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Tournai

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Tournai (highlighted) and its 9 neighbouring municipalities. Click any area to open it.

About Tournai

Tournai is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium. On 1 January 2026 it had 69,066 inhabitants on an area of 215.4 km², a population density of 321 inhabitants per km². That is close to the average of 359 per km² in Hainaut and lower than the Belgian average of 387 per km².

By population, Tournai ranks 23rd of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 4th of the 69 municipalities in Hainaut. By area it ranks 2nd in Belgium.

The official language is French.

Population of Tournai since 2016

1 January 2016: 69,471201669,4711 January 2017: 69,49320171 January 2018: 69,55420181 January 2019: 69,37020191 January 2020: 69,08320201 January 2021: 68,79520211 January 2022: 68,51820221 January 2023: 68,71020231 January 2024: 68,55420241 January 2025: 68,99120251 January 2026: 69,066202669,066
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 Tournai fell by 405 inhabitants (−0.6%), from 69,471 to 69,066. In the last year it changed by +75. The highest figure in this period was in 2018.

For population growth since 2016, Tournai ranks 524th of 565. Over the same period the province of Hainaut changed by +2.3% and Belgium by +5.3%.

Neighbouring municipalities

Tournai borders 9 municipalities:

Postcodes in Tournai

PostcodePlaces
7500Ere, Doornik, Saint-Maur
7501Orcq
7502Esplechin
7503Froyennes
7504Froidmont
7506Willemeau
7520
7521Chercq
7522Blandain, Hertain, Lamain, Marquain
7530Gaurain-Ramecroix
7531Havinnes
7532Béclers
7533Thimougies
7534Barry, Maulde
7536Vaulx
7538Vezon
7540Kain, Melles, Quartes, Rumillies
7542Mont-Saint-Aubert
7543Mourcourt
7548Warchin

Distances from Tournai

Tokmmiles
Kortrijk2314
Mons4427
Ghent5635
Bruges7245
Brussels7446
Ostend7446
Charleroi7647
Mechelen8654
Leuven9660
Antwerp9861
Namur10565
Hasselt13987
Liège15496
Arlon200124

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Nearby municipalities

More about Tournai: Wikipedia.