Head to head
Gent vs Charleroi
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gent is the larger of the two, with 265,086 people to 200,132 in Charleroi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gent is the larger of the two, with 265,086 people to 200,132 in Charleroi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Gent nor Charleroi has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Belgium| Metric | Gent | Charleroi |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 265,086 | 200,132 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 3rd largest | 4th largest |
| Country | Belgium | Belgium |
| Region | Flanders | Wallonia |
| National capital | No | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 | 12:53 AM · UTC+02:00 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
88 km apartGent and Charleroi are 88 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Belgium. Charleroi keeps time the same time as Gent.
Gent has 64,954 more people — 1.3× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Gent or Charleroi?
- Gent is the larger city by population, with 265,086 people to 200,132 in Charleroi — a difference of 64,954. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Gent and Charleroi?
- 88 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Belgium. Charleroi keeps time the same time as Gent.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Gent or Charleroi?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Gent is the larger of the two, with 265,086 people to 200,132 in Charleroi. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Gent and Charleroi both currently sit at $0.
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