The Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: Région Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium.
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History
The Region was created in 1989.
Demographics
On January 1, 2003, the region had a population of 992,041 for 161.382 km² which gives a population density of 6,309 inhabitants per km².
Institutions
Because of how the federalisation was handled in Belgium, the public institutions in Brussels offer a bewildering complexity. One distinguishes:
- 19 local, municipal authorities
- 6 inter-municipal policing zones
- 1 territorial administration level for the region; this administration level also assumes 99% of the responsibilities of the region
- 2 community-specific public authorities, VGC or Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie for the Flemings in Brussels, and the COCOF (or Commission communautaire française)
- 1 bi-communitarian public authority, Gezamelijke Gemeenschapscommissie, in charge of certain cultural institutions of 'national, Belgian interest'.
See also
- Brussels (e.g. for knowing the history and linguistic history of Brussels, or for more external links)
- The City of Brussels
- Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region
External links
- Brussels Capital-Region official web site (http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/)
- The Brussels Entreprise Agency (http://www.abe.irisnet.be/)
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Communities: French Community of Belgium | Flemish Community in Belgium | German speaking community in Belgium | |
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Regions and provinces: | |
| Flanders: Antwerp | East Flanders | Flemish Brabant | Limburg | West Flanders | |
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Wallonia: Hainaut | Liège | Luxembourg | Namur | Walloon Brabant | |
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Brussels-Capital Region |
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Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region : Anderlecht | Auderghem (Oudergem) | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Sint-Agatha-Berchem) | The City of Brussels | Etterbeek | Evere | Forest (Vorst) | Ganshoren | Ixelles (Elsene) | Jette | Koekelberg | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) | Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis) | Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Sint-Joost-ten-Node) | Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek) | Uccle (Ukkel) | Watermael-Boitsfort (Watermaal-Bosvoorde) | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe) | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe) | |
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Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region | Brussels Parliament | Governor of Brussels-Capital |
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