Brussels-Capital Region

The Brussels-Capital Region (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale in French, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest in Dutch, Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt in German) or Brussels Region (Région Bruxelloise in French, Brusselse Gewest in Dutch) is one of the three regions of Belgium.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Demographics 3 Institutions 4 Related articles 5 External links

History

The Region was created in 1989.

Demographics

On January 1, 2003, the region had a population of 992,041 for 161.382 km² which gives a population density of 6,309 inhabitants per km².

Institutions

Because of how the federalisation was handled in Belgium, the public institutions in Brussels offer a bewildering complexity. One distinguishes:

• 19 local, municipal authorities
• 6 inter-municipal policing zones
• 1 territorial administration level for the region; this administration level also assumes 99% of the responsibilities of the region
• 2 community-specific public authorities, VGC or Vlaamse GemeenschapsCommissie for the Flemings in Brussels, and the COCOF (or Commission communautaire française)
• 1 bi-communitarian public authority, Gezamelijke Gemeenschapscommissie, in charge of certain cultural institutions of 'national, Belgian interest'.

• Brussels (e.g. for knowing the history and linguistic history of Brussels)
• The City of Brussels
• Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

• Brussels Capital-Region official web site
• The Brussels Entreprise Agency