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Rumes

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About Rumes

Rumes is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium. On 1 January 2026 it had 5,351 inhabitants on an area of 24.0 km², a population density of 223 inhabitants per km². That is lower than the average of 359 per km² in Hainaut and lower than the Belgian average of 387 per km².

By population, Rumes ranks 491st of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 60th of the 69 municipalities in Hainaut. By area it ranks 449th in Belgium.

The official language is French.

Population of Rumes since 2016

1 January 2016: 5,17420165,1741 January 2017: 5,16820171 January 2018: 5,18620181 January 2019: 5,16720191 January 2020: 5,22020201 January 2021: 5,24620211 January 2022: 5,28620221 January 2023: 5,29820231 January 2024: 5,35120241 January 2025: 5,34520251 January 2026: 5,35120265,351
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 Rumes grew by 177 inhabitants (+3.4%), from 5,174 to 5,351. In the last year it changed by +6.

For population growth since 2016, Rumes ranks 357th of 565. Over the same period the province of Hainaut changed by +2.3% and Belgium by +5.3%.

Neighbouring municipalities

Rumes borders 2 municipalities:

Postcodes in Rumes

PostcodePlaces
7610Rumes
7611La Glanerie
7618Taintignies

Distances from Rumes

Tokmmiles
Kortrijk2918
Mons4729
Ghent6541
Bruges7949
Ostend7949
Charleroi8050
Brussels8351
Mechelen9660
Leuven10565
Antwerp10867
Namur11068
Hasselt14892
Liège161100
Arlon201125

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Nearby municipalities

More about Rumes: Wikipedia.