--- entity_id: city:be:geonames:2785389 entity_type: city name: Tongeren country_code: BE country: Belgium slug: tongeren canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/tongeren.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/tongeren.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/be/tongeren snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-08-30 fact_count: 11 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/ citation_title: "Tongeren, Belgium: jobs, air quality" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Tongeren Tongeren is a city in Belgium, and the figures below are its published values. Tongeren numbered 32,138 residents at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 7 µg/m³. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Tongeren? The published population was 32,138 people in January 2024. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 32,138 people · Period: January 2024 - Claims: claim-d0d742a4f043 ### Is the air quality good in Tongeren? The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. - Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ. - Value: 7 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-5df9a0cab5ae ### What is the unemployment rate in Tongeren? The unemployment rate is about 6 % (2011). - Value: 6 % · Period: 2011 - Claims: claim-1e5107687004 ## Mobility Tongeren's nearest airport was LGG, 16 km away and offered 7 direct destinations. ## Housing Tongeren had 13,712 main residences listed at the end of 2021. ## Climate Monthly mean temperatures were 2.1°C in January and 19.1°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 64.9 mm in January and 79.4 mm in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 32,138 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [1] | | G05 Main Residential Dwellings | `g05_main_residential_dwellings` | 13,712 dwellings | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-07 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 5.95 % | city | 2011-12-31 | 2026-08-26 | stale | verified | [3] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 12.98 · Feb 18.98 · Mar 21.62 · Apr 26.9 · May 29.82 · Jun 34.14 · Jul 40.34 · Aug 36.3 · Sep 34.31 · Oct 26.67 · Nov 19.77 · Dec 15.16 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -13.22 · Feb -16.51 · Mar -7.6 · Apr -4.73 · May 0.46 · Jun 4.58 · Jul 6.86 · Aug 6.94 · Sep 3.2 · Oct -4.46 · Nov -4.6 · Dec -12.62 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 2.09 · Feb 2.77 · Mar 5.76 · Apr 9.85 · May 13.7 · Jun 17.13 · Jul 19.07 · Aug 18.57 · Sep 15.13 · Oct 10.99 · Nov 6.43 · Dec 2.98 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 64.9 · Feb 59.5 · Mar 54.5 · Apr 47.5 · May 62.6 · Jun 73.9 · Jul 79.4 · Aug 86.9 · Sep 60.8 · Oct 64.6 · Nov 62.9 · Dec 79.9 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 7 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 16 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | LGG | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Public employment service - [Actiris](https://www.actiris.brussels/en/citizens/) — Job Search - [Le Forem](https://www.leforem.be/citoyens/inscription-accompagnement-chercheur-emploi.html) — Job Search, Registration - [VDAB](https://www.vdab.be/registratie/?registratieType=ACCOUNT) — Job Search, Registration, Training This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Tongeren when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.belgium.be/en/health/healthcare_costs) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Belgium country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/belgium/). ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - Born in another EU member state: 1,360 (4.4%) - Born in Belgium: 27,780 (89.0%) - Born in a non-EU country: 2,075 (6.6%) - Total population: 31,224 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 9 (0.0%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_2.xlsx ### Citizenship - Foreign nationality: other EU member state: 1,150 (3.7%) - Belgian nationality: 28,974 (92.8%) - Foreign nationality: non-EU country: 978 (3.1%) - Stateless: 0 (0.0%) - Total population: 31,224 (100.0%) - Not indicated: 122 (0.4%) - Population universe: All persons in Statbel Census 2021 municipality rows; the published male and female category rows are summed to total sex - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC08_1.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 24,816 (79.5%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 283 (0.9%) - Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 25,099 (80.4%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 1,344 (4.3%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 74 (0.2%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 1,418 (4.5%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 545 (1.7%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 13 (0.0%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 558 (1.8%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 747 (2.4%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 1,152 (3.7%) - Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,899 (6.1%) - Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 328 (1.1%) - Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 1,922 (6.2%) - Non-Belgian — total: 2,250 (7.2%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin: 3,875 (12.4%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 2,636 (8.4%) - Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 1,239 (4.0%) - Total population: 31,224 (100.0%) - Total population — born in Belgium: 27,780 (89.0%) - Total population — born outside Belgium: 3,444 (11.0%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ### Ancestry or ethnicity - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 24,816 (79.5%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 283 (0.9%) - Belgique — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 25,099 (80.4%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Non-Belgian — total: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Belgique — Total population: 25,099 (80.4%) - Belgique — Total population — born in Belgium: 24,816 (79.5%) - Belgique — Total population — born outside Belgium: 283 (0.9%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 307 (1.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 26 (0.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 333 (1.1%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 418 (1.3%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 6 (0.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 424 (1.4%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 297 (1.0%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 878 (2.8%) - Hors UE27 — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,175 (3.8%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 150 (0.5%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 956 (3.1%) - Hors UE27 — Non-Belgian — total: 1,106 (3.5%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 1,932 (6.2%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 1,022 (3.3%) - Hors UE27 — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 910 (2.9%) - Hors UE27 — Total population: 3,038 (9.7%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born in Belgium: 1,172 (3.8%) - Hors UE27 — Total population — born outside Belgium: 1,866 (6.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 550 (1.8%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 42 (0.1%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 592 (1.9%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 50 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 4 (0.0%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 54 (0.2%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 158 (0.5%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 117 (0.4%) - Pays voisin* — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 275 (0.9%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 95 (0.3%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 671 (2.1%) - Pays voisin* — Non-Belgian — total: 766 (2.5%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 921 (2.9%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 758 (2.4%) - Pays voisin* — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 163 (0.5%) - Pays voisin* — Total population: 1,687 (5.4%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born in Belgium: 853 (2.7%) - Pays voisin* — Total population — born outside Belgium: 834 (2.7%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 24,816 (79.5%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 283 (0.9%) - Total — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 25,099 (80.4%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 1,344 (4.3%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 74 (0.2%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 1,418 (4.5%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 545 (1.7%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 13 (0.0%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 558 (1.8%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 747 (2.4%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 1,152 (3.7%) - Total — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 1,899 (6.1%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 328 (1.1%) - Total — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 1,922 (6.2%) - Total — Non-Belgian — total: 2,250 (7.2%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 3,875 (12.4%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 2,636 (8.4%) - Total — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 1,239 (4.0%) - Total — Total population: 31,224 (100.0%) - Total — Total population — born in Belgium: 27,780 (89.0%) - Total — Total population — born outside Belgium: 3,444 (11.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born in Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — born outside Belgium: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Belgian of Belgian origin — total: 0 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born in Belgium: 487 (1.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — born outside Belgium: 6 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, one parent foreign — total: 493 (1.6%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born in Belgium: 77 (0.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — born outside Belgium: 3 (0.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality Belgian, two parents foreign — total: 80 (0.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born in Belgium: 292 (0.9%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — born outside Belgium: 157 (0.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Foreign-origin Belgian, first nationality foreign — total: 449 (1.4%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born in Belgium: 83 (0.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — born outside Belgium: 295 (0.9%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Non-Belgian — total: 378 (1.2%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin: 1,022 (3.3%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born in Belgium: 856 (2.7%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total Belgian with foreign origin — born outside Belgium: 166 (0.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population: 1,400 (4.5%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born in Belgium: 939 (3.0%) - UE27 (excl. pays voisin) — Total population — born outside Belgium: 461 (1.5%) - Population universe: All persons in the Statbel 2021-01-01 municipal origin publication - Period: 2021-01-01 - Source: https://www.statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.13%20Herkomst/Origine%20par%20groupe%20de%20nationalite%20d%20origine%20par%20commune.xlsx ## Sources 1. Statbel (Belgian statistical office) — Official source — https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking%20naar%20woonplaats%2C%20nationaliteit%20burgelijke%20staat%20%2C%20leeftijd%20en%20geslacht/TF_SOC_POP_STRUCT_2024.zip 2. Statbel (Directorate-general Statistics — Statistics Belgium) — Official source — https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/TF_CENSUS_2021/TF_CENSUS_2021_HC41_1.zip?download=1 3. bestat.statbel.fgov.be — Official source — https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/api/views/51bc2007-36b3-4f96-a540-823018b2dd67/result/JSON 4. European Environment Agency — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query 5. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=5.464840&latitude=50.780540&format=JSON 6. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_PRCP.csv 7. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 8. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Tongeren, Belgium: jobs, air quality [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_tongeren-belgium-jobs-air-quality_371f319a0367, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Tongeren, Belgium: jobs, air quality}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Tongeren, Belgium: jobs, air quality](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/ - Title: Tongeren, Belgium: jobs, air quality - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/be/tongeren/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/tongeren.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/be/tongeren.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/be/tongeren - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json