Commune · Walloon Region · NIS 52011
Charleroi: left out of Article 8’s count
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)
Over both lines: left out of the count
- Green in urban centres and clusters
- 48.9%3.9 points above the 45% line
- Tree canopy there
- 30.2%20.2 points above the 10% line
- Tree canopy per resident, whole commune
- 157m²
Its urban centres and clusters are 48.9% green and 30.2% tree canopy. A commune is left out of the national count only above 45% and 10%; Charleroi is. The verdict holds under every reading of Article 3(20) the test runs.
| Reading | Green | Canopy | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official reading | 48.9% | 30.2% | Exempt |
| Arable land counted as green | 51.3% | 30.2% | Exempt |
| Water not counted as green | 48.1% | 30.2% | Exempt |
| Commune built from Statbel sectors | 48.7% | 30.0% | Exempt |
The zero measurement
In hectares, on the latest open data (2021)
| Urban ecosystem | Area | Green | Canopy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban centres and clusters | 8915 ha | 4355 ha · 48.9% | 2691 ha · 30.2% |
| The whole commune | 10343 ha | 5172 ha · 50.0% | 3206 ha · 31.0% |
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 −40.5 ha beyond noise by summer 2026
| Summer 2025 | Lost | Gained | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban green | −14.6 ha | +25.1 ha | +10.6 ha |
| Tree canopy | −21.0 ha | +15.6 ha | −5.4 ha |
| Built-up | −27.4 ha | +15.9 ha | −11.6 ha |
| Summer 2026 | Lost | Gained | Net |
| Urban green | −62.2 ha | +28.5 ha | −33.7 ha |
| Tree canopy | −41.3 ha | +0.8 ha | −40.5 ha |
| Built-up | −18.0 ha | +51.1 ha | +33.1 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
- Sart les Moines · 2025 · building site−0.038 NDVI
- La Providence · 2026 · building site−0.100 NDVI
Summers 2017–2019→2021–2024
5 sectors greener and 7 lost beyond noise, of 287 measured
Greenness against matched places
- Sous-Le-Bois · lost−0.103
- Cite Malghem · greener+0.074
- Briqueterie Nord · lost−0.064
- Glane · lost−0.055
- Le Gadin · greener+0.050
- L'Ecluse · greener+0.046
Built-up ground against matched places
Built-up ground: 8 sealed and 6 unsealed beyond noise.
- Beaux Arts · sealed+0.068
- Saint-Martin · unsealed−0.062
- Briqueterie Nord · sealed+0.052
- Sous-Le-Bois · sealed+0.050
- Piersoulx · sealed+0.044
- Zones Industrielles · sealed+0.042