List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

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The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region[1][2] (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest) are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region.[3] The government of each municipality is responsible for the handling of local level duties, such as law enforcement and the upkeep of schools and roads within its borders.[4] Municipal administration is also conducted by a mayor, a council, and an executive.[4]

In 1831, Belgium was divided into 2,739 municipalities, including the 19 in the Brussels-Capital Region (which at that time did not exist).[5] Unlike most of the municipalities in Belgium, the ones located in the Brussels-Capital Region were not merged with others during mergers occurring in 1964, 1970, and 1975.[5] However, several municipalities outside of the Brussels-Capital Region have been merged with the City of Brussels throughout its history including Laken, Haren, and Neder-Over-Heembeek, which were merged into the City of Brussels in 1921.[6]

The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi) with 176,545 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,609 inhabitants, and the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, which is only 1.1 square kilometres (0.4 sq mi) and also has the highest population density of the 19 with 24,650 inhabitants per km². Watermael-Boitsfort has the lowest population density, at 1,928 per km².

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The names of the municipalities are given in the two official languages of the Brussels-Capital Region: French and Dutch. The numbers in the "#" row refer to the map above.

French name Dutch name Flag CoA post
code 		Population
(1/1/2017) 		Area Population density
(km²) 		Ref.
1 Anderlecht Anderlecht Flag of Anderlecht.svg Anderlecht.jpg 1070 118,241 17.717.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi) 6,680 [7]
2 Auderghem Oudergem Drapeau Auderghem.svg Auderghem.jpg 1160 33,313 09.09.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi) 3,701 [8]
3 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe Sint-Agatha-Berchem Flag of Sint-Agatha-Berchem.svg Blason Berchem-Sainte-Agathe.svg 1082 24,701 02.92.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) 8,518 [9]
4 Ville de Bruxelles* Stad Brussel* Drapeau ville de Bruxelles.png Coat of Arms of Brussels.svg 1000
1020
1030
1040
1050
1120
1130 		176,545 32.632.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) 5,415 [10]
5 Etterbeek Etterbeek Flag of Etterbeek.svg Etterbeek.jpg 1040 47,414 03.13.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) 15,295 [11]
6 Evere Evere Flag of Evere.svg Everewapen.gif 1140 40,394 05.05.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 8,079 [12]
7 Forest Vorst Flag of Vorst.svg Armoiries Forest.png 1190 55,746 06.26.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 8,991 [13]
8 Ganshoren Ganshoren Flag of Ganshoren.svg Ganshorenwapen.gif 1083 24,596 02.52.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 9,838 [14]
9 Ixelles Elsene Flag of Elsene.svg Armoiries Ixelles.png 1050 86,244 06.36.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 13,690 [15]
10 Jette Jette Flag of Jette.svg Armoiries Jette.png 1090 51,933 05.05.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 10,387 [16]
11 Koekelberg Koekelberg Flag of Koekelberg.svg Koekelberg arms.GIF 1081 21,609 01.21.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) 18,008 [17]
12 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Flag of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.png Coat of arms of Saint-Jean-de-Molenbeek.jpg 1080 96,629 05.95.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) 16,378 [18]
13 Saint-Gilles Sint-Gillis Flag of Saint-Gilles-lez-Bruxelles.svg Stgilliswapen.gif 1060 50,471 02.52.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 20,188 [19]
14 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Sint-Joost-ten-Node Flag of Sint-Josse-ten-Noode.svg Stjoostwapen.gif 1210 27,115 01.11.1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) 24,650 [20]
15 Schaerbeek Schaarbeek Flag of Koekelberg.svg Blason Schaerbeek.svg 1030 133,042 08.18.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi) 16,425 [21]
16 Uccle Ukkel Flag of Uccle.svg Uccle Blason.png 1180 82,307 22.922.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi) 3,594 [22]
17 Watermael-Boitsfort Watermaal-Bosvoorde Flag of Watermael-Boitsfort.svg Watermaalbosvoordewapen.gif 1170 24,871 12.912.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi) 1,928 [23]
18 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe Bandera Woluwe St Lambert.svg Stlambrechtswoluwewapen.gif 1200 55,216 07.27.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) 7,669 [24]
19 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Sint-Pieters-Woluwe Flag of Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.svg Greater Coat of arms Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.svg 1150 41,217 08.98.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) 4,631 [25]

* — English: “City of Brussels”/“Brussels-City”

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References[]

  1. ^ "The Belgian Constitution (English version)" (PDF). Belgian House of Representatives. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-06-05. Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels Region. Article 4: Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the French speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the German-speaking region.
  2. ^ "Brussels-Capital Region: Creation". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05. Since 18 June 1989, the date of the first regional elections, the Brussels-Capital Region has been an autonomous region comparable to the Flemish and Walloon Regions. (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.)
  3. ^ "Communes of the Brussels-Capital Region". Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise (Brussels Regional Informatics Center). 2009. Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Managing across levels of government" (PDF). OECD. 1997. pp. 107, 110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Picavet, Georges (29 April 2003). "Municipalities (1795-now)". Georges Picavet. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  6. ^ "Brussels Capital-Region". Georges Picavet. 4 June 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  7. ^ "Anderlecht". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  8. ^ "Auderghem/Oudergem". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  9. ^ "Berchem-Sainte-Agathe/Sint-Agatha-Berchem". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  10. ^ "City of Brussels". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  11. ^ "Etterbeek". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  12. ^ "Evere". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  13. ^ "Forest/Vorst". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  14. ^ "Ganshoren". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  15. ^ "Ixelles/Elsene". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  16. ^ "Jette". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  17. ^ "Koekelberg". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  18. ^ "Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  19. ^ "Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  20. ^ "Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  21. ^ "Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  22. ^ "Uccle". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  23. ^ "Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  24. ^ "Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  25. ^ "Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe". CIBG. 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.

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