Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital

Infobox Belgium Arrondissement
name=Brussels-Capital


map-
Belgium
region=BE-REG-BRU
province=none (extraprovincial)
area=161.38
population=1,018,804
population-date=01/01/2006
municipalities=19

The Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital ( _fr. Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale; _nl. Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad; _de. Verwaltungsbezirk Brüssel-Hauptstadt) is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. Because it is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels Region, its territory coincides with that of the latter.

The arrondissement is not a part of any province because the Brussels-Capital Region is extraprovincial, meaning it is not a province, neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any. However, it is the only Belgian arrondissement that is headed by a Governor and a Vice-Governor.

The Brussels-Capital Region is divided into 19 municipalities, of which the City of Brussels is the largest and most populous. See the list of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Governor and Vice-Governor

The Governor exercises most of the few remaining powers elsewhere exercised by a provincial governor, particularly in the field of public order, as far as no (federal) law, (regional) decree, ordonnance or decision states otherwise. [ [http://www.weblex.irisnet.be/data/arccc%5CDoc%5C1997-98%5C100142%5Cimages.pdf Proposal for an ordonnance, stating the Governor's powers for the "arrondissement Brussels"] , the latter should be seen as the part of the arrondissement Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde that is not part of the Flemish Brabant province.] The Governor is appointed by the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers. The regional government also appoints the Vice-Governor, who must have a considerable knowledge of both the French and the Dutch language and who must ensure that the legislation regarding the use of languages is observed in Brussels. [cite web
url=http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/pri/fiche/28E.pdf
title=Factsheet on the Provinces
publisher=The Belgian Chamber of Representatives
accessdate=2007-06-22]

Governors

* January 1995 - April 1998: André Degroeve (PS)
* May - December 1998: Raymonde Dury (PS)
* December 1998 - present: Véronique Paulus de Châtelet (PS)

Vice-Governors

* 1995 - present: Hugo Nys

ee also

* Brussels-Capital Region

References