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