Brussels-Capital Region

The Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: Région Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium.

Table of contents

1 History
2 Demographics
3 Institutions
4 See also
5 External links

History

The Region was created in 1989.

Demographics

On January 1, 2003, the region had a population of 992,041 for 161.382 km² which gives a population density of 6,309 inhabitants per km².

Institutions

Because of how the federalisation was handled in Belgium, the public institutions in Brussels offer a bewildering complexity. One distinguishes:

19 local, municipal authorities
6 inter-municipal policing zones
1 territorial administration level for the region; this administration level also assumes 99% of the responsibilities of the region
2 community-specific public authorities, VGC or Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie for the Flemings in Brussels, and the COCOF (or Commission communautaire française)
1 bi-communitarian public authority, Gezamelijke Gemeenschapscommissie, in charge of certain cultural institutions of 'national, Belgian interest'.

External links

Brussels-Capital Region \| Brussels
Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region : Anderlecht \| Auderghem (Oudergem) \| Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (Sint-Agatha-Berchem) \| The City of Brussels \| Etterbeek \| Evere \| Forest (Vorst) \| Ganshoren \| Ixelles (Elsene) \| Jette \| Koekelberg \| Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) \| Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillis) \| Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (Sint-Joost-ten-Node) \| Schaerbeek (Schaarbeek) \| Uccle (Ukkel) \| Watermael-Boitsfort (Watermaal-Bosvoorde) \| Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe) \| Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe)
Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region \| Brussels Parliament \| Governor of Brussels-Capital