Brussels
Municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region and capital of Belgium
Also known as Brussels City · Brussels (municipality) · City of Brussels
- Country
- Belgium
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Sources- 1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-08-06
- 2.Stated in Global LEI IndexRetrieved 2024-09-17
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital(since 1980)
- Population
- 195,546(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“Chiffres de population au 1er janvier 2024”ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/fr/pop/statistiques/population-bevolking-20240101.pdf
- , 188,737(January 1, 2022)
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Sources- 1.“Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2022”statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Bevolking_per_gemeente.xlsx
- , 185,103(January 1, 2020)
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Sources- 1.“Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2020”statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Bevolking_per_gemeente.xlsx
- +2 more
- 195,546(January 1, 2024)
- Area
- 33.08 km²(2019)
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Sources- 1.“Totale oppervlakte volgens het Kadasterregister, België, gewesten en provincies”bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/crosstable.xhtml?view=90c1e218-dc4f-4827-824d-9b25abfefe59
- , 32.61 km²
- 33.08 km²(2019)
- Elevation
- 70 m
- Head of government
- Philippe Close(since 2017)
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Sources- 1.“Philippe Close a prêté serment pour devenir bourgmestre de Bruxelles”lesoir.be/105510/article/2017-07-20/philippe-close-prete-serment-pour-devenir-bourgmestre-de-bruxelles
- , Freddy Thielemans(2001–2013)
- , Yvan Mayeur(2013–2017)
- Philippe Close(since 2017)
- Postal code
- 1000
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- , 1020
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- , 1040
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- +3 more
- 1000
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
245 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Native label
- Brussel pronunciation audio: Nl-Brussel.ogg
- Bruxelles pronunciation audio: Fr-Bruxelles.ogg · ipa transcription: bʁyˈsɛl
- Brussele ipa transcription: bʀysɛl
- Demonym
- Brusselaar
- Bruxellois applies to part: masculine singular
- Bruselano
- Bruxelloise applies to part: feminine singular
- Brusseleir language: Brussels Dutch
- Zinneke language: Brussels Dutch
- Bruslers
- Kiekenfretters applies to part: locophaulism · language: Brussels Dutch
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- Brüsseler language: German · applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Brüsselerin language: German · applies to part: feminine singular
- Brüsselerinnen language: German · applies to part: feminine plural
- brussel·lès applies to part: masculine singular
- brussel·lesa applies to part: feminine singular
- brussel·lesos applies to part: masculine plural
- brussel·leses applies to part: feminine plural
- Short name
- BXL
- BXL
- Bru
- Social media followers
- 17,671(September 21, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 182786599
- Member of
- Intercommunale d'Inhumation - Intercommunale voor Teraardebestelling(since 1999)
- Cremabru
- League of Historical Cities
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- Brulocalis
- World Tourism Cities Federation
- Organization of World Heritage Cities
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Sources- 1.ovpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/liste-villes-en-regle-pour-page-web12-03-2024.pdfRetrieved 2023-12-31
- Awards
- Belgian municipality with the title of city(May 30, 1825)
- Bonne Ville de l'Empire first class(May 9, 1810)
- Phone number
- +32-2-279-22-11
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- +32-2-279-22-11
- Present in work
- Civilization V subject has role: City-state
- Official name
- Ville de Bruxelles
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- Stad Brussel
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- Ville de Bruxelles
- Capital of
- Belgium(since 1831)
- Flemish Community
- French Community
- European Union
- Dyle(1795–1814)
- United Kingdom of the Netherlands(1815–1831)
- South Brabant(1815–1831)
- Province of Brabant(1831–1995)
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- Belgian Empire(1841–1962)
- Imperial German General Government of Belgium(1914–1918)
- Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France(1940–1944)
- Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France(1944–1944)
- Flemish Region
On other databases
78 identifiers linking Brussels across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID67
- BabelNet ID00009706n
- BBC Things IDbcbf0890-be66-48e0-8279-a96c0080db32
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11862530q
- BRUZZ topic IDstad-brussel
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00006364
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q239
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDa774a57f-6fc4-4136-b541-90b0fc3275c4
- Enterprise number (Belgium)0207373429
- Eska.pl topic IDtg-smuX-vCDc-JP4h
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ38
- Euronews topic IDbrussels
- Europalexikon ID176728
- European Unique IdentifierBEKBOBCE.0207.373.429
- Facebook usernameBXLbrusselscity
- FactGrid item IDQ10310
- France 24 topic ID (French)bruxelles
- Freebase ID/m/02rnbv
- GADM IDBEL.1.1.1.2_1
- GayCities IDbrussels
- GeoNames ID2800866
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7007868
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Brussels
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDBrussels (Belgium)
- GND ID4008460-7
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbrusselles-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0012606
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBrussel
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5672311
- Harper's tagbrussels
- Hikr waypoint ID53953
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID9870
- IATE entry ID1891376
- Instagram usernamebxllaville
- Interlingual Index IDi83330
- Klexikon article IDBrüssel
- KloekecodeP065p
- KSW place ID77498
- Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph IDQ59865
- Larousse IDville/wd/110451
- Legal Entity Identifier549300W772UG3LSKUE60
- LinkedIn company or organization IDville-de-bruxelles
- Monoskop article ID797
- Museum-digital person/organization ID16276
- Museum-digital place ID512
- MusicBrainz area ID3b494860-a23a-4ab0-8d16-5f0562985b0b
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/23437F51-5492-42F9-B0E4-771D4D1C4768
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX450987
- National Library of Wales Authority IDbrussels
- NIS/INS code21004
- NLAI ID180252
- Open Library subject IDplace:brussels_(belgium)
- OpenCorporates organization IDbe/0207373429
- OpenStreetMap relation ID58274
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDvilledebruxellesstadbrussel-3b21b2
- OVO IDOVO008216
- Provenio UUID0e25a7a8-9d66-429d-8580-e6ef16c5e28a
- Resistance in Belgium IDQ103
- RKD thesaurus ID195
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID1302
- SNARC IDQ98361
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1123013
- Subredditbrussels
- TikTok usernamebxl_online
- Tripadvisor ID188644
- UN/LOCODEBEBRU
- VIAF cluster ID316429234
- WikiKids IDBrussel_(stad)
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["City", {"Brussels", "Brussels", "Belgium"}]
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08869442-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID12345740
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJvCVMTbm6DhwFx9C4w9jC
- X (Twitter) usernameCityBrussels
- Yale LUX IDplace/1ac7002d-e25d-4bf8-a863-a9173c948370
- YouTube channel IDUC7YWA0rVhvyms5YsvYZiSeA
- YouTube handleBXLLaVilleDeStad
- YSA IDY105254
- YSO ID105254
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