List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

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The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region[1][2] (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region.[3] The government of each municipality is responsible for the handling of local level duties, such as law enforcement and the upkeep of schools and roads within its borders.[4] Municipal administration is also conducted by a mayor, a council, and an executive.[4]

In 1831, Belgium was divided into 2,739 municipalities, including the 19 in the Brussels-Capital Region (which at that time did not exist).[5] Unlike most of the municipalities in Belgium, the ones located in the Brussels-Capital Region were not merged with others during mergers occurring in 1964, 1970, and 1975.[5] However, several municipalities outside of the Brussels-Capital Region have been merged with the City of Brussels throughout its history including Laken, Haren, and Neder-Over-Heembeek, which were merged into the City of Brussels in 1921.[6]

The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi) with 178,552 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,638 inhabitants, while the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode which is only 1.1 square kilometres (0.4 sq mi). The latter also has the highest population density of the 19 with 24,911 inhabitants per km².


List

The names of the municipalities are given in the two official languages of the Brussels-Capital Region: French and Dutch. The numbers in the "#" row refer to the map above.

French name Dutch name Flag CoA post
code		 Population
(1/1/2016)		 Area Population density
(km²)
1 Anderlecht Anderlecht 1070 117,412 17.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi) 6,633
2 Auderghem Oudergem 1160 33,161 9.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi) 3,685
3 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe Sint-Agatha-Berchem 1082 24,224 2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) 8,353
4 Bruxelles-Ville* Stad Brussel* 1000
1020
1120
1130		 178,552 32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) 5,477
5 Etterbeek Etterbeek 1040 47,180 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) 15,219
6 Evere Evere 1140 39,556 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 7,911
7 Forest Vorst 1190 55,613 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 8,970
8 Ganshoren Ganshoren 1083 24,269 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 9,708
9 Ixelles Elsene 1050 85,541 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 13,578
10 Jette Jette 1090 51,426 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 10,285
11 Koekelberg Koekelberg 1081 21,638 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) 18,032
12 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 1080 96,586 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) 16,371
13 Saint-Gilles Sint-Gillis 1060 50,659 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 20,264
14 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Sint-Joost-ten-Node 1210 27,402 1.1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) 24,911
15 Schaerbeek Schaarbeek 1030 132,590 8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi) 16,369
16 Uccle Ukkel 1180 81,944 22.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi) 3,578
17 Watermael-Boitsfort Watermaal-Bosvoorde 1170 24,619 12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi) 1,908
18 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe 1200 54,311 7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) 7,543
19 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Sint-Pieters-Woluwe 1150 41,207 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) 4,630

* — English: "City of Brussels"

The map with the right borders

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-06-05. Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels Region. Article 4: Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the French speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the German-speaking region.
  2. ↑ "Brussels-Capital Region: Creation". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05. Since 18 June 1989, the date of the first regional elections, the Brussels-Capital Region has been an autonomous region comparable to the Flemish and Walloon Regions. (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.)
  3. ↑ "Communes of the Brussels-Capital Region". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. 1 2 "Managing across levels of government" (PDF). OECD. 1997. pp. 107, 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  5. 1 2 Picavet, Georges (29 April 2003). "Municipalities (1795-now)". Georges Picavet. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  6. ↑ "Brussels Capital-Region". Georges Picavet. 4 June 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-05.


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