Antwerp ( (); Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpÉ™(n)] (); French: Anvers [ɑ̃vÉ›Ês] ()) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium, and with a metropolitan area housing around 1,200,000 people, it's the second largest metropolitan region after Brussels in Belgium.