N8 road (Belgium) explained

The N8 road in Belgium is a road connecting Brussels and Koksijde, passing Ninove, Oudenaarde, Kortrijk, Ypres and Veurne.^[1]

The N8 is the old road from Brussels to the coast. Most sections have been replaced by motorways, and only serve a regional purpose, except for the which was supposed to go from Kortrijk to the coast, but which ends at Ypres. In 2012, the extension was permanently cancelled.^[2]

The road is one of the 9 major national routes in Belgium. The start is in the Belgian capital Brussels at the inner ring road. The road goes west, passing the Brussels Ring R0 in Dilbeek, where it enters the province of Flemish Brabant. Continuing further west, the road enters East Flanders near the midsized city Ninove. After passing the larger city of Oudenaarde and entering West Flanders, the N8 crosses the E17 highway at the major city Kortrijk. The road turns northwest to traverse the Westhoek region, passing the city of Ypres end ending at the coast in Koksijde. The N8 has a length of 152km (95mi).

The N8 crosses 28 municipalities. 3 in the Brussels Capital Region, 3 in Flemish Brabant, 9 in East Flanders and 13 in West Flanders. A full list of municipalities^[3] can be found below. Major municipalities are in bold.

!Regions!Province!Municipality!Population!Length of N8 (km)

	/	City of Brussels	188737	0.1
		Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	97697	2.0
		Anderlecht	122547	1.7
		Dilbeek	44095	7.9
		Lennik	9312	4.3
		Roosdaal	11735	4.0
		Ninove	39626	11.5
		Herzele	18489	1.1
		Geraardsbergen	34328	3.3
		Lierde	6689	4.7
		Brakel	14850	7.9
		Horebeke	2023	2.3
		Oudenaarde	31866	11.3
		Maarkedal	6386	0.1
		Kluisbergen	6791	3.5
		Avelgem	10291	7.5
		Zwevegem	25140	10.5
		Kortrijk	77741	7.5
		Wevelgem	31565	5.9
		Menen	33982	3.7
		Wervik	19020	6.1
		Zonnebeke	12556	5.0
		Ypres	35039	14.9
		Vleteren	3217	7.7
		Lo-Reninge	3217	3.8
		Alveringem	5025	7.4
		Veurne	12295	8.6
		Koksijde	21851	3.3

Junction list^{[4] [5]}

Province	Municipality	Section	Junction	Eastbound destinations	Westbound destinations
Brussels Capital Region	City of Brussels	Brussels - Anderlecht	Brussels (188.737 inh.) R20, Brussels inner ring road	Brussels	DilbeekNinove
	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean		Brussels-Charleroi Canal N215 Kuregem N274 Anderlecht N236 Ossegem, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
	Anderlecht		N290 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Koekelberg, Jette, Wemmel, Anderlecht
	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean		/
Flanders Flemish Brabant	Dilbeek	Dilbeek - Roosdaal	13 (Dilbeek) R0, Brussels Ring Waterloo, Brussels Airport, Liège (E40), Leuven (E40), Ghent (E40), Antwerp (E19), Charleroi (E19), Mons (E19), Namur (E411), Tournai (E429) Dilbeek (44.095 inh.) Itterbeek (4.882 inh.) Schepdaal (6.204 inh.) Goudveerdegem		Ninove
	Lennik		Eizeringen N285 Ternat, Asse, St-Kwintens-Lennik, Gooik, Enghien	DilbeekBrussels
	Lennik / Roosdaal		The N8 forms the border between Lennik and Roosdaal. Tuitenberg (Lennik)
	Roosdaal		Roosdaal (11.735 inh.)
Flanders East Flanders	Ninove	Ninove	Meerbeke (5.890 inh.) N28 Aalst, Denderleeuw, Haaltert, Gooik, Halle N255 Denderwindeke, Herne, Enghien Dender Ninove (39.626 inh.) N405 Ninove-Noord, Aalst (N28), Denderleeuw (N28) Outer (3.302 inh.) N45 Appelterre-Eichem, Geraardsbergen Voorde (1.405 inh.) N460 Voorde, Idegem, Aspelare, Haaltert		Oudenaarde
	Herzele	Ninove - Oudenaarde	/	NinoveBrussels
	Geraardsbergen		Ophasselt (1.927 inh.) N42 Geraardsbergen, Zottegem, Ghent, Lessines, Ath
	Lierde		Sint-Maria-Lierde (2.530 inh.)
	Brakel		N8c Parike, Geraardsbergen N462 Michelbeke, Sint-Maria-Oudenhove, Zottegem Nederbrakel (6.428 inh.) N8c Parike, Geraardsbergen N48 Flobecq, Ronse, Tournai N415 Elst, Zwalm Zegelsem (962 inh.)
	Horebeke		N454 Schorisse, Ronse Sint-Maria-Horebeke (1.487 inh.) N454 Sint-Maria-Horebeke, Zwalm, Zottegem	GeraardsbergenNinove
	Oudenaarde	Oudenaarde	N441 Ename		Kortrijk
	Oudenaarde / Maarkedal		/
	Oudenaarde		Edelare (1.901 inh.)[6] Oudenaarde (31.866 inh.) N46 Ename, Zwalm, Zottegem, Aalst Leupegem (1.969 inh.)[7] N60, Oudenaarde ring road Oudenaarde, Kruisem, Ghent, Maarkedal, Ronse Melden (940 inh.)
	Kluisbergen	Kluisbergen	Meerse (282 inh.)[8] Berchem (2.581 inh.) N36 Ruien, Ronse Scheldt	OudenaardeZottegem
Flanders West Flanders	Avelgem	Avelgem - Kortrijk	Kerkhove (1.017 inh.) N453 Elsegem, Petegem-aan-de-Schelde, Oudenaarde N36 Vichte, Harelbeke, Roeselare, Diksmuide Waarmaarde (714 inh.) Avelgem (10.291 inh.) N353 Outrijve, Celles, Spiere-Helkijn, Pecq	Oudenaarde
	Zwevegem		Heestert (2.838 inh.) Moen (2.795 inh.) N391 Kortrijk, Deerlijk Bossuit–Kortrijk Canal Knokke Zwevegem (25.140 inh.)
	Kortrijk	Kortrijk	N391 Vichte, Deerlijk 3 (Kortrijk-Oost) E17 Kortrijk, Ghent, Antwerp, Mouscron, Bruges (E403), Tournai (E403), (Lille, Paris) 3ab (Kortrijk-Oost) R8, Kortrijk Ring Road Kortrijk, Harelbeke, Kuurne, Ingelmunster, Menen, Mouscron, Ypres Kortrijk (77.741 inh.) R36, Inner Kortrijk Ring Road Kortrijk, Harelbeke, Kuurne, Ingelmunster, Menen, Wevelgem, Mouscron, Zwevegem		MenenYpres
			Interruption by R36 (Inner Kortrijk Ring Road) with junctions to N43 (Harelbeke, Waregem, Ghent), N50 (Ingelmunster, Bruges), N43 (Mouscron, (Lille)) and N50 (Tournai).
			R36, Inner Kortrijk Ring Road Kortrijk, Harelbeke, Kuurne, Ingelmunster, Menen, Wevelgem, Mouscron, Zwevegem Bissegem (5.366 inh.) 11 (Bissegem) R8, Kortrijk Ring Road Kortrijk, Ypres, Harelbeke; Kuurne, Ingelmunster, Mouscron, Zwevegem, Tournai
	Wevelgem	Kortrijk - Menen	5 (Wevelgem) E403 Bruges, Roeselare, Tournai, Ypres (A19), Ghent (E17), Mouscron (E17), (Lille (E17), Paris) Wevelgem (31.565 inh.)	Kortrijk
	Menen	Menen	N32 Ledegem, Roeselare, Bruges, (Halluin, Tourcoing, Lille) Menen (33.982 inh.) N362, Menen Ring Road Menen-North N32b Menen-North, Ledegem, Roeselare, Bruges, (Halluin) N362, Menen Ring Road Menen-North		Ypres
	Wervik	Menen - Ypres	N58 Wervik, Comines-Warneton, Ypres (A19), Kortrijk (A19), (Comines, Armentières) Geluwe (6.865 inh.) N311 Wervik, Comines-Warneton, (Wervicq-Sud)	MenenKortrijk
	Zonnebeke		N303 Wervik, Zonnebeke, Beselare Geluveld (1.652 inh.)
	Ypres	Ypres	N37 Ieper-Zuid, Zonnebeke, Roeselare N345 Sint-Jan Hospital Ypres (35.039) N332 Zonnebeke N308, N37b Poperinge, Heuvelland, Mesen, Comines-Warneton, (Armentières) N379, N369 Langemark-Poelkapelle, Roeselare, Boezinge, Diksmuide N38 Poperinge, Roeselare, Kortrijk, (Dunkirk, Steenvoorde) Brielen (827 inh.) Elverdinge (1.766 inh.) N333 Poperinge		Koksijde
	Vleteren	Ypres - Koksijde	Woesten (1.262 inh.)	YpresKortrijk
	Vleteren / Lo-Reninge		The N8 forms the border between Vleteren and Lo-Reninge.
	Vleteren		Oostvleteren (1.239 inh.) N321 Westvleteren, Krombeke, Roesbrugge-Haringe, Poperinge
	Alveringem / Lo-Reninge		The N8 forms the border between Alveringem and Lo-Reninge. N364 Lo-Reninge, Abele, Beveren, Roesbrugge-Haringe, Diksmuide
	Alveringem		Hoogstade (385 inh.) N319 Alveringem, Diksmuide
	Veurne		1a (Veurne) E40 Ostend, Bruges, Brussels, (Dunkirk, Calais) N390 Diksmuide Veurne (12.295 inh.) N39 Veurne, Adinkerke, Nieuwpoort, (Dunkirk) N35 Veurne, De Panne, Diksmuide, Roeselare
	Koksijde		N396 De Panne, Oostduinkerke, Nieuwpoort Koksijde (21.851 inh.) N34 De Panne, Nieuwpoort, Ostend

See also

• Transport in Belgium

References

50.8765°N 2.8158°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wegnummers in België. Wegnummers.nl. 26 February 2021. nl.
2. News: Autoweg Ieper-kust definitief geschrapt. Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 26 February 2021. nl.
3. Web site: Belgium: Regions, Provinces, Arrondissements, Cities, Municipalities, Sub-Municipalities, Agglomerations, Sectors - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts . 2023-03-15 . www.citypopulation.de . en-us.
4. Web site: Google Maps . 2023-10-01 . Google Maps . en.
5. Web site: Belgium: Regions, Provinces, Arrondissements, Cities, Municipalities, Sub-Municipalities, Agglomerations, Sectors - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts . 2023-10-01 . www.citypopulation.de . en-us.
6. Web site: 1994-01-01 . Edelare . 2023-07-17 . inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be . nl.
7. Web site: 1994-01-01 . Leupegem . 2023-07-17 . inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be . nl.
8. Web site: 2023-04-07 . Buurt Meerse in cijfers en grafieken . 2023-07-17 . AlleCijfers.be . nl-BE.