ISO 3166-2:BE is the entry forBelgium inISO 3166-2, part of theISO 3166standard published by theInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO), which definescodes for the names of the principalsubdivisions (e.g. provinces orstates) of allcountries coded inISO 3166-1.
Currently for Belgium, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part isBE, theISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belgium. The second part is three letters. For the provinces, the first letter indicates the region where the province is in:
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the followingadministrative languages:
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| Code | Subdivision name (nl) | Subdivision name (fr) | Subdivision name (en)[a] |
|---|---|---|---|
| BE-BRU |  Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de | Brussels |
| BE-VLG |  Vlaams Gewest | flamande, Région[note 1] | Flanders |
| BE-WAL |  Waals Gewest[note 2] | wallonne, Région | Wallonia |
| Code | Subdivision name | Subdivision name (en)[a] | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| BE-VAN |  Antwerpen (nl) | Antwerp | VLG |
| BE-WBR |  Brabant wallon (fr) | Walloon Brabant | WAL |
| BE-WHT |  Hainaut (fr) | Hainaut | WAL |
| BE-WLG |  Liège (fr) | Liège | WAL |
| BE-VLI |  Limburg (nl) | Limburg | VLG |
| BE-WLX |  Luxembourg (fr) | Luxembourg | WAL |
| BE-WNA |  Namur (fr) | Namur | WAL |
| BE-VOV |  Oost-Vlaanderen (nl) | East Flanders | VLG |
| BE-VBR |  Vlaams-Brabant (nl) | Flemish Brabant | VLG |
| BE-VWV |  West-Vlaanderen (nl) | West Flanders | VLG |
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013.
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) | First level prefix addition, change of administrative languages and list source update. |
The following changes to the entry are listed on ISO's online catalogue, the Online Browsing Platform:
| Effective date of change | Short description of change (en) |
|---|---|
| 2011-12-13 | First level prefix addition, change of administrative languages and list source update. |
| 2015-11-27 | Addition of the parent subdivisions |