City of Brussels
City of Brussels
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City and municipality | |
Panorama of the city centre from the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg | |
Location of City of Brussels | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′48″N 04°21′09″E / 50.84667°N 4.35250°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | Flemish Community French Community |
| Region | Brussels-Capital |
| Arrondissement | Brussels-Capital |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (list) | Philippe Close (PS) |
| • Governing party/ies | PS / Forward - MR - Les Engagés / CD&V |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.09 km2 (12.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2022-01-01) | |
• Total | 188,737 |
| • Density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 1000, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1120, 1130 |
| NIS code | 21004 |
| Area codes | 02 |
| Website | www.brussels.be |
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The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.
Besides the central historic town located within the Pentagon, the City of Brussels covers some of the city's immediate outskirts within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely the former municipalities of Haren, Laeken, and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, as well as the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan and the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos park to the south-east, where it borders municipalities in Flanders.
As of 1 January 2024, the City of Brussels had a population of 196,828 inhabitants. The total area is 33.09 km2 (12.78 sq mi), which gives a population density of 5,949/km2 (15,410/sq mi). As of 2023, there were 75,998 registered non-Belgians in the City. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch).