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{{Short description|Entry for Belgium in ISO 3166-2}}
'''ISO 3166-2:BE''' is the entry for [[Belgium]] in [[ISO 3166-2]], part of the [[ISO 3166]] [[standardization|standard]] published by the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), which defines [[code]]s for the names of the principal [[country subdivision|subdivision]]s (e.g. provinces or [[state (administrative division)|state]]s) of all [[country|countries]] coded in [[ISO 3166-1]].

Currently for Belgium, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for two levels of subdivisions:
* [[regions of Belgium|three regions]]
* [[provinces of Belgium|ten provinces]]

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is {{mono|BE}}, the [[ISO 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:
* V: [[Flemish Region (Belgium)|Flemish Region]] ({{langx|nl|Vlaams Gewest}})
* W: [[Wallonia]] ({{langx|fr|Wallonie}})

==Current codes==
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 following [[official language|administrative language]]s:
* (fr): French
* (nl): Dutch

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===Regions===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name ([[Dutch language|nl]])
! Subdivision name ([[French language|fr]])
! Subdivision name ([[English language|en]]){{efn|name="non-standard"|For reference only, English name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.}}
|-
| {{mono|BE-BRU}}
| {{flag|Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest}}
| Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de
| Brussels
|-
| {{mono|BE-VLG}}
| {{flag|Vlaams Gewest}}
| flamande, Région<ref group="note">For reference only, French name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref>
| Flanders
|-
| {{mono|BE-WAL}}
| {{flag|Région Wallonne|name=Waals Gewest}}<ref group="note">For reference only, Dutch name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard.</ref>
| wallonne, Région
| Wallonia
|}

; Notes
<references group="note" />

===Provinces===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code
! Subdivision name
! Subdivision name ([[English language|en]]){{efn|name="non-standard"}}
! Region
|-
| {{mono|BE-VAN}}
| {{flag|Antwerpen}} (nl)
| Antwerp
| [[Flemish Region (Belgium)|{{mono|VLG}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-WBR}}
| {{flag|Brabant Wallon|name=Brabant wallon}} (fr)
| Walloon Brabant
| [[Walloon Region (Belgium)|{{mono|WAL}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-WHT}}
| {{flag|Hainaut}} (fr)
| Hainaut
| [[Walloon Region (Belgium)|{{mono|WAL}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-WLG}}
| {{flag|Liège}} (fr)
| Liège
| [[Walloon Region (Belgium)|{{mono|WAL}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-VLI}}
| {{flag|Limburg (Belgium)|name=Limburg}} (nl)
| Limburg
| [[Flemish Region (Belgium)|{{mono|VLG}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-WLX}}
| [[File:Official flag of the Arelerland.svg|23px]] [[Luxembourg (Belgium)|Luxembourg]] (fr)
| Luxembourg
| [[Walloon Region (Belgium)|{{mono|WAL}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-WNA}}
| {{flag|Namur}} (fr)
| Namur
| [[Walloon Region (Belgium)|{{mono|WAL}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-VOV}}
| {{flag|Oost-Vlaanderen}} (nl)
| East Flanders
| [[Flemish Region (Belgium)|{{mono|VLG}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-VBR}}
| {{flag|Vlaams Brabant|name=Vlaams-Brabant}} (nl)
| Flemish Brabant
| [[Flemish Region (Belgium)|{{mono|VLG}}]]
|-
| {{mono|BE-VWV}}
| {{flag|West-Vlaanderen}} (nl)
| West Flanders
| [[Flemish Region (Belgium)|{{mono|VLG}}]]
|}

; Notes
{{notelist}}

==Changes==
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.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Newsletter
! Date issued
! Description of change in newsletter
|-
| id="II-3" | [https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/archive/pdf/en/iso_3166-2_newsletter_ii-3_2011-12-13.pdf {{nowrap|Newsletter II-3}}]
| {{nowrap|2011-12-13}}<br /> ''(corrected<br /> {{nowrap|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:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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
|}

==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of Belgium]]
* [[List of FIPS region codes (A-C)#BE: Belgium|FIPS region codes of Belgium]]
* [[NUTS of Belgium|NUTS codes of Belgium]]
* Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:DE|DE]], [[ISO 3166-2:FR|FR]], [[ISO 3166-2:LU|LU]], [[ISO 3166-2:NL|NL]]

==External links==
* [https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BE ISO Online Browsing Platform: BE]
* [http://www.statoids.com/ube.html Provinces of Belgium], Statoids.com

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