Brussels-Capital Region

Brussels-Capital Region is one of the three regions of Belgium. Its official name in the three official languages of Belgium:

• French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
• Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
• German: Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt

Flag of Brussels-Capital Region

Location

It has a population of 1,222,637 ^[1] (1 January 2022) on an area of 162 km².^[2][3]

Language

Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual: Dutch and French, but most people speak French.^[4] In earlier times, they spoke Brabantian, which is a Dutch dialect.

History

The area of Brussels-Capital Region belonged to the Duchy of Brabant until 1795. After the French occupation it became part of the newly formed province of South Brabant during the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 until 1831. After the Belgian separation in 1831, it became part of the newly formed province of Brabant. On 1 January 1995, Brabant province was divided into the provinces of Flemish Brabant (Dutch-speaking) and Walloon Brabant (French-speaking), and into the bilingual Brussels region.

Municipalities

Map of the municipalities

Topographic map

Brussels-Capital Region has 19 municipalities:

#	French name	Dutch name	Population 2022 [5]	Postal code
1	Anderlecht	Anderlecht	121,394	1070
2	Auderghem	Oudergem	34,937	1160
3	Berchem-Sainte-Agathe	Sint-Agatha-Berchem	25,288	1082
4	Bruxelles ¹	Brussel ¹	187,686	1000, 1020, 1120, 1130, 1040, 1050
5	Etterbeek	Etterbeek	48,223	1040
6	Evere	Evere	43,481	1140
7	Forest	Vorst	56,271	1190
8	Ganshoren	Ganshoren	25,202	1083
9	Ixelles	Elsene	86,917	1050
10	Jette	Jette	52,604	1090
11	Koekelberg	Koekelberg	21,997	1081
12	Molenbeek-Saint-Jean	Sint-Jans-Molenbeek	97,102	1080
13	Saint-Gilles	Sint-Gillis	48,498	1060
14	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode	Sint-Joost-ten-Node	26,809	1210
15	Schaerbeek	Schaarbeek	130,270	1030
16	Uccle	Ukkel	84,647	1180
17	Watermael-Boitsfort	Watermaal-Bosvoorde	25,190	1170
18	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe	58,448	1200
19	Woluwe-Saint-Pierre	Sint-Pieters-Woluwe	42,106	1150
Total			1,217,070 [1]

¹ Capital, English name Brussels.

Related pages

There are two other regions:

• Flanders (or Flemish Region) for the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium
• Wallonia (or Walloon Region) for the French-speaking part of Belgium