Les Communes Fusionn\u00e9es en Belgique \u2014 Historique 1977<\/title>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=DM+Serif+Display:ital@0;1&family=DM+Sans:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<style>\n :root {\n --noir: #151515;\n --encre: #2a2a2a;\n --gris: #666;\n --gris-clair: #f4f3f0;\n --beige: #faf9f6;\n --or: #c8972b;\n --or-clair: #f5ecd4;\n --rouge: #b5341b;\n --vert: #2d6a4f;\n --bleu: #1a4a7a;\n --blanc: #ffffff;\n --trait: #e0ddd8;\n --ombre: 0 2px 16px rgba(0,0,0,0.07);\n --ombre-md: 0 6px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.11);\n }\n\n * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }\n\n body {\n font-family: 'DM Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;\n background: var(--beige);\n color: var(--encre);\n line-height: 1.75;\n font-size: 15px;\n }\n\n \/* \u2550\u2550 BANNI\u00c8RE \u2550\u2550 *\/\n .banner {\n background: var(--noir);\n color: var(--blanc);\n padding: 52px 36px 44px;\n position: relative;\n overflow: hidden;\n }\n .banner::after {\n content: '1977';\n position: absolute;\n right: -10px; 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display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }\n .sources li::before { content: '\u2197 '; color: var(--or); font-weight: 700; }\n .sources a { color: var(--rouge); text-decoration: none; }\n .sources a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }\n\n \/* \u2550\u2550 RESPONSIVE \u2550\u2550 *\/\n @media (max-width: 580px) {\n .banner { padding: 36px 18px 32px; }\n .wrap { padding: 32px 16px; }\n .kpis { gap: 18px; }\n table.data th:nth-child(3),\n table.data td:nth-child(3) { display: none; }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n\n<div class=\"banner\">\n <div class=\"banner-chip\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Histoire administrative \u00b7 Belgique<\/div>\n <h1>Les Communes Fusionn\u00e9es<br><em>Historique des fusions depuis 1977<\/em><\/h1>\n <p class=\"banner-sub\">Comment la Belgique est pass\u00e9e de 2 359 communes \u00e0 565, en plusieurs vagues de regroupements entre 1977 et 2025.<\/p>\n <div class=\"kpis\">\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">2 359<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">Communes avant 1977<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">565<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">Communes aujourd’hui<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">\u22121 794<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">Communes supprim\u00e9es<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">\u221276%<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">R\u00e9duction totale<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span><h2>Contexte g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"prose\">\n <p>La <strong>fusion des communes<\/strong> est l’une des r\u00e9formes institutionnelles les plus marquantes de l’histoire belge. Le <strong>1er janvier 1977<\/strong>, du jour au lendemain, la Belgique passait de <strong>2 359 \u00e0 596 communes<\/strong> autonomes. En quelques heures, plus de <strong>1 770 entit\u00e9s communales disparaissaient<\/strong>, absorb\u00e9es par des communes voisines.<\/p>\n <p>Aujourd’hui, on d\u00e9signe par le terme <strong>\u00ab section \u00bb<\/strong>, <strong>\u00ab ancienne commune \u00bb<\/strong> ou <strong>\u00ab commune avant fusion \u00bb<\/strong> les entit\u00e9s qui existaient avant 1977. Pour faire la distinction, les communes actuelles sont souvent appel\u00e9es <strong>\u00ab entit\u00e9s \u00bb<\/strong> ou <strong>\u00ab communes fusionn\u00e9es \u00bb<\/strong> \u2014 on parle par exemple du <em>Grand Mons<\/em> ou de <em>l’entit\u00e9 de Namur<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"highlight-box\">\n <strong>Le saviez-vous ?<\/strong> Tournai est n\u00e9e de la fusion de <strong>30 communes<\/strong> distinctes, Namur de <strong>25<\/strong>. Les 11 entit\u00e9s regroupant 13 communes ou plus se situent toutes dans les provinces du Hainaut et de Namur.\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><h2>\u00c9volution du nombre de communes<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"commune-bar-section\">\n <div class=\"bar-title\">Nombre de communes en Belgique \u00e0 travers les \u00e2ges<\/div>\n\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1928<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill peak\" style=\"width:100%\">Record historique<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">2 675<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1961<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill pre\" style=\"width:99.5%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">2 663<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1971<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill pre\" style=\"width:88.2%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">2 359<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\" style=\"color:var(--or);font-weight:700\">1977<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y77\" style=\"width:22.3%\">Grande fusion !<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\" style=\"color:var(--or);font-weight:700\">596<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1983<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y83\" style=\"width:22%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">589<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">2019<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y2019\" style=\"width:21.7%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">581<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\" style=\"color:var(--rouge);font-weight:700\">2025<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y2025\" style=\"width:21.1%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\" style=\"color:var(--rouge);font-weight:700\">565<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\u23f3<\/span><h2>Chronologie d\u00e9taill\u00e9e<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline-v\" style=\"margin-bottom:36px\">\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker gray\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year gray\">1800 \u2013 1928<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">L’\u00e8re des nouvelles communes<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Apr\u00e8s l’annexion fran\u00e7aise (1795) et l’ind\u00e9pendance belge (1830), le nombre de communes <strong>augmente<\/strong> continuellement. Chaque hameau aspire \u00e0 son autonomie. Le record est atteint en <strong>1928 avec 2 675 communes<\/strong>.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">1961<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">La Loi unique \u2014 premier coup d’acc\u00e9l\u00e9rateur<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La Loi unique donne au gouvernement la comp\u00e9tence de fusionner des communes pendant dix ans. Entre 1961 et 1971, on passe de <strong>2 663 \u00e0 2 359 communes<\/strong> (\u2212304). Mais cette premi\u00e8re vague reste limit\u00e9e.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">1971<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">La loi du 23 juillet 1971 \u2014 le cadre de la grande r\u00e9forme<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La loi du 23 juillet 1971 \u00e9largit la r\u00e9forme aux grandes agglom\u00e9rations. Elle pose \u00e9galement une r\u00e8gle fondamentale : <strong>les communes de r\u00e9gimes linguistiques diff\u00e9rents ne peuvent pas fusionner<\/strong>. C’est la raison pour laquelle <strong>Herstappe<\/strong> (la plus petite commune du pays, en facilit\u00e9s linguistiques) ne peut pas rejoindre Tongres.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker red\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year red\">Septembre 1974<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Joseph Michel lance la grande r\u00e9forme<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Le ministre de l’Int\u00e9rieur <strong>Joseph Michel<\/strong> (gouvernement Tindemans II) annonce publiquement son plan de refonte de la carte communale. L’objectif : aboutir avant les \u00e9lections communales d’octobre 1976. Malgr\u00e9 d’\u00e9normes r\u00e9sistances \u2014 y compris au sein du gouvernement \u2014 il tient bon.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker red\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year red\">17 septembre 1975<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">L’arr\u00eat\u00e9 royal fixant les nouvelles limites<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">L’arr\u00eat\u00e9 royal du 17 septembre 1975, ratifi\u00e9 par la loi du <strong>30 d\u00e9cembre 1975<\/strong>, d\u00e9coupe officielle la Belgique en <strong>589 communes<\/strong>. La fusion d’Anvers avec 7 communes p\u00e9riph\u00e9riques est repouss\u00e9e de 6 ans (sursis politique).<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker red\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year red\">1er janvier 1977<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">\ud83d\udd34 La Grande Fusion \u2014 le \u00ab Big Bang \u00bb communal<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La Belgique passe de <strong>2 359 \u00e0 596 communes<\/strong>. En une nuit, <strong>1 763 anciennes communes<\/strong> disparaissent l\u00e9galement. Certains habitants f\u00eatent \u00ab le dernier-n\u00e9 \u00bb de l’ancienne commune ; d’autres protestent contre la perte d’identit\u00e9. Les <strong>19 communes bruxelloises<\/strong> ne sont pas concern\u00e9es (aucun accord politique n’a pu \u00eatre trouv\u00e9).<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">1er janvier 1983<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">La fusion anversoise \u2014 derni\u00e8re \u00e9tape obligatoire<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Apr\u00e8s 6 ans de sursis, Anvers fusionne avec <strong>Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem et Wilrijk<\/strong>. La Belgique descend \u00e0 <strong>589 communes<\/strong> : 308 en Flandre, 262 en Wallonie, 19 \u00e0 Bruxelles.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">2001<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">D\u00e9centralisation vers les R\u00e9gions<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La 5e r\u00e9forme de l’\u00c9tat transf\u00e8re la tutelle des communes de l’\u00c9tat f\u00e9d\u00e9ral vers les R\u00e9gions. D\u00e9sormais, <strong>chaque R\u00e9gion peut organiser sa propre carte communale<\/strong> de mani\u00e8re autonome.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker green\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year green\">1er janvier 2019<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Premi\u00e8res fusions volontaires en Flandre<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Le d\u00e9cret flamand du 24 juin 2016 cr\u00e9e un syst\u00e8me d’incitants financiers (all\u00e8gement de dette de <strong>500 \u20ac par habitant<\/strong>). <strong>15 communes flamandes<\/strong> fusionnent, r\u00e9duisant le total \u00e0 <strong>581 communes<\/strong> (300 en Flandre).<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker blue\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year blue\">2 d\u00e9cembre 2024<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Premi\u00e8re fusion wallonne depuis 1977<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Bastogne et Bertogne<\/strong> fusionnent \u2014 premi\u00e8re fusion en Wallonie depuis 47 ans. Le d\u00e9cret wallon du 2 mai 2019 avait ouvert la voie aux fusions volontaires avec le m\u00eame bonus de 500 \u20ac\/habitant.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker blue\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year blue\">1er janvier 2025<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Nouvelle vague flamande \u2014 28 communes fusionnent<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\"><strong>13 nouvelles entit\u00e9s<\/strong> voient le jour en Flandre, regroupant 28 communes. La Belgique compte d\u00e9sormais <strong>565 communes<\/strong>. La Flandre descend \u00e0 environ 285 communes, enveloppe totale d’all\u00e8gement : <strong>270 millions \u20ac<\/strong>.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udca1<\/span><h2>Pourquoi fusionner ?<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"reasons-grid\">\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span>\n <h3>Viabilit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re<\/h3>\n <p>Les petites communes n’avaient pas les moyens de financer les infrastructures modernes (\u00e9gouts, voiries, b\u00e2timents publics). Une commune viable doit compter au moins 15 000 habitants selon les \u00e9tudes (UCLouvain).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\u2699\ufe0f<\/span>\n <h3>\u00c9conomies d’\u00e9chelle<\/h3>\n <p>R\u00e9duire les doublons administratifs, mutualiser les services techniques, partager les \u00e9quipements collectifs. La fusion \u00e9vite d’avoir 5 secr\u00e9taires communaux pour 5 000 habitants.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f<\/span>\n <h3>Planification coh\u00e9rente<\/h3>\n <p>Des communes trop petites ne pouvaient pas g\u00e9rer les grands projets d’urbanisme, d’am\u00e9nagement du territoire ou de mobilit\u00e9 qui d\u00e9passent les fronti\u00e8res d’un village.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f<\/span>\n <h3>Services au citoyen<\/h3>\n <p>Offrir \u00e0 chaque Belge un niveau de service \u00e9quivalent, que l’on vive dans un village de 300 habitants ou dans une ville de 50 000 personnes.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83c\udf0d<\/span>\n <h3>Tendance europ\u00e9enne<\/h3>\n <p>Tous les pays voisins ont op\u00e9r\u00e9 des regroupements similaires dans les ann\u00e9es 1970. L’Allemagne passe de 25 000 \u00e0 8 500 communes ; les Pays-Bas de 1 000 \u00e0 342.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83e\uddf1<\/span>\n <h3>R\u00e9sistances surmont\u00e9es<\/h3>\n <p>Les oppositions furent vives : crainte pour l’identit\u00e9 locale, r\u00e9sistance du personnel communal, opposition des \u00e9lus. Joseph Michel imposa la r\u00e9forme malgr\u00e9 tout.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><h2>R\u00e9sultats de la fusion de 1977 par province<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"table-wrap\">\n <table class=\"data\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Province<\/th>\n <th>R\u00e9gion<\/th>\n <th>Avant 1977<\/th>\n <th>Apr\u00e8s 1977<\/th>\n <th>R\u00e9duction<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Anvers<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">295<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">70<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212225<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Brabant flamand<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">209<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">65<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212144<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Flandre occidentale<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">342<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">64<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212278<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Flandre orientale<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">316<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">65<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212251<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Limbourg<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">185<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">44<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212141<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Brabant wallon<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">113<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">27<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u221286<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Hainaut<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">325<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">69<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212256<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Li\u00e8ge<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">328<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">84<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212244<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Luxembourg<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">223<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">44<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212179<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Namur<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">423<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">38<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212385<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <tfoot>\n <tr>\n <td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Total Belgique (hors Bruxelles)<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>2 759<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>570<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\"><strong>\u22122 189<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tfoot>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:12px;color:var(--gris);margin-bottom:36px;font-style:italic;\">* Les chiffres exacts par province avant fusion sont des estimations approximatives bas\u00e9es sur les sources disponibles. La province de Namur a connu la plus forte r\u00e9duction relative, avec des entit\u00e9s regroupant jusqu’\u00e0 25 communes (Namur-ville).<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><h2>Exceptions et cas particuliers<\/h2><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"bxl-box\">\n <h3>\ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f Bruxelles \u2014 l’exception politique permanente<\/h3>\n <p>Les <strong>19 communes de la R\u00e9gion de Bruxelles-Capitale<\/strong> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 exclues de la fusion de 1977, et le restent encore aujourd’hui. Aucun accord politique n’a jamais pu \u00eatre trouv\u00e9 sur ce sujet hautement sensible (question linguistique FR\/NL, enjeux de pouvoirs). Plusieurs projets ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9voqu\u00e9s entre 1975 et 1979 (r\u00e9duction \u00e0 6 communes), sans jamais aboutir.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"prose\">\n <p><strong>Herstappe (Limbourg)<\/strong> est le cas le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre d’exception \u00e0 la fusion : cette minuscule commune de <strong>79 habitants<\/strong>, la moins peupl\u00e9e de Belgique, n’a pas pu \u00eatre rattach\u00e9e \u00e0 Tongres, car elle b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d’un r\u00e9gime de facilit\u00e9s linguistiques. La loi de 1971 interdit formellement la fusion entre communes de r\u00e9gimes linguistiques diff\u00e9rents.<\/p>\n <p>De m\u00eame, les <strong>communes \u00e0 facilit\u00e9s<\/strong> (Voeren\/Fourons, Comines-Warneton, les communes \u00e0 facilit\u00e9s de la p\u00e9riph\u00e9rie bruxelloise\u2026) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 exclues du processus g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de fusion ou ont fait l’objet d’arrangements sp\u00e9ciaux.<\/p>\n <p>Enfin, <strong>48 communes<\/strong> ont chang\u00e9 d’arrondissement lors de la fusion (44 en Wallonie, 4 en Flandre), et <strong>12 communes<\/strong> ont m\u00eame chang\u00e9 de province \u2014 un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne rarissime dans l’histoire belge.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><h2>Les fusions modernes (2019 \u2013 2025)<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"prose\">\n <p>Apr\u00e8s quatre d\u00e9cennies de statu quo, la Flandre relance le processus en 2016 avec des <strong>incitants financiers<\/strong> (reprise de dettes \u00e0 hauteur de 500 \u20ac\/habitant). La Wallonie suit en 2019 avec un cadre similaire. Ces nouvelles fusions sont <strong>enti\u00e8rement volontaires<\/strong> \u2014 une diff\u00e9rence fondamentale avec la r\u00e9forme autoritaire de 1977.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"modern-grid\">\n\n <div class=\"modern-card\">\n <div class=\"mc-header\">\n <div class=\"mc-year-badge\">2019<\/div>\n <div class=\"mc-region-badge fl\">Flandre<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h3>15 communes \u2192 7 nouvelles entit\u00e9s<\/h3>\n <ul class=\"fusion-list\">\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Aalter + Knesselare \u2192 <strong>Aalter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Deinze + Nevele \u2192 <strong>Deinze<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Puurs + Sint-Amands \u2192 <strong>Puurs-Sint-Amands<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Waarschoot + Lovendegem + Zomergem \u2192 <strong>Lievegem<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Kruisem + Zwalm \u2192 <strong>Kruisem<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Bornem + Sint-Amands \u2192 <strong>Bornem<\/strong> (partiel)<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"modern-card\">\n <div class=\"mc-header\">\n <div class=\"mc-year-badge\">2024<\/div>\n <div class=\"mc-region-badge wa\">Wallonie<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h3>Premi\u00e8re fusion wallonne depuis 47 ans<\/h3>\n <ul class=\"fusion-list\">\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Bastogne + Bertogne \u2192 <strong>Bastogne<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"font-size:12px;color:var(--gris);margin-top:12px;\">Effective le 2 d\u00e9cembre 2024. Premi\u00e8re et unique fusion wallonne volontaire \u00e0 ce jour.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"modern-card\">\n <div class=\"mc-header\">\n <div class=\"mc-year-badge\">2025<\/div>\n <div class=\"mc-region-badge fl\">Flandre<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h3>28 communes \u2192 13 nouvelles entit\u00e9s<\/h3>\n <ul class=\"fusion-list\">\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Anvers + Borsbeek \u2192 <strong>Anvers<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Bilzen + Hoeselt \u2192 <strong>Bilzen-Hoeselt<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Hasselt + Kortessem \u2192 <strong>Hasselt<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Tongres + Looz \u2192 <strong>Tongres-Looz<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Galmaarden + Gooik + Herne \u2192 <strong>Pajottegem<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Ham + Tessenderlo \u2192 <strong>Tessenderlo-Ham<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Meulebeke + Tielt \u2192 <strong>Tielt<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Lochristi + Wachtebeke \u2192 <strong>Lochristi<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Melle + Merelbeke \u2192 <strong>Merelbeke-Melle<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Beveren + Kruibeke + Zwijndrecht \u2192 <strong>Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f<\/span><h2>Situation actuelle (2025)<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"table-wrap\">\n <table class=\"data\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>R\u00e9gion<\/th>\n <th>Communes (1983)<\/th>\n <th>Communes (2019)<\/th>\n <th>Communes (2025)<\/th>\n <th>\u00c9volution<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">\ud83e\udd81 Flandre<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">308<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">300<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">~285<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u221223<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">\ud83c\udf3f Wallonie<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">262<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">262<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">261<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u22121<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">\ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f Bruxelles<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">19<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">19<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">19<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">0<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <tfoot>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Total Belgique<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>589<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>581<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>565<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\"><strong>\u221224<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tfoot>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sources\">\n <h3>\ud83d\udcda Sources<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fusion_de_communes_en_Belgique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikip\u00e9dia \u2014 Fusion de communes en Belgique<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/statbel.fgov.be\/fr\/propos-de-statbel\/methodologie\/classifications\/geographie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statbel \u2014 D\u00e9coupages g\u00e9ographiques et codes INS<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvcw.be\/incendie\/focus\/art-2356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union des Villes et Communes de Wallonie (UVCW) \u2014 Fusions de communes<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallonie.be\/fr\/actualites\/fusion-et-supracommunalite-de-nouveaux-moyens-de-collaboration-pour-les-communes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R\u00e9gion wallonne \u2014 Fusion et supracommunalit\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Arr\u00eat\u00e9 royal du 17 septembre 1975 \u2014 D\u00e9limitation territoriale des nouvelles communes<\/li>\n <li>Loi du 30 d\u00e9cembre 1975 \u2014 Ratification de la r\u00e9forme communale<\/li>\n <li>Loi du 23 juillet 1971 \u2014 Base juridique des fusions<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n 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display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }\n .sources li::before { content: '\u2197 '; color: var(--or); font-weight: 700; }\n .sources a { color: var(--rouge); text-decoration: none; }\n .sources a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }\n\n \/* \u2550\u2550 RESPONSIVE \u2550\u2550 *\/\n @media (max-width: 580px) {\n .banner { padding: 36px 18px 32px; }\n .wrap { padding: 32px 16px; }\n .kpis { gap: 18px; }\n table.data th:nth-child(3),\n table.data td:nth-child(3) { display: none; }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n\n<div class=\"banner\">\n <div class=\"banner-chip\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f Histoire administrative \u00b7 Belgique<\/div>\n <h1>Les Communes Fusionn\u00e9es<br><em>Historique des fusions depuis 1977<\/em><\/h1>\n <p class=\"banner-sub\">Comment la Belgique est pass\u00e9e de 2 359 communes \u00e0 565, en plusieurs vagues de regroupements entre 1977 et 2025.<\/p>\n <div class=\"kpis\">\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">2 359<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">Communes avant 1977<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">565<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">Communes aujourd’hui<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">\u22121 794<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">Communes supprim\u00e9es<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi\">\n <div class=\"kpi-val\">\u221276%<\/div>\n <div class=\"kpi-label\">R\u00e9duction totale<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udcdc<\/span><h2>Contexte g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"prose\">\n <p>La <strong>fusion des communes<\/strong> est l’une des r\u00e9formes institutionnelles les plus marquantes de l’histoire belge. Le <strong>1er janvier 1977<\/strong>, du jour au lendemain, la Belgique passait de <strong>2 359 \u00e0 596 communes<\/strong> autonomes. En quelques heures, plus de <strong>1 770 entit\u00e9s communales disparaissaient<\/strong>, absorb\u00e9es par des communes voisines.<\/p>\n <p>Aujourd’hui, on d\u00e9signe par le terme <strong>\u00ab section \u00bb<\/strong>, <strong>\u00ab ancienne commune \u00bb<\/strong> ou <strong>\u00ab commune avant fusion \u00bb<\/strong> les entit\u00e9s qui existaient avant 1977. Pour faire la distinction, les communes actuelles sont souvent appel\u00e9es <strong>\u00ab entit\u00e9s \u00bb<\/strong> ou <strong>\u00ab communes fusionn\u00e9es \u00bb<\/strong> \u2014 on parle par exemple du <em>Grand Mons<\/em> ou de <em>l’entit\u00e9 de Namur<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"highlight-box\">\n <strong>Le saviez-vous ?<\/strong> Tournai est n\u00e9e de la fusion de <strong>30 communes<\/strong> distinctes, Namur de <strong>25<\/strong>. Les 11 entit\u00e9s regroupant 13 communes ou plus se situent toutes dans les provinces du Hainaut et de Namur.\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span><h2>\u00c9volution du nombre de communes<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"commune-bar-section\">\n <div class=\"bar-title\">Nombre de communes en Belgique \u00e0 travers les \u00e2ges<\/div>\n\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1928<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill peak\" style=\"width:100%\">Record historique<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">2 675<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1961<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill pre\" style=\"width:99.5%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">2 663<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1971<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill pre\" style=\"width:88.2%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">2 359<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\" style=\"color:var(--or);font-weight:700\">1977<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y77\" style=\"width:22.3%\">Grande fusion !<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\" style=\"color:var(--or);font-weight:700\">596<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">1983<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y83\" style=\"width:22%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">589<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\">2019<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y2019\" style=\"width:21.7%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\">581<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-row\">\n <div class=\"bar-year-lbl\" style=\"color:var(--rouge);font-weight:700\">2025<\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-track\">\n <div class=\"bar-fill y2025\" style=\"width:21.1%\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"bar-num\" style=\"color:var(--rouge);font-weight:700\">565<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\u23f3<\/span><h2>Chronologie d\u00e9taill\u00e9e<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline-v\" style=\"margin-bottom:36px\">\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker gray\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year gray\">1800 \u2013 1928<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">L’\u00e8re des nouvelles communes<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Apr\u00e8s l’annexion fran\u00e7aise (1795) et l’ind\u00e9pendance belge (1830), le nombre de communes <strong>augmente<\/strong> continuellement. Chaque hameau aspire \u00e0 son autonomie. Le record est atteint en <strong>1928 avec 2 675 communes<\/strong>.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">1961<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">La Loi unique \u2014 premier coup d’acc\u00e9l\u00e9rateur<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La Loi unique donne au gouvernement la comp\u00e9tence de fusionner des communes pendant dix ans. Entre 1961 et 1971, on passe de <strong>2 663 \u00e0 2 359 communes<\/strong> (\u2212304). Mais cette premi\u00e8re vague reste limit\u00e9e.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">1971<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">La loi du 23 juillet 1971 \u2014 le cadre de la grande r\u00e9forme<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La loi du 23 juillet 1971 \u00e9largit la r\u00e9forme aux grandes agglom\u00e9rations. Elle pose \u00e9galement une r\u00e8gle fondamentale : <strong>les communes de r\u00e9gimes linguistiques diff\u00e9rents ne peuvent pas fusionner<\/strong>. C’est la raison pour laquelle <strong>Herstappe<\/strong> (la plus petite commune du pays, en facilit\u00e9s linguistiques) ne peut pas rejoindre Tongres.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker red\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year red\">Septembre 1974<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Joseph Michel lance la grande r\u00e9forme<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Le ministre de l’Int\u00e9rieur <strong>Joseph Michel<\/strong> (gouvernement Tindemans II) annonce publiquement son plan de refonte de la carte communale. L’objectif : aboutir avant les \u00e9lections communales d’octobre 1976. Malgr\u00e9 d’\u00e9normes r\u00e9sistances \u2014 y compris au sein du gouvernement \u2014 il tient bon.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker red\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year red\">17 septembre 1975<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">L’arr\u00eat\u00e9 royal fixant les nouvelles limites<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">L’arr\u00eat\u00e9 royal du 17 septembre 1975, ratifi\u00e9 par la loi du <strong>30 d\u00e9cembre 1975<\/strong>, d\u00e9coupe officielle la Belgique en <strong>589 communes<\/strong>. La fusion d’Anvers avec 7 communes p\u00e9riph\u00e9riques est repouss\u00e9e de 6 ans (sursis politique).<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker red\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year red\">1er janvier 1977<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">\ud83d\udd34 La Grande Fusion \u2014 le \u00ab Big Bang \u00bb communal<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La Belgique passe de <strong>2 359 \u00e0 596 communes<\/strong>. En une nuit, <strong>1 763 anciennes communes<\/strong> disparaissent l\u00e9galement. Certains habitants f\u00eatent \u00ab le dernier-n\u00e9 \u00bb de l’ancienne commune ; d’autres protestent contre la perte d’identit\u00e9. Les <strong>19 communes bruxelloises<\/strong> ne sont pas concern\u00e9es (aucun accord politique n’a pu \u00eatre trouv\u00e9).<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">1er janvier 1983<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">La fusion anversoise \u2014 derni\u00e8re \u00e9tape obligatoire<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Apr\u00e8s 6 ans de sursis, Anvers fusionne avec <strong>Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem et Wilrijk<\/strong>. La Belgique descend \u00e0 <strong>589 communes<\/strong> : 308 en Flandre, 262 en Wallonie, 19 \u00e0 Bruxelles.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year\">2001<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">D\u00e9centralisation vers les R\u00e9gions<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">La 5e r\u00e9forme de l’\u00c9tat transf\u00e8re la tutelle des communes de l’\u00c9tat f\u00e9d\u00e9ral vers les R\u00e9gions. D\u00e9sormais, <strong>chaque R\u00e9gion peut organiser sa propre carte communale<\/strong> de mani\u00e8re autonome.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker green\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year green\">1er janvier 2019<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Premi\u00e8res fusions volontaires en Flandre<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\">Le d\u00e9cret flamand du 24 juin 2016 cr\u00e9e un syst\u00e8me d’incitants financiers (all\u00e8gement de dette de <strong>500 \u20ac par habitant<\/strong>). <strong>15 communes flamandes<\/strong> fusionnent, r\u00e9duisant le total \u00e0 <strong>581 communes<\/strong> (300 en Flandre).<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker blue\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year blue\">2 d\u00e9cembre 2024<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Premi\u00e8re fusion wallonne depuis 1977<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\"><strong>Bastogne et Bertogne<\/strong> fusionnent \u2014 premi\u00e8re fusion en Wallonie depuis 47 ans. Le d\u00e9cret wallon du 2 mai 2019 avait ouvert la voie aux fusions volontaires avec le m\u00eame bonus de 500 \u20ac\/habitant.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"tl-entry\">\n <div class=\"tl-marker blue\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-year blue\">1er janvier 2025<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-title\">Nouvelle vague flamande \u2014 28 communes fusionnent<\/div>\n <div class=\"tl-body\"><strong>13 nouvelles entit\u00e9s<\/strong> voient le jour en Flandre, regroupant 28 communes. La Belgique compte d\u00e9sormais <strong>565 communes<\/strong>. La Flandre descend \u00e0 environ 285 communes, enveloppe totale d’all\u00e8gement : <strong>270 millions \u20ac<\/strong>.<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udca1<\/span><h2>Pourquoi fusionner ?<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"reasons-grid\">\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83d\udcb0<\/span>\n <h3>Viabilit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re<\/h3>\n <p>Les petites communes n’avaient pas les moyens de financer les infrastructures modernes (\u00e9gouts, voiries, b\u00e2timents publics). Une commune viable doit compter au moins 15 000 habitants selon les \u00e9tudes (UCLouvain).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\u2699\ufe0f<\/span>\n <h3>\u00c9conomies d’\u00e9chelle<\/h3>\n <p>R\u00e9duire les doublons administratifs, mutualiser les services techniques, partager les \u00e9quipements collectifs. La fusion \u00e9vite d’avoir 5 secr\u00e9taires communaux pour 5 000 habitants.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f<\/span>\n <h3>Planification coh\u00e9rente<\/h3>\n <p>Des communes trop petites ne pouvaient pas g\u00e9rer les grands projets d’urbanisme, d’am\u00e9nagement du territoire ou de mobilit\u00e9 qui d\u00e9passent les fronti\u00e8res d’un village.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f<\/span>\n <h3>Services au citoyen<\/h3>\n <p>Offrir \u00e0 chaque Belge un niveau de service \u00e9quivalent, que l’on vive dans un village de 300 habitants ou dans une ville de 50 000 personnes.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83c\udf0d<\/span>\n <h3>Tendance europ\u00e9enne<\/h3>\n <p>Tous les pays voisins ont op\u00e9r\u00e9 des regroupements similaires dans les ann\u00e9es 1970. L’Allemagne passe de 25 000 \u00e0 8 500 communes ; les Pays-Bas de 1 000 \u00e0 342.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"reason-card\">\n <span class=\"ico\">\ud83e\uddf1<\/span>\n <h3>R\u00e9sistances surmont\u00e9es<\/h3>\n <p>Les oppositions furent vives : crainte pour l’identit\u00e9 locale, r\u00e9sistance du personnel communal, opposition des \u00e9lus. Joseph Michel imposa la r\u00e9forme malgr\u00e9 tout.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udccb<\/span><h2>R\u00e9sultats de la fusion de 1977 par province<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"table-wrap\">\n <table class=\"data\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>Province<\/th>\n <th>R\u00e9gion<\/th>\n <th>Avant 1977<\/th>\n <th>Apr\u00e8s 1977<\/th>\n <th>R\u00e9duction<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Anvers<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">295<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">70<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212225<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Brabant flamand<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">209<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">65<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212144<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Flandre occidentale<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">342<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">64<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212278<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Flandre orientale<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">316<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">65<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212251<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Limbourg<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-fl\">Flandre<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">185<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">44<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212141<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Brabant wallon<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">113<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">27<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u221286<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Hainaut<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">325<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">69<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212256<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Li\u00e8ge<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">328<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">84<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212244<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Luxembourg<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">223<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">44<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212179<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">Namur<\/td>\n <td><span class=\"region-wa\">Wallonie<\/span><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">423<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">38<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u2212385<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <tfoot>\n <tr>\n <td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Total Belgique (hors Bruxelles)<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>2 759<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>570<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\"><strong>\u22122 189<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tfoot>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n <p style=\"font-size:12px;color:var(--gris);margin-bottom:36px;font-style:italic;\">* Les chiffres exacts par province avant fusion sont des estimations approximatives bas\u00e9es sur les sources disponibles. La province de Namur a connu la plus forte r\u00e9duction relative, avec des entit\u00e9s regroupant jusqu’\u00e0 25 communes (Namur-ville).<\/p>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/span><h2>Exceptions et cas particuliers<\/h2><\/div>\n\n <div class=\"bxl-box\">\n <h3>\ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f Bruxelles \u2014 l’exception politique permanente<\/h3>\n <p>Les <strong>19 communes de la R\u00e9gion de Bruxelles-Capitale<\/strong> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 exclues de la fusion de 1977, et le restent encore aujourd’hui. Aucun accord politique n’a jamais pu \u00eatre trouv\u00e9 sur ce sujet hautement sensible (question linguistique FR\/NL, enjeux de pouvoirs). Plusieurs projets ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9voqu\u00e9s entre 1975 et 1979 (r\u00e9duction \u00e0 6 communes), sans jamais aboutir.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"prose\">\n <p><strong>Herstappe (Limbourg)<\/strong> est le cas le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre d’exception \u00e0 la fusion : cette minuscule commune de <strong>79 habitants<\/strong>, la moins peupl\u00e9e de Belgique, n’a pas pu \u00eatre rattach\u00e9e \u00e0 Tongres, car elle b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie d’un r\u00e9gime de facilit\u00e9s linguistiques. La loi de 1971 interdit formellement la fusion entre communes de r\u00e9gimes linguistiques diff\u00e9rents.<\/p>\n <p>De m\u00eame, les <strong>communes \u00e0 facilit\u00e9s<\/strong> (Voeren\/Fourons, Comines-Warneton, les communes \u00e0 facilit\u00e9s de la p\u00e9riph\u00e9rie bruxelloise\u2026) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 exclues du processus g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de fusion ou ont fait l’objet d’arrangements sp\u00e9ciaux.<\/p>\n <p>Enfin, <strong>48 communes<\/strong> ont chang\u00e9 d’arrondissement lors de la fusion (44 en Wallonie, 4 en Flandre), et <strong>12 communes<\/strong> ont m\u00eame chang\u00e9 de province \u2014 un ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne rarissime dans l’histoire belge.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\udd04<\/span><h2>Les fusions modernes (2019 \u2013 2025)<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"prose\">\n <p>Apr\u00e8s quatre d\u00e9cennies de statu quo, la Flandre relance le processus en 2016 avec des <strong>incitants financiers<\/strong> (reprise de dettes \u00e0 hauteur de 500 \u20ac\/habitant). La Wallonie suit en 2019 avec un cadre similaire. Ces nouvelles fusions sont <strong>enti\u00e8rement volontaires<\/strong> \u2014 une diff\u00e9rence fondamentale avec la r\u00e9forme autoritaire de 1977.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"modern-grid\">\n\n <div class=\"modern-card\">\n <div class=\"mc-header\">\n <div class=\"mc-year-badge\">2019<\/div>\n <div class=\"mc-region-badge fl\">Flandre<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h3>15 communes \u2192 7 nouvelles entit\u00e9s<\/h3>\n <ul class=\"fusion-list\">\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Aalter + Knesselare \u2192 <strong>Aalter<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Deinze + Nevele \u2192 <strong>Deinze<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Puurs + Sint-Amands \u2192 <strong>Puurs-Sint-Amands<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Waarschoot + Lovendegem + Zomergem \u2192 <strong>Lievegem<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Kruisem + Zwalm \u2192 <strong>Kruisem<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Bornem + Sint-Amands \u2192 <strong>Bornem<\/strong> (partiel)<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"modern-card\">\n <div class=\"mc-header\">\n <div class=\"mc-year-badge\">2024<\/div>\n <div class=\"mc-region-badge wa\">Wallonie<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h3>Premi\u00e8re fusion wallonne depuis 47 ans<\/h3>\n <ul class=\"fusion-list\">\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Bastogne + Bertogne \u2192 <strong>Bastogne<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p style=\"font-size:12px;color:var(--gris);margin-top:12px;\">Effective le 2 d\u00e9cembre 2024. Premi\u00e8re et unique fusion wallonne volontaire \u00e0 ce jour.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"modern-card\">\n <div class=\"mc-header\">\n <div class=\"mc-year-badge\">2025<\/div>\n <div class=\"mc-region-badge fl\">Flandre<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <h3>28 communes \u2192 13 nouvelles entit\u00e9s<\/h3>\n <ul class=\"fusion-list\">\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Anvers + Borsbeek \u2192 <strong>Anvers<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Bilzen + Hoeselt \u2192 <strong>Bilzen-Hoeselt<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Hasselt + Kortessem \u2192 <strong>Hasselt<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Tongres + Looz \u2192 <strong>Tongres-Looz<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Galmaarden + Gooik + Herne \u2192 <strong>Pajottegem<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Ham + Tessenderlo \u2192 <strong>Tessenderlo-Ham<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Meulebeke + Tielt \u2192 <strong>Tielt<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Lochristi + Wachtebeke \u2192 <strong>Lochristi<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Melle + Merelbeke \u2192 <strong>Merelbeke-Melle<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li class=\"fusion-item\"><span>Beveren + Kruibeke + Zwijndrecht \u2192 <strong>Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"section-title\"><span class=\"icon\">\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f<\/span><h2>Situation actuelle (2025)<\/h2><\/div>\n <div class=\"table-wrap\">\n <table class=\"data\">\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th>R\u00e9gion<\/th>\n <th>Communes (1983)<\/th>\n <th>Communes (2019)<\/th>\n <th>Communes (2025)<\/th>\n <th>\u00c9volution<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">\ud83e\udd81 Flandre<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">308<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">300<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">~285<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u221223<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">\ud83c\udf3f Wallonie<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">262<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">262<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">261<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">\u22121<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td class=\"province\">\ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f Bruxelles<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">19<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">19<\/td>\n <td class=\"num\">19<\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\">0<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <tfoot>\n <tr>\n <td><strong>Total Belgique<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>589<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>581<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num\"><strong>565<\/strong><\/td>\n <td class=\"num delta\"><strong>\u221224<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tfoot>\n <\/table>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <div class=\"sources\">\n <h3>\ud83d\udcda Sources<\/h3>\n <ul>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fusion_de_communes_en_Belgique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikip\u00e9dia \u2014 Fusion de communes en Belgique<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/statbel.fgov.be\/fr\/propos-de-statbel\/methodologie\/classifications\/geographie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statbel \u2014 D\u00e9coupages g\u00e9ographiques et codes INS<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvcw.be\/incendie\/focus\/art-2356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union des Villes et Communes de Wallonie (UVCW) \u2014 Fusions de communes<\/a><\/li>\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wallonie.be\/fr\/actualites\/fusion-et-supracommunalite-de-nouveaux-moyens-de-collaboration-pour-les-communes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R\u00e9gion wallonne \u2014 Fusion et supracommunalit\u00e9<\/a><\/li>\n <li>Arr\u00eat\u00e9 royal du 17 septembre 1975 \u2014 D\u00e9limitation territoriale des nouvelles communes<\/li>\n <li>Loi du 30 d\u00e9cembre 1975 \u2014 Ratification de la r\u00e9forme communale<\/li>\n <li>Loi du 23 juillet 1971 \u2014 Base juridique des fusions<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n 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