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[4] In 1831, Belgium was divided into 2,739 municipalities, including 20 within the current Brussels-Capital Region (which at that time did not exist). [ 5 ] In 1841, a 21st and 22nd municipality were created when Berchem-Sainte-Agathe formally separated from neighbouring Koekelberg and Jette-Ganshoren split into Jette and Ganshoren .
[3] [4] [c] 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 ...
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (French, pronounced [bɛʁkɛm sɛ̃t aɡat]) or Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Dutch, pronounced [sɪnt aːˈɣaːtaː ˈbɛrxɛm] ⓘ), often simply called Berchem, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
Marka, Serge Van Laeken (born 1961), singer, songwriter, composer, and filmmaker Pierre-Joseph Meeûs-Vandermaelen [ fr ] (1793–1873), industrialist, politician, mayor of Neder-over-Heembeek in 1830 and Molenbeek from 1836 to 1842, registrar of the Court of Audit from 1831 to 1836, decorated with the Belgian Iron Cross .
Etterbeek (French: [etœʁbek,-bɛk] ⓘ; Dutch: [ˈɛtərˌbeːk] ⓘ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Schaerbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French, pronounced [sɛ̃ ʒɔs tɛn nod]) or Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch, pronounced [sɪɲˌtɕoːstɛˈnoːdə] ⓘ), often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
Ixelles is located in the south-east of Brussels and is divided into two parts by the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, which is part of the City of Brussels.The municipality's smaller western part includes the Rue du Bailli/Baljuwstraat and extends roughly from the Avenue Louise to the Avenue Brugmann / Brugmannlaan, whilst its larger eastern part includes campuses of Brussels' two leading ...
The south-eastern sides of the Place de Brouckère were razed in 1967–1971, at the same time as the two blocks delimited by the Place de la Monnaie/Muntplein, the Rue de l'Évêque / Bisschopsstraat, the Rue de Laeken / Lakensestraat, the Rue des Augustins / Augustijnenstraat and the Rue du Fossé aux Loups / Wolvengracht, to make room for the modernist Monnaie Center by the architects ...