Brussels

Brussels (, pronoonced ; , pronoonced ), offeecially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Caipital Region (Aw text an aw but ane graphic show the Inglis name as Brussels-Caipital Region.) (, Dutch: ), is the de facto caipital ceety o the European Union (EU) an the lairgest urban aurie in Belgium.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 the section dedicatit tae this issue. It comprises 19 municipalities, includin the City of Brussels proper, which is the constitutional caipital o Belgium, the seat o the French Community o Belgium an o the Flemish Community.

Syne the end o the Seicont Warld War, Brussels haes been a main centre for internaitional politics. Hostin principal EU institutions as well as the heidquarters o the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the ceety haes become the polyglot hame o numerous internaitional organisations, politeecians, diplomats an ceevil servants.

Municipalities




















  The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region Anderlecht
Auderghem/Oudergem
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe/Sint-Agatha-Berchem
Ceety o Brussels
Etterbeek
Evere
Forest/Vorst
Ganshoren
Ixelles/Elsene
Jette
Koekelberg
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node
Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek
Uccle/Ukkel
Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe

The 19 municipalities (communes) o the Brussels-Caipital Region are poleetical subdiveesions wi individual responsibilities for the handlin o local level duties, such as law enforcement an the upkeep o schuils an roads athin its borders. Municipal admieenistration is an aa conductit bi a mayor, a cooncil, an an executive.

In 1831, Belgium wis dividit intae 2,739 municipalities, includin the 19 in the Brussels-Caipital Region. Unlike maist o the municipalities in Belgium, the anes locatit in the Brussels-Caipital Region wur no merged wi ithers durin mergers occurrin in 1964, 1970, an 1975. Housomeivver, several municipalities ootside o the Brussels-Caipital Region hae been merged wi the Ceety o Brussels throughoot its history includin Laeken, Haren, an Neder-Over-Heembeek, which wur merged intae the Ceety o Brussels in 1921.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Brussels is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
 Akhisar, Turkey
 Atlanta, Unitit States
 Beijing,  Cheenae (syne 1994)
 Berlin, Germany
 Breda, Netherlands
 Kiev, Ukraine
 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic o the Congo
 Ljubljana, Slovenie Macau, Cheenae
 Madrid, Spain
 Montreal, Canadae 
 Moscow, Roushiea
 Prague, Czech Republic
 Sofia, Bulgarie
 Tirana, Albanie
 Washington, D.C., Unitit States

References


Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:NUTS 1 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:Regions o Belgium
Category:Regions o Europe wi multiple offeecial leids
Category:European Caipitals o Cultur

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