Bruxelles-Capitale/
Brussel-Hoofstad
(capital city of the European Union)
Area : 161 km²
Population : 959 318 inhabitants (2000)
- 70,64% Brusselers
- 29,36% foreigners
- 14,68% EU citizens (3,43% French, 3,111% Italian, 2,37% Spanish, 1,66% Portuguese...)
- 14,68% non-EU citizens (7,25% Morrocann, 2,06% Turk...)
Languages : French, Dutch (there should be facilities for 9 other
EU languages)
National anthem : La Brabançonne
National feast day : 21st July
Capital : Bruxelles/Brussel
Political status : Sovereign since 1993 as the Region of Brussels-Capital
of Belgium
Parlement (13-JUN-1999): 75 members (27 Parti Réformateur
Libéral-Front Démocratique des Francophones-Mouvement des
Citoyens, 14 Écolo, 13 Parti Socialiste, 6 Parti Social Chrétien,
4 Vlaams
Blok, 3 Christelijke Volkspartij, 2 Socialistische
Partij/Anders Gaan Leven, 2 Vlaamse Liberalen
en Democraten/Volksunie-ID21, 2 Front
National, 1 Vivant, 1
Front
Nouveau de Belgique)
The Federal District of Brussels-Capital is composed of 19 communes :
# | Dutch | French |
---|---|---|
1 | Anderlecht | Anderlecht |
2 | Brussel | Bruxelles |
3 | Elsene | Ixelles |
4 | Etterbeek | Etterbeek |
5 | Evere | Evere |
6 | Ganshoren | Ganshoren |
7 | Jette | Jette |
8 | Koekelberg | Koekelberg |
9 | Sint-Jans-Molenbeek | Molenbeek-Saint-Jean |
10 | Oudergem | Auderghem |
11 | Schaarbeek | Schaerbeek |
12 | Sint-Agatha-Berchem | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe |
13 | Sint-Gillis | Saint-Gilles |
14 | Sint-Joost-ten-Noode | Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode |
15 | Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert |
16 | Sint-Pieters-Woluwe | Woluwe-Saint-Pierre |
17 | Ukkel | Uccle |
18 | Vorst | Forest |
19 | Watermaal-Bosvoorde | Watermael-Boitsfort |
Site of the federal state of Belgium
Independentist movement : Vlaams Blok (annexation by Flanders)
Regionalist movement : Front Démocratique des Francophones
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