Address Guidelines for Belgium

The Belgium geocoder supports locations in Belgium and Luxembourg. Follow these guidelines to provide input that Geocode Address Global can successfully geocode. For additional information about Belgium and Luxembourg addresses, see the Belgium Post website: http://www.bpost.be/.

• Required fields—Addresses must contain either a city or a postal code.
• Supported languages—Dutch, French, and German language aliases and address formats are supported.
• Thoroughfare types—Belgian thoroughfare types and their common abbreviations are recognized and fully supported on input and output. Dutch, French, and German thoroughfare types are also supported.
• Numbers, numeric equivalents, and ordinals—Numbered streets are mapped to the named equivalents. Ordinals are also recognized in input addresses.
• Common words and abbreviations—Common words, directionals, house number indicators, and abbreviations used in addresses are supported.