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 175,534 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,525 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 24,847 inhabitants per km².

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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
(2015)		 Area Density
(km²)		 Fertility rate (2010) Ref.
1 Anderlecht Anderlecht 1070 116,332 17.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi) 6,572 1.78 [7]
2 Auderghem Oudergem 1160 32,835 9.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi) 3,648 1.94 [8]
3 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe Sint-Agatha-Berchem 1082 23,927 2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) 8,251 1.50 [9]
4 Bruxelles-Ville* Stad Brussel* 1000
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1130		 175,534 32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) 5,384 1.61 [10]
5 Etterbeek Etterbeek 1040 46,773 3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) 15,088 1.52 [11]
6 Evere Evere 1140 38,448 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 7,690 1.84 [12]
7 Forest Vorst 1190 55,012 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 8,873 2.14 [13]
8 Ganshoren Ganshoren 1083 24,066 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 9,626 1.75 [14]
9 Ixelles Elsene 1050 84,754 6.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 13,453 1.74 [15]
10 Jette Jette 1090 50,724 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 10,145 1.77 [16]
11 Koekelberg Koekelberg 1081 21,525 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) 17,938 1.54 [17]
12 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Sint-Jans-Molenbeek 1080 95,576 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) 16,199 1.56 [18]
13 Saint-Gilles Sint-Gillis 1060 50,472 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 20,189 1.49 [19]
14 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Sint-Joost-ten-Node 1210 27,332 1.1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) 24,847 1.47 [20]
15 Schaerbeek Schaarbeek 1030 131,030 8.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi) 16,177 1.76 [21]
16 Uccle Ukkel 1180 81,280 22.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi) 3,549 2.22 [22]
17 Watermael-Boitsfort Watermaal-Bosvoorde 1170 24,454 12.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi) 1,896 2.18 [23]
18 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe 1200 54,022 7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) 7,503 2.21 [24]
19 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Sint-Pieters-Woluwe 1150 41,077 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) 4,615 2.08 [25]

* — English: "City of Brussels"

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. 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. 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. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. 1 2 "Managing across levels of government" (PDF). OECD. 1997. pp. 107, 110. 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.
  7. ↑ "Anderlecht". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  8. ↑ "Auderghem/Oudergem". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  9. ↑ "Berchem-Sainte-Agathe/Sint-Agatha-Berchem". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  10. ↑ "City of Brussels". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  11. ↑ "Etterbeek". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  12. ↑ "Evere". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  13. ↑ "Forest/Vorst". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  14. ↑ "Ganshoren". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  15. ↑ "Ixelles/Elsene". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  16. ↑ "Jette". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  17. ↑ "Koekelberg". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  18. ↑ "Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  19. ↑ "Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  20. ↑ "Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  21. ↑ "Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  22. ↑ "Uccle". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  23. ↑ "Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  24. ↑ "Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  25. ↑ "Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.

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