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The City of Brussels (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: Bruxelles-Ville or Ville de Bruxelles, Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
: Stad Brussel) is the largest municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the official capital of Belgium by law.

Somewhat in the way that the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
 is different from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, the City of Brussels is different from Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
. However, the expansion of the City was frozen at a later stage than the City of London, so that in addition to the old centre of Brussels, the towns of Haren
Haren, Belgium

Haren is an old municipality of Brussels in Belgium, that was merged into the municipality of the City of Brussels in 1921. It is an outlying part of the municipality of the city and is situated at the north-eastern edge of the Brussels Capital Region....
, Laken
Laken

Laken or Laeken is a residential suburb in north-west Brussels , Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels....
 (Dutch) or Laeken (French) and Neder-Over-Heembeek
Neder-over-Heembeek

Neder-over-Heembeek is a northern part of the City of Brussels municipality in Belgium. It is a deelgemeente which lost its municipality status when it was merged with the City of Brussels....
 (Dutch and French) to the north, and the Louise Avenue and the Bois de la Cambre/Terkamerenbos to the south, are included.

On 1 January 2006, the City of Brussels had a total population of 144,784.






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The City of Brussels (French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: Bruxelles-Ville or Ville de Bruxelles, Dutch
Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
: Stad Brussel) is the largest municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the official capital of Belgium by law.

Somewhat in the way that the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
 is different from London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, the City of Brussels is different from Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
. However, the expansion of the City was frozen at a later stage than the City of London, so that in addition to the old centre of Brussels, the towns of Haren
Haren, Belgium

Haren is an old municipality of Brussels in Belgium, that was merged into the municipality of the City of Brussels in 1921. It is an outlying part of the municipality of the city and is situated at the north-eastern edge of the Brussels Capital Region....
, Laken
Laken

Laken or Laeken is a residential suburb in north-west Brussels , Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the City of Brussels....
 (Dutch) or Laeken (French) and Neder-Over-Heembeek
Neder-over-Heembeek

Neder-over-Heembeek is a northern part of the City of Brussels municipality in Belgium. It is a deelgemeente which lost its municipality status when it was merged with the City of Brussels....
 (Dutch and French) to the north, and the Louise Avenue and the Bois de la Cambre/Terkamerenbos to the south, are included.

On 1 January 2006, the City of Brussels had a total population of 144,784. The total area is 32.61 kmē which gives a population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of 4,440 inhabitants per kmē. As of 2007, there were approximately 50,000 registered non-Belgians in Brussels City.

Pronunciation

  • Dutch
    Dutch language

    Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
    : ['br?s?l st?t
    International Phonetic Alphabet

    The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic....
    ]
  • French
    French language

    French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
    : [b?y's?l vi?
    International Phonetic Alphabet

    The International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic....
    ]


Capital of Belgium

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According to the Belgian Constitution (Art. 194) the capital of Belgium is the City of Brussels municipality. Arguments that the use of lower case in "ville" and "stad" in Article 194 for "ville de Bruxelles" (French), "stad Brussel" (Dutch) makes a subtle difference and means that Brussels at large is the capital cannot be defended on a legal basis. However, although the City of Brussels is the official capital, the funds delegated by the federation and region for the representative role of the capital are divided among the 19 municipalities and, in practice, national Belgian institutions are indeed located not only in the City of Brussels, although many are, but also in most of the other 18 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital region. The implication is that de facto the entire Region serves as capital, but de jure only the City of Brussels is entitled to the title of capital of Belgium.

Mayors

As in every other Belgian municipality, the City of Brussels is headed by a mayor, which should be confused with neither the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region

The regional government of the Brussels, Belgium, is headed by a Minister-President who acts as the "prime minister" of this regional government....
 nor the Governor of Brussels-Capital
Governor of Brussels-Capital

The Governor of the Brussels-Capital Region has the responsibility to enforce laws concerned with public order, in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium....
.

See also

List of mayors of the City of Brussels

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