The eighties were characterised by a demographic stagnation in the traditional housing nucleus and an important increase of dispersed population. The main tendency, i.e. the demographic recession of the big city areas, is due to rural depopulation and suburbanisation. More data resulting from the population and housing census led by the NIS in 1991 include information about the evolution of the housing nucleus since 1970 and about the structure and characteristics of the urban regions as well as a typology of the Belgian municipalities.
Many maps illustrate the survey.
The publication is available in Dutch and French, both versions contain a summary in English.