove

Tokmmiles
Mechelen138
Antwerp159
Brussels3120
Leuven3321
Ghent5333
Hasselt6540
Charleroi8150
Namur8150
Mons8553
Bruges8955
Kortrijk9458
Liège9760
Ostend10968
Arlon188117

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Nearby municipalities

More about Hove: Wikipedia.