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Brussels, [a] officially the Brussels-Capital Region, [b] [12] [13] is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. [14] The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium [15] and the Flemish ...
The City of Brussels [a] is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, [b] as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium. [2] The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal ...
Brussels is considered the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting a number of principal EU institutions within its European Quarter. [2] [3] The EU has no official capital but Brussels hosts the official seats of the European Commission, Council of the European Union, and European Council, as well as a seat (officially the second seat) of the European Parliament.
The Brussels region is the de facto capital, but the City of Brussels municipality is the de jure capital. [ 11 ] The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.
The Brussels Capital Region in Belgium. The Brussels Capital Region does not belong to any province, nor does it contain any. The extraprovincial status of Brussels has existed since 1995, when the former province of Brabant, which had Brussels as its capital, was divided into the Dutch-speaking province of Flemish Brabant and the French ...
Belgium raised the alert status for its capital Brussels to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds.
Municipalities of Belgium. Capital of Belgium: Brussels; Cities of Belgium; Belgium comprises 589 municipalities grouped into five provinces in each of two regions and into a third region, the Brussels-Capital Region, comprising 19 municipalities that do not belong to a province.
The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region [1] [2] 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]