List of municipalities of the Brussels Capital-Region

List of municipalities of the Brussels Capital-Region

Image label|x=0.24|y=0.55|scale=300|text=1 Image label|x=0.8|y=0.67|scale=300|text="'2 Image label|x=0.2|y=0.33|scale=300|text=3 Image label|x=0.48|y=0.2|scale=300|text=4 Image label|x=0.56|y=0.725|scale=300|text=4 Image label|x=0.63|y=0.56|scale=300|text=5 Image label|x=0.685|y=0.3|scale=300|text="'6 Image label|x=0.328|y=0.67|scale=300|text=7 Image label|x=0.25|y=0.27|scale=300|text=8 Image label|x=0.475|y=0.64|scale=300|text=9 Image label|x=0.56|y=0.618|scale=300|text=9 Image label|x=0.28|y=0.2|scale=300|text=10 Image label|x=0.289|y=0.345|scale=300|text=11 Image label|x=0.284|y=0.41|scale=300|text=12 Image label|x=0.41|y=0.585|scale=300|text=13 Image label|x=0.518|y=0.424|scale=300|text=14 Image label|x=0.584|y=0.36|scale=300|text=15 Image label|x=0.472|y=0.86|scale=300|text=16 Image label|x=0.75|y=0.84|scale=300|text=17 Image label|x=0.76|y=0.446|scale=300|text=18 Image label|x=0.84|y=0.568|scale=300|text=19 Image label endThe 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region.cite web|url=http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/region/region_de_bruxelles-capitale/communes.shtml|title=Communes|date=2004|publisher=Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise |accessdate=2008-08-04] 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.cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/10/43/1902434.pdf|title=Managing across levels of government|date=1997|publisher=OECD|pages=107, 110|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-08-05] Municipal administration is also conducted by a mayor, a council, and an executive.

In 1831, Belgium was divided into 2,739 municipalities, including the 19 in the Brussels-Capital Region (which was yet to be established).cite web|url=http://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/bel/_places/bel_places.html|title=Municipalities (1795-now)|last=Picavet|first=Georges|date=29 April 2003|publisher=Georges Picavet|accessdate=2008-08-04] Unlike most of the municipalities in Belgium, the ones located in the Brussels-Capital Region were not merged with others during mergers occuring in 1964, 1970, and 1975. 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.cite web|url=http://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/bel/2bru/index.html|title=Brussels Capital-Region|date=04 June 2005 |publisher=Georges Picavet |accessdate=2008-08-04]

The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering convert|32.6|km2|sqmi|1 with 145,917 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 18,541 inhabitants, while the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode which is only convert|1.1|km2|sqmi|1. Despite being the smallest municipality, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode has the highest population density of the 19 with 20,822 inhabitants per km².

List

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.

See also

* List of municipalities of the Flemish Region
* List of municipalities in Wallonia
* Municipalities with language facilities

Notes

*note label|Note1|a|2 _en. City of Brussels

References

External links

* [http://www.brussel.irisnet.be/ Site of Brussels Capital Region]
* [http://www.ilotsacre.be/site/gemeenten19communes.htm Interactive map of the 19 Municipalities (communes) of the Brussels-Capital Region]


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