Commune · Flemish Region · NIS 11002
Antwerp: counted in Article 8’s total
Antwerpen / Anvers
What the Nature Restoration Regulation counts in this commune, what changed since its 2024 base, and where to look in the atlas.
Article 8(1)
5.3 points under the green line: counted
- Green in urban centres and clusters
- 39.7%5.3 points below the 45% line
- Tree canopy there
- 20.0%10.0 points above the 10% line
- Tree canopy per resident, whole commune
- 56m²
Its urban centres and clusters are 39.7% green and 20.0% tree canopy. A commune is left out of the national count only above 45% and 10%; Antwerp is not. The verdict holds under every reading of Article 3(20) the test runs.
| Reading | Green | Canopy | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official reading | 39.7% | 20.0% | Counted |
| Arable land counted as green | 41.8% | 20.0% | Counted |
| Water not counted as green | 34.5% | 20.0% | Counted |
| Commune built from Statbel sectors | — | — | not computed |
The zero measurement
In hectares, on the latest open data (2021)
| Urban ecosystem | Area | Green | Canopy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban centres and clusters | 10435 ha | 4142 ha · 39.7% | 2083 ha · 20.0% |
| The whole commune | 20090 ha | 9036 ha · 45.0% | 3058 ha · 15.2% |
The form of the Dutch national zero measurement (PBL, 25 August 2026), with both boundaries the Commission leaves to a country. The Woody Vegetation Layer 2021 is allowed for draft plans only; the 2024 layer is shared with national authorities, not published.
Since the 2024 base
Tree canopy −11.7 ha beyond noise by summer 2026
| Summer 2025 | Lost | Gained | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban green | −17.7 ha | +11.7 ha | −6.0 ha |
| Tree canopy | −17.8 ha | 0.0 ha | −17.8 ha |
| Built-up | −0.7 ha | +6.0 ha | +5.4 ha |
| Summer 2026 | Lost | Gained | Net |
| Urban green | −20.8 ha | +16.9 ha | −3.9 ha |
| Tree canopy | −16.7 ha | +5.0 ha | −11.7 ha |
| Built-up | 0.0 ha | +21.2 ha | +21.2 ha |
Hectares as Dynamic World classifies the ground, summed over this commune’s sectors that moved beyond noise against their twelve matched places. Not the official layers, which do not exist yet for 2025 and 2026.
What the season bulletins name here
- E3 - E39 · 2025 · building site−0.040 NDVI
- Me-Merksemse Polder · 2025 · building site−0.076 NDVI
- Ten Eekhove · 2025 · building site−0.040 NDVI
- Deurne-Het Dorp · 2026 · building site−0.072 NDVI
- Me-Merksemse Polder · 2026 · building site−0.054 NDVI
- Stuivenberg · 2026 · building site−0.054 NDVI
Summers 2017–2019→2021–2024
4 sectors greener and 5 lost beyond noise, of 280 measured
Greenness against matched places
- Oude Schippersdokken(Zuidwijk) · lost−0.112
- 't Laar · lost−0.104
- Station Stuivenberg · greener+0.094
- Rietschoorvelden · lost−0.079
- Volhardingsstraat (Kiel) · greener+0.078
- Spaghettiknoop (Kiel) · greener+0.068
Built-up ground against matched places
Built-up ground: 6 sealed and 6 unsealed beyond noise.
- 't Laar · sealed+0.072
- Blancefloerlaan (Linkeroever) · sealed+0.067
- Me-Merksemse Polder · sealed+0.044
- Deurne - Huiskens · unsealed−0.036
- Churchilldok-G. M. Contin. · unsealed−0.033
- Jezuitencollege(Stationswijk) · sealed+0.033
The city’s tree register
134,873 trees the city manages
A snapshot of the register was taken on 27 September 2026. From the next one, the trees that leave it (felled, dead or re-surveyed; the register does not say which) will be counted by sector.
The city’s own register, Stad Antwerpen open data. Only trees the city manages; gardens and private land are not in it.
On the record
Registered, audited and the dossier
Audits
The dossier the open rule picks
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