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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 ...
Population density of Europe. Brussels is located between the largest urban centres. Brussels is located in one of the most urbanised regions of Europe, between Paris, London, the Rhine-Ruhr (Germany), and the Randstad (Netherlands). The Brussels-Capital Region has a population of around 1.2 million and has witnessed, in recent years, a ...
The original Brusselization was the type of urban regeneration performed by Brussels in connection with the 1958 Brussels World's Fair . In order to prepare the city for Expo 58, buildings were torn down without regard either to their architectural or historical importance, [ 10 ] high-capacity square office or apartment buildings were built ...
A total of 37.5% of Brussels residents are of non-European origin as of 2023, according to Statistics Belgium. [14] In 2020, among those aged under 18, 83,9% had at least one parent of non-Belgian origin and of those 60,1% of non-European origin (including 37% of African origin). [13]
Building at rue de la Charité / Liefdadigheidstraat 33 in Brussels, where Bruegel has been located since 2005 Bruegel is a think tank devoted to policy research on economic issues. Based in Brussels , it launched its operations in 2005 and currently conducts research in five different focus areas with the aim of improving economic debate and ...
Brussels agglomeration. The Brussels metropolitan area (French: Région métropolitaine de Bruxelles; Dutch: Stedelijk gebied van Brussel) is the metropolitan area of Brussels. The metropolitan area covers three regions with an area of 3,377 km 2 (1,304 sq mi). The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Brussels, Leuven and ...
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 ...
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.