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Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced ⓘ or ⓘ; Dutch: Brussel ⓘ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region [12] [13] (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; [a] Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), [b] is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. [14] The Brussels ...
The City of Brussels [a] is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of 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 EU institutions in its European ...
Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a country in Northwestern Europe. ... The Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual in French and Dutch, ...
List of cities in Belgium. This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law. In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, and Brussels. [1]
At first, only one, Tongeren capital of the Tungri, was in modern Belgium. Later, the capital of the Menapii was moved from Cassel in modern France to Tournai in Belgium. The Nervian capital was in the south of the territory in modern France, at Bavay, and later moved to Cambrai. Trier, the capital of the Treveri, is today in Germany.
20.93 hectares (51.7 acres) The Grand-Place (French: [ɡʁɑ̃ plas]; "Grand Square"; also used in English [a]) or Grote Markt (Dutch: [ˌɣroːtə ˈmɑr (ə)kt] ⓘ; "Big Market") is the central square of Brussels, Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices; the city's ...
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 capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds.