Brussels-Capital Region

The Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: Région Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium.

History

The Region was created in 1989.

Demographics

On January 1, 2003, the region had a population of 992,041 for 161.382 km² which gives a population density of 6,309 inhabitants per km².

Institutions

Because of how the federalisation was handled in Belgium, the public institutions in Brussels offer a bewildering complexity. One distinguishes:

• 19 local, municipal authorities
• 6 inter-municipal policing zones
• 1 territorial administration level for the region; this administration level also assumes 99% of the responsibilities of the region
• 2 community-specific public authorities, VGC or Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie for the Flemings in Brussels, and the COCOF (or Commission communautaire française)
• 1 bi-communitarian public authority, Gezamelijke Gemeenschapscommissie, in charge of certain cultural institutions of 'national, Belgian interest'.

See also

• Brussels (e.g. for knowing the history and linguistic history of Brussels, or for more external links)
• The City of Brussels
• Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

External links

• Brussels Capital-Region official web site (http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/)
• The Brussels Entreprise Agency (http://www.abe.irisnet.be/)

Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium
Communities: French Community of Belgium | Flemish Community in Belgium | German speaking community in Belgium
Regions and provinces:
Flanders: Antwerp | East Flanders | Flemish Brabant | Limburg | West Flanders
Wallonia: Hainaut | Liège | Luxembourg | Namur | Walloon Brabant
Brussels-Capital Region