Brussels-Capital Region
Federal region of Belgium including the City of Brussels
Also known as Brussels Region · Brussels-Capital · Region of Brussels-Capital
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 1,255,795(January 1, 2025)
1
Sources- 1.statbel.fgov.be/fr/nouvelles/la-belgique-comptait-11825551-habitants-au-1er-janvier-2025Retrieved 2025-08-21
- , 1,249,597(January 1, 2024)
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Sources- 1.“La Belgique comptait 11.763.650 habitants au 1er janvier 2024 | Statbel”statbel.fgov.be/fr/nouvelles/la-belgique-comptait-11763650-habitants-au-1er-janvier-2024Retrieved 2025-08-20
- , 1,218,255(2020)
- +47 more
- 1,255,795(January 1, 2025)
- Area
- 161.38 km²
- Elevation
- 13 m
- , 23 m
- Head of government
- Rudi Vervoort(since 2013)
- Founded
- January 12, 1989
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Sources- 1.be.brussels/about-the-region/about-the-region?set_language=enRetrieved 2022-05-08
- January 12, 1989
- Time zone
Overview
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Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
238 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Flag
- flag of the Brussels-Capital Region(since 2015)
- former flag of the Brussels-Capital Region(1991–2015)
- Twinned administrative body
- Ljubljana
- Sofia
- Tirana
- Akhisar
- Washington, D.C.(since 1985)
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Sources- 1.“DC Sister Cities”os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-citiesRetrieved 2022-11-17
- Demonym
- Brusselaar
- Bruxellois
- Brusseleir language: Brussels Dutch
- Zinneke language: Brussels Dutch
- Bruslers
- Geoshape
- Data:Brussels.map
- Native label
- Bruxelles
- Brussele
- Brussel
- Brussel
- Brussel
- Brusselle
- Official name
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
- Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
- Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt
- Short name
- BHG
- BXL
- Brussel
- Bruxelles
- Brussels Gewest
- Région Bruxellois
- Bruxelles-Capitale
- Brussel-Hoofdstad
- Official symbol
- flower of Brussels(since 1990)
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Sources- 1.weblex.brussels/data/crb/doc/1990-91/100108/images.pdfRetrieved 2023-08-25
- flower of Brussels(since 1990)
- Related category
- Category:Brussels-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Social media followers
- 19,511(March 28, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 459326049
- Copyright status
- public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
On other databases
61 identifiers linking Brussels-Capital Region across the web's reference databases
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID2536
- ArchINFORM location ID3657
- Babelio author ID282366
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID155190212
- British Museum place IDx108655
- Brussels Inventory of Movable Heritage institution ID97
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf11104465
- Data Commons IDnuts/BE1
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--49332
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Brussels-Capital-Region
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ1263
- EuroVoc ID3039
- Facebook usernameRegionBruxelloise.BrusselsGewest
- FactGrid item IDQ1307116
- FAST ID1270523
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)BE11
- Freebase ID/m/02rhpm
- GADM IDBEL.1_1
- GeoNames ID2800867
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7018237
- GND ID4080552-9
- Grove Art Online IDT011849
- HASCBE.BU
- IATE entry ID891608
- IdRef ID033936501
- INaturalist place ID96792
- ISNI0000000106663698
- ISO 3166-2 codeBE-BRU
- J9U entity ID987007533382605171
- Japan Search name IDブリュッセル
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)10783
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID3649
- Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph IDQ160205
- Larousse IDautre-region/wd/110454
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn94104302
- Museum-digital place ID6545
- MusicBrainz area ID7bda5d46-4809-41dc-a0b8-e889ff818f2e
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls002573420
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:C+kb;=Bq
- NIS/INS code04000
- NUTS codeBE1
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning362074
- OpenStreetMap relation ID54094
- OpenStreetMap Wiki item IDQ23923
- Quora topic IDBrussels-Region
- RERO ID (legacy)A016760965
- Ringgold ID81945
- ROR ID03h3ed239
- SNARC IDQ45424
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1204249
- Treccani IDbruxelles
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDbruxelles
- UN/LOCODEBEBRU
- VIAF cluster ID332144929079854441105
- Vikidia article IDfr:Région_de_Bruxelles-Capitale
- Who's on First ID85681713
- WikiKids IDBrussels_Hoofdstedelijk_Gewest
- Wolfram Language entity codeEntity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Brussels", "Belgium"}]
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJxrV4fyjCV9cpxP3XM773
- X (Twitter) usernamerbc_bhg
- Yale LUX IDplace/d3f5138f-08b7-43e9-a00c-ff6fe2b6c16a