From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Brussels-Capital Region. For the municipality within it and the official capital of Belgium, see City of Brussels.
For other places with the same name, see Brussels (disambiguation).
Brussels
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Region of Belgium | ||
|
||
A collage with several views of Brussels, Top: View of the Northern Quarter business district, 2nd left: Floral carpet event in the Grand Place, 2nd right: Brussels City Hall and Mont des Arts area, 3rd: Cinquantenaire Park, 4th left: Manneken Pis, 4th middle: St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, 4th right: Congress Column, Bottom: Royal Palace of Brussels
|
||
|
||
| Nickname(s): Capital of Europe[1] Comic city[2][3] | ||
Brussels
|
||
| Coordinates: 50°51′N 4°21′ECoordinates: 50°51′N 4°21′E | ||
| Country | Belgium | |
| Settled | c. 580 | |
| Founded | 979 | |
| Region | 18 June 1989 | |
| Municipalities | ||
| Government | ||
| • Executive | Government of the Brussels-Capital Region | |
| • Governing parties (2014–19) | PS, FDF, cdH; Open Vld, sp.a, CD&V | |
| • Minister-President | Rudi Vervoort (PS) | |
| • Legislature | Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region | |
| • Speaker | Charles Picqué (PS) | |
| Area | ||
| • Region/City | 161.38 km2 (62.2 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016)[4] | ||
| • Region/City | 1,175,173 | |
| • Density | 7,025/km2 (16,857/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,830,000 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| ISO 3166 | BE-BRU | |
| Website | be.brussels | |
listen); Dutch: Brussel, [ˈbrɵsəl] ( listen)), officially the Brussels-Capital Region[5][6] (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest),[7] is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels which is the capital of Belgium.[8] The Brussels-Capital Region is a part of both the French Community of Belgium[9] and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the region of Flanders (in which it forms an enclave) or Wallonia.[10]
The region has a population of 1.2 million and a metropolitan area with
a population of over 1.8 million, the largest in Belgium.[11][12]Since the end of the Second World War, Brussels has been a major centre for international politics and has become the home of numerous international organizations, politicians, diplomats and civil servants.[13] Brussels is the de facto capital of the European Union as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions (the other administrative centres are Luxembourg and Strasbourg).[14][15][16] The secretariat of the Benelux and the headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are also located in Brussels. Today, it is considered an "Alpha" global city.
Historically a Dutch-speaking city, Brussels has seen a language shift to French from the late 19th century onwards. Today, the majority language is French, and the Brussels-Capital Region is an officially bilingual enclave within the Flemish Region. All road signs, street names, and many advertisements and services are shown in both languages.[17] Brussels is increasingly becoming multilingual with increasing numbers of migrants, expatriates and minority groups speaking their own languages.
No comments:
Post a Comment