''</small> | <small>''{{lang|nl|Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest}}''</small>}}
| native_name         = {{unbulleted list| <small>''{{lang|fr|Bruxelles}}''</small> |<small> ''{{lang|nl|Brussel}}''</small>}}
| settlement_type     = [[Regions o Belgium|Region o Belgium]]
| image_skyline       = TE-Collage Brussels.png
| imagesize           = 250px
| image_caption       = A [[collage]] wi several views o Brussels, Tap: View o the [[Northren Quarter (Brussels)|Northren Quarter]] business destrict, 2nt left: Floral carpet event in the [[Grand Place]], 2nt richt: [[Brussels Ceety Haw]] an [[Mont des Arts]] aurie, 3rd: [[Cinquantenaire]] Pairk, 4t left: [[Manneken Pis]], 4t middle: [[St. Michael an St. Gudula Cathedral]], 4t richt: [[Congress Column]], Bottom: [[Ryal Palace o Brussels]]
| image_flag          = Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region.svg
| flag_size           = 125px
| flag_link           = Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region
| image_blank_emblem  =
| blank_emblem_type   = 
| nickname            = Caipital o Europe<ref>{{cite web|title=Brussels |url=http://www.city-data.com/world-cities/Brussels-Introduction.html |publisher=City-Data.com |accessdate=10 January 2008}}</ref> Comic ceety<ref name="Comic">{{cite news|last=Herbez |first=Ariel |title=Bruxelles, capitale de la BD |url=http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/73a8ca52-4c90-11de-8192-71ce8207b7fa |accessdate=28 May 2010 |newspaper=Le Temps |date=30 May 2009 |location=Switzerland |language=French |quote=Plus que jamais, Bruxelles mérite son statut de capitale de la bande dessinée. }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cheap flights to Brussels|url=http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/brussels|publisher=Easyjet|accessdate=1 June 2010|archive-date=2013-07-09|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6HyZXezge?url=http://www.easyjet.com/en/cheap-flights/belgium/brussels|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| coordinates         = {{coord|50|51|N|4|21|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Belgium#Europe
| subdivision_type    = Kintra
| subdivision_name    = [[Belgium]]
| established_title   = Settled
| established_date    = {{circa}} 580
| established_title1  = Foondit
| established_date1   = 979
| established_title2  = [[Commonties, regions an leid auries o Belgium#Regions|Region]]
| established_date2   = 18 June 1989
| seat_type           =
| seat                =
| parts_type          = [[Leet o municipalities o the Brussels-Caipital Region|Municipalities]]
| parts_style         = coll
| p1  = [[Anderlecht]]
| leader_title        = Executive
| leader_name         = [[Govrenment o the Brussels-Caipital Region]]
| leader_title1       = Govrening&nbsp;parties <small>(2014–19)</small>
| leader_name1        = [[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]], [[Fédéralistes Démocrates Francophones|FDF]], [[cdH]]; [[Open Vld]], [[sp.a]], [[CD&V]]
| total_type          = Region/Ceety
| area_magnitude      =
| area_total_km2      = 161.38
| area_total_sq_mi    = 62.2
| elevation_footnotes      =
| elevation_m              = 13
| elevation_ft             = 43
| population_total                = 1,208,542
| population_as_of                = 1 Januar 2019
| population_footnotes            = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statistics.brussels/files/figures/1.6_population_projections.xls |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-06-16 |archive-date=2020-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727051317/http://statistics.brussels/files/figures/1.6_population_projections.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_density_km2          = 7442
| population_density_sq_mi        = 
| population_urban                = 
| population_metro                = 2,500,000
| population_blank1_title  =
| population_blank1        =
| postal_code_type         = [[ISO 3166-2:BE|ISO 3166]]
| postal_code              = BE-BRU
| website = [http://be.brussels/brussels?set_language=en be.brussels]
| footnotes                =
| p2  = [[Auderghem|Auderghem / Oudergem]]
| p3  = [[Sint-Agatha-Berchem|Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem]]
| p4  = [[Ceety o Brussels]]
| p5  = [[Etterbeek]]
| p6  = [[Evere]]
| p7  = [[Forest, Belgium|Forest / Vorst]]
| p8  = [[Ganshoren]]
| p9  = [[Ixelles|Ixelles / Elsene]]
| p10 = [[Jette]]
| p11 = [[Koekelberg]]
| p12 = [[Sint-Jans-Molenbeek|Molenbeek-Saint-Jean / Sint-Jans-Molenbeek]]
| p13 = [[Saint-Gilles, Belgium|Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis]]
| p14 = [[Saint-Josse-ten-Noode|Saint-Josse-ten-Noode / Sint-Joost-ten-Node]]
| p15 = [[Schaerbeek|Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek]]
| p16 = [[Uccle|Uccle / Ukkel]]
| p17 = [[Watermael-Boitsfort|Watermael-Boitsfort / Watermaal-Bosvoorde]]
| p18 = [[Woluwe-Saint-Lambert|Woluwe-Saint-Lambert / Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe]]
| p19 = [[Woluwe-Saint-Pierre|Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe]]
| leader_title2       = [[Minister-Preses o the Brussels-Caipital Region|Meenister-Preses]]
| leader_name2        = [[Rudi Vervoort]] (PS)
| leader_title3       = Legislatur
| leader_name3        = [[Pairlament o the Brussels-Caipital Region]]
| leader_title4       = Speaker
| leader_name4        = [[Charles Picqué]] (PS)
| leader_title5       = [[Govrenor o the Brussels-Caipital Region|Govrenor]]
| leader_name5        = [[Jean Clément]] (actin)
| timezone                 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset               = +1
| timezone_DST             = [[Central European Simmer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST           = +2
}}
'''Brussels''' ({{lang-fr|Bruxelles}}, pronoonced {{IPA-fr|bʁysɛl||Fr-Bruxelles.ogg|}}; {{lang-nl|Brussel}}, pronoonced {{IPA-nl|ˈbrʏsəl||Nl-Brussel.ogg}})<!---DO NOT CHANGE THE ORDER HERE WITHOUT A CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE--->, offeecially the '''Brussels Region''' or '''Brussels-Caipital Region'''<ref name="Belgian Constitution">{{cite web |title=The Belgian Constitution (English version) |url=http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/grondwetEN.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Belgian House of Representatives |date=January 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-05 |quote=Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region an the '''Brussels Region'''. Article 4: Belgium comprises fower linguistic regions: the Dutch-speakin region, the French speakin region, the bilingual region o '''Brussels-Caipital''' an the German-speakin region. |archive-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706134014/http://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/grondwetEN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="CIRB-creation">{{cite web |title=Brussels-Capital Region: Creation |url=http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/region/region_de_bruxelles-capitale/creation.shtml |publisher=''Centre d'Informatique pour la Région Bruxelloise'' (Brussels Regional Informatics Center) |year=2009 |accessdate=2009-06-05 |quote=Since 18 June 1989, the date o the first regional elections, the '''Brussels-Caipital Region''' haes been an autonomous region comparable tae the Flemish an Walloon Regions. |archive-date=2009-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429213057/http://www.bruxelles.irisnet.be/en/region/region_de_bruxelles-capitale/creation.shtml |url-status=dead }} (Aw text an aw but ane graphic show the Inglis name as '''Brussels-Caipital Region'''.)</ref> ({{lang-fr|Région de Bruxelles-Capitale}}, [[Dutch leid|Dutch]]: {{Audio|Nl-Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.ogg|''Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest''}}), is the ''[[de facto]]'' [[caipital ceety]] o the [[European Union]] (EU) an the lairgest [[urban aurie]] in [[Belgium]].<ref name="EU capital talk">It is the ''[[de facto]]'' ceety as it hosts aw major political institutions—though Parliament formally votes in Strasbourg, maist poleetical wirk is carried oot in Brussels—an as such is considered the caipital bi definition. Housomeivver, it shoud be notit that it is no formally declared in that leid, though its position is spelled oot in the Treaty o Amsterdam. See [[#European Union|the section dedicatit tae this issue]].</ref><ref name="Demey">{{cite book|last= Demey |first= Thierry |others= S. Strange (trans.) |title= Brussels, capital of Europe |year= 2007 |publisher= Badeaux |location= Brussels |isbn= 2-9600414-2-9}}</ref> It comprises [[Brussels#Municipalities|19 municipalities]], includin the [[Ceety o Brussels|City of Brussels]] proper, which is the constitutional caipital o Belgium, the seat o the [[French Community o Belgium]] an o the [[Flemish Community]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brussels.org/ |title=Welcome to Brussels |publisher=Brussels.org |date= |accessdate=2009-07-05}}</ref>