NIS code
The NIS code (Dutch: NIS-code, French: code INS) is an alphanumeric code for regional areas of Belgium.
Provinces of Belgium Provincies van België (Dutch) Provinces de Belgique (French) Provinzen Belgiens (German) | |
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Category | Decentralised unit in a federal state |
Location | Kingdom of Belgium |
Number | 10 provinces |
Populations | 278,748 (Luxembourg) – 1,813,282 (Antwerp) |
Areas | 1,090.6 km2 (421.07 sq mi) (Walloon Brabant) – 4,440 km2 (1,715 sq mi) (Luxembourg) |
Government | Provincial government |
Subdivisions | Arrondissement |
This code is used for statistical data treatment in Belgium. This code was developed mid-1960s by the Statistics Belgium. It was first used for the census of 1970.
Structure of the code
The NIS code consists of 5 digits:
- The first number identifies the province. if this digit is followed by 4 zeroes, this code identifies the complete province. Example: 70000 identifies the province Limburg.
- The second digit identifies the arrondissement within this province. If after the two first digits there are three zeroes, then this code identifies the complete arrondissement. Example: 71000 identifies the arrondissement of Hasselt.
- The last three digits uniquely identify the community within that arrondissement. Example: 71066 identifies Zonhoven.
Special cases
- The country Belgium received the code 01000.
- The three regions received the codes 02000 for Flanders, 03000 for Wallonia and 04000 for the Brussels region.
- In 1995 the province of Brabant with first digit 2 was split in Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant. Flemish Brabant received code 20001 and Walloon Brabant received code 20002. The arrondissements kept their old codes.
- The provinces and communities of Brussels are sorted alphabetically on their French name.
Mergers
- Communities that were merged and received a new name also received a new NIS code, which followed the last number of the list of communities of that arrondissement.
- Communities that lost their independence by merger and became community parts, also lost their NIS code. Per merged community only 1 NIS code remained. At the same time the structure of the NIS sector was adapted. An alphabetic letter was added per community part to be able to uniquely identify such a community part.
- The Arrondissement of Brussels-Periphery with code 22000 merging in 1971 with the arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde, also lost its code by merger. The communities within this arrondissement received a new NIS code.
Examples
40000: Province East Flanders
- 4 Province East Flanders
- 0000 This code identifies the complete province
32000: Arrondissement of Diksmuide
- 3 Province West Flanders
- 2 Arrondissement of Diksmuide
- 000 This code identifies the complete arrondissement
73032: Community Hoeselt
- 7 Province Limburg
- 3 Arrondissement of Tongeren
- 032 Community Hoeselt
61012: Community Clavier
- 6 Province Liège
- 1 Arrondissement of Huy
- 012 Community Clavier
23105: Community Affligem
- 23 Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde
- 105 Community Affligem (new name of this community, resulting in the number no longer corresponding with the alphabetic order)
71022E: Community part Stokrooie
- 7 Province Limburg
- 1 Arrondissement of Hasselt
- 022 Merged community Hasselt
- E Community part Stokrooie, which had the code 71056 before the merger.
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