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Brussels

Also known as 02, Bru, BXL, Brussels City, Brussels, Belgium, Brussel, Ville de Bruxelles, Brussels (municipality)

municipality and capital city of Belgium

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Brussels is the capital city of Belgium and serves as its largest municipality. It matters as the political and administrative center of Belgium and is also home to major institutions of the European Union, making it a significant hub for European governance and decision-making.

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Official name: Stad Brussel
Demonym: brussel·leses
Population: 195546
Area: 33.08
Elevation: 70
Official website: www.brucity.be
Image: Brussels view from Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium (cropped).jpg
Dialing code: 02

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Commons category: Brussels (municipality)
postal code: 1130
native label: Brussele
time of earliest written record: 0966-00-00
annual number of weddings: 693
short name: Bru
P8168: Strambino
social media followers: 17671
P11012: Italy
phone number: +32-2-279-22-11
P12674: Baengma Station
P13200: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
external data available at URL: opendata.brussels.be
Commons gallery: Bruxelles – Brussel
inception: 1795-10-01

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The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region (from which it is separate), and Belgium. 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 Quarter.

Besides the central historic town located within the Pentagon, the City of Brussels covers some of the city's immediate outskirts within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely the former municipalities of Haren, Laeken, and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, as well as the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan and the Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos park to the south-east, where it borders municipalities in Flanders.