Ixelles (French) Elsene (Dutch)
Geography
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community Flemish Community
Region	Brussels-Capital Region
Arrondissement	Brussels
Coordinates	50°50′N 04°22′E / 50.833, 4.367Coordinates: 50°50′N 04°22′E / 50.833, 4.367
Area	6.34 km²
Population (Source: NIS)
Population – Males – Females - Density	77,511 (01/01/2006) 48.68% 51.32% 12217 inhab./km²
Age distribution 0–19 years 20–64 years 65+ years	(01/01/2006) 17.07% 70.99% 11.95%
Foreigners	39.02% (01/07/2005)
Economy
Unemployment rate	18.9% (01/01/2006)
Mean annual income	11,196 €/pers. (2003)
Government
Mayor	Willy Decourty (LB)
Governing parties	MR, LB
Other information
Postal codes	1050
Area codes	02
Web address	www.ixelles.be

Elsene (Dutch) or Ixelles (French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 521 pixelsFull resolution (2377 × 1549 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links RedDot. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ixelles with the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium (from French Wikipedia) File links The following pages link to this file: Ixelles Categories: Public domain images ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Belgium is a federal state and is composed of three communities, three regions, and four linguistic regions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wallonia. ... The French Community area of Belgium The French Community of Belgium (French: , Dutch: , German: ) is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Flanders. ... the Flemish community has jurisdiction over Flanders and over the Dutch language institutions in Brussels. ... Belgium is a federal state and is composed of three communities, three regions, and four linguistic regions. ... Image File history File links Flag_Belgium_brussels. ... The Brussels-Capital Region (French: R gion de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Br ssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: R gion Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium. ... This is a list of Belgian administrative arrondissements or districts. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Statistics Belgium is the main official statistical institution in Belgian offering a large choice of figures. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This distribution is named for the pyramidal shape of its graph. ... Map of the world with countries colored according to their immigrant population as a percentage of total population: Immigration is the movement of people from one nation-state to another. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A coalition is an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... The Mouvement Réformateur (MR) is a Belgian French-speaking liberal party, favoring a united Belgium. ... This is a list of postal codes for Belgium. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... The Brussels-Capital Region (French: R gion de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Br ssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: R gion Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium. ...

Geography

Ixelles or Elsene is located in the south of Brussels and is divided into two parts by the Avenue Louise, which is part of the City of Brussels municipality. The smaller west part of the municipality includes Bailli Street (French: Rue du Bailli, Dutch: Baljuwstraat) and extends roughly from the Avenue Louise to the Avenue Brugmann (French: Avenue Brugmann, Dutch: Brugmannlaan). Nickname: Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: , Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Government  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area  - Region 162 km²  (62. ... Avenue Louise (in Dutch: Louizalaan) is one of the most important thoroughfares of Brussels. ... The City of Brussels (Bruxelles-Ville or Ville de Bruxelles in French, Stad Brussel in Dutch) is one of the municipalities (the largest one) of the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. ...

The larger east part of the municipality includes the sites of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and the Eugène Flagey square. The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. ... The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is a Flemish university situated in Brussels, Belgium. ... Flagey Square, the former Maison de la Radio Eugène Flagey Square (in French: Place Eugène Flagey, in Dutch: Flageyplein, usually shortened to Flagey by locals), is a square in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles. ...

The Bois de la Cambre (French) or Ter Kamerenbos (Dutch) is located just south of Ixelles. The Bois de la Cambre (Dutch: Ter Kamerenbos) is a 123-hectare urban park on the edge of the Forest of Soignes in Brussels, Belgium. ... The Bois de la Cambre (Dutch: Ter Kamerenbos) is a 123-hectare urban park on the edge of the Forest of Soignes in Brussels, Belgium. ...

Matongé

Ixelles is known throughout Belgium for its high population of people of African origins. This population is mainly concentrated in the environs of Porte de Namur intersection, renamed popularly as Matongé or Matongué after the marketplace and the commercial district with the same name in Kalamu, Kinshasa. The core of Matongé was formed in late 1950s by the foundation of Maisaf (Maison Africaine, "African House") which served as a centre for university students from the Belgian Congo. After the independence of Congo, the district faced an influx of immigrants from Congo who shaped the neighbourhood in a style to resemble the original Matongé. There are also communities from other African countries like Rwanda, Burundi, Mali, Cameroon, and Senegal present in the district. The famous shopping arcade Galerie d'Ixelles is located in the heart of Matongé. A political map showing national divisions in relation to deonte Shepard Club Of America Free burgers for new members the ecological break (Sub-Saharan Africa in green) A geographical map of Africa, showing the ecological break that defines the sub-Saharan area Sub-Saharan Africa is the term used to... Kalumu is a district in the province and capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa. ... Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville or, before 1960, also Leopoldstad) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto: Travail et Progres (Work and Progress) The Belgian Congo Capital Léopoldville/Leopoldstad Political structure Colony Governor  - 1908-1910 Baron Wahis  - 1946-1951 Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers  - 1958-1960 Henri Arthur Adolf Marie Christopher Cornelis History  - Established 15 November, 1908  - Congolese independence 30 June, 1960 The Belgian...

Matongé mural (reproduction of a painting by Chéri Samba) near Porte de Namur: a celebration of cultural diversity.

The district also attained notoriety from early 2000s with gang violence perpetrated by African gangs like Black Démolition. It was the scene of race riots in January 2001. Matongé, with its more recent immigrant communities from Latin America, Pakistan, and India along with African ones, is seen as a symbol of multiculturalism in Belgium. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ... Chéri Samba or Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi (born December 30, 1956 in Kinto M’Vuila) is a painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... The 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with gang. ... For other uses, see Gang (disambiguation). ... A race riot is any riot which occurs due to real or perceived inequality or oppression between members of different races. ... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a month starting on Monday with 31 days. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... The multicultural national representation of the countries of origin at the student union of San Francisco City College. ...

History

Medieval origins

The origins of the village of Ixelles date from the foundation of the Abbey of La Cambre (Dutch: Abdij ter Kameren) by a Benedictine nun in 1196. The abbey was located near the springs of the Maelbeek in the Sonian Forest, the remnant of which closest to Brussels became known as Bois de la Cambre (Ter Kamerenbos). The abbey was consecrated by the Bishop of Cambrai soon after its foundation. Boniface of Brussels and Alice of Schaarbeek were two of its most famous residents in the 13th century. For the college, see Benedictine College. ... Events Spring, London, popular uprising of the poor against the rich led by William Fitz Osbern. ... The Forest of Soignes or Sonian Forest (French: Forêt de Soignes, Dutch: Zoniënwoud) is a 43 km² forest on the southeast of Brussels, Belgium, which stretches out over the three regions of Belgium, the Brussels-Capital Region (38 %), the Flemish Region (56 %) and the Walloon Region (6 %). The... The Bois de la Cambre (Dutch: Ter Kamerenbos) is a 123-hectare urban park on the edge of the Forest of Soignes in Brussels, Belgium. ... The Archdiocese of Cambrai comprises the greater part of the département of Nord of France. ... Saint Boniface (Brussels, 1183–La Cambra, 1260 or 1265) was bishop of Lausanne from 1230 until 1239 when he resigned after being assaulted by agents of Frederick II. His feast day is 19 February. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ...

Ixelles town hall

Around 1300, during the reign of John II, Duke of Brabant, a hostel was built near the abbey to provide meals to the wood bearers working in the forest. Soon, a hamlet and a couple of chapels were built, including the Church of the Holy Cross (French: Sainte Croix, Dutch: Heilige Kruis), also dedicated by the Bishop of Cambrai in 1459. The area included several ponds, still visible today, that provided fish to the abbey and to the neighbouring hamlets. At that time, part of Ixelles was a dependence of Brussels; the other part was the property of the local lord. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1136 × 852 pixel, file size: 325 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ixelles town hall. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1136 × 852 pixel, file size: 325 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ixelles town hall. ... Events February 22 - Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII. March 10 - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of Englanddo (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. ... Jan II van Brabant (September 27, 1275 – October 27, 1312, Tervuren), also called John II, the Peaceful, was Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1294–1312). ... Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. ... Nickname: Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: , Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Government  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area  - Region 162 km²  (62. ...

Before the Revolution

In 1478, the wars between Louis XI of France and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor brought devastation to the abbey and the surrounding areas. In 1585, the Spanish burnt down most of the buildings to prevent them from being used as a refuge by the calvinists. The abbey was restored in time for the Joyous Entry of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella in 1599. Further manors and castles (Ermitage, Ten Bosch, Ixelles) were built in Ixelles in the 16th century, gradually transforming the hamlet into a full-fledged village. The purity of the pond water attracted breweries to the area, some of which survived well into the 20th century. Events February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. ... Louis XI the Prudent (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), or the Spider King, was King of France (1461–1483). ... Maximilian I of Habsburg (March 22, 1459 – January 12, 1519) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. ... 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Calvinism is a theological... The Joyous Entry (Blijde Inkomst in Dutch, Joyeuse Entrée in French), implying the peaceable entry of the Duke of Brabant into his city of Brussels—is the charter of liberties granted to the Duchy of Brabant following the death in 1355 of its Duke, Jan III; the document is... Albert and his wife Isabella Archduke Albert Ernst of Austria, Duke of Luxembourg etc (15 November 1559 – 13 July 1621) was appointed for the Spanish monarchy as Governor of the Low Countries in 1595, and from 1598 became joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces with his wife, Infanta Isabella Clara... Isabella Clara Eugenia, possibly around 1584 Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (Segovia 12 August 1566 – 1 December 1633) was Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria and the joint sovereign of the Seventeen Provinces. ... Year 1599 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

A municipality of its own

In 1795, like many of the other towns surrounding Brussels, Ixelles was proclaimed a municipality of its own by the French regime after the Revolution. The abbey was stripped of its religious functions, becoming among others a cotton-manufacturing plant, a farm, a military school, and a hospital. Many of the medieval gates of Brussels that lined what is now the inner ring road were taken down and more streets were built to accommodate the migration towards the suburbs. Ixelles' population grew nearly one-hundred-fold, from 677 in 1813 to more than 58,000 in 1900. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... Year 1813 (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ğ: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ...

Abbey of La Cambre – Abdij ter Kameren

Ixelles Cemetery

At the end of the 19th century, some of the ponds were drained and a new Church of the Holy Cross was built. The first streetcars appeared in 1884 and the first movie theatre in 1919. Ixelles and the Avenue Louise became one of the classy areas of Brussels. Artists and celebrities moved in, leading to architectural novelties such as Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 539 pixelsFull resolution (2430 × 1638 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 539 pixelsFull resolution (2430 × 1638 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 447 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1430 pixel, file size: 834 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Cimetière d’Ixelles (Bruxelles) Author: User:Ben2 Date of creation: 08 juillet 2006 Source: Photo personnelle File history Legend: (cur) = this is the... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 447 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1430 pixel, file size: 834 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Cimetière d’Ixelles (Bruxelles) Author: User:Ben2 Date of creation: 08 juillet 2006 Source: Photo personnelle File history Legend: (cur) = this is the... The Ixelles Cemetery (French: Cimetière dIxelles, Dutch: De Elsense begraafplaats), located in Ixelles in the southern part of Brussels, is one of major cemeteries in Belgium. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Vitebsk Railway Station one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture. ... Asheville City Hall. ...

Sights

• The buildings of the Abbey of la Cambre house a renowned school for the visual arts, the National Geographic Institute, and various parish functions.
• The Ixelles Ponds and Tenbosch Park offer a welcome green spot in the middle of the city.
• The Art Deco building on the Flagey square used to house the studios of the Belgian radio and television broadcasting companies (RTBF and VRT). The Résidence de la Cambre is another notable Art Deco building.
• Several Art Nouveau houses were built by Victor Horta and can still be seen today.
• The Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) both have their campuses in Ixelles – Elsene.
• The Ixelles Cemetery is one of the most important cemeteries in the country as it contains the graves of a number of famous Belgian personalities. The French General Georges Boulanger committed suicide here, on the tomb of his mistress, who had died a couple of months earlier.
• Ixelles also houses several interesting churches and museums, including a fine-arts museum and the Constantin Meunier museum, established in the residence where the artist lived part of his life.

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Events

• Several fairs are organized in Ixelles, including the Spring Fair on the Flagey square, which takes place between the fourth and sixth Sunday after Easter, and the Boondael Fair at the end of July.

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Famous inhabitants

Constantin Meunier

The following people were born in Ixelles: Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (692 × 924 pixel, file size: 100 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Permission Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 449 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (692 × 924 pixel, file size: 100 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Permission Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ... Constantin Meunier (1831 - April 4, 1905), Belgian painter and sculptor, was born at Etterbeek, Brussels. ...

• Camille Lemonnier, writer and poet (1844-1913)
• Paul Saintenoy, architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer (1862-1952)
• Paul Hymans, politician and former president of the League of Nations (1865-1941)
• Emile Vandervelde, statesman (1866-1938)
• Auguste Perret, architect (1874-1954)
• Jacques Feyder, screenwriter and film director (1885-1948)
• Michel de Ghelderode, avant-garde dramatist (1898-1962)
• Leo Joseph Suenens, cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church (1904-1996)
• Agnes Varda, film director (b. 1928)
• Audrey Hepburn, actress, fashion model, and humanitarian (1929-1993)
• Michel Regnier a.k.a. Greg, comic-book writer and artist (1931-1999)
• Jaco Van Dormael, screenwriter and film director (b. 1957)
• Natacha Régnier, actress (b. 1974)

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• Antoine Wiertz, painter and sculptor (1806-1865)
• Maria Malibran, mezzo-soprano (1808-1836)
• Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, anarchist thinker (1809-1865)
• Karl Marx, philosopher, political economist, and social revolutionary (1818-1883)
• Charles de Coster, novelist (1827-1879)
• Elisée Reclus, geographer and anarchist (1830-1905)
• Constantin Meunier, painter and sculptor (1831-1905)
• Jean-Baptiste Moens, philatelist and stamp dealer (1833-1908)
• Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, writer, (1834-1878)
• Ernest Solvay, chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist (1838-1922)
• Auguste Rodin, sculptor (1840-1917)
• Octave Maus, art critic, writer, and lawyer (1856-1919)
• Neel Doff, writer (1858-1942)
• August de Boeck, composer, organist, and music pedagogue (1865-1937)
• Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and first head of Soviet Russia (1870-1924)
• Henri Michaux, poet, writer, and painter (1899-1984)
• Barbara, singer (1930-1997)
• Amélie Nothomb, writer (b. 1967)

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Twin cities

•  France: Biarritz
•  Palestinian Authority: Zababdeh

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Biarritz (French: Biarritz, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan: Biàrritz; Basque: Miarritze) is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Palestine. ... Anthem: Biladi Capital Ramallah and Gaza de facto, as the current location of government institutions. ... Zababdeh (Arabic: ) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 15km southeast of Jenin and 2km from the Arab American University of Jenin. ...

See also

• Ixelles Cemetery
• Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

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Ixelles

The Ixelles Cemetery (French: Cimetière dIxelles, Dutch: De Elsense begraafplaats), located in Ixelles in the southern part of Brussels, is one of major cemeteries in Belgium. ... The Brussels-Capital Region is divided into 19 municipalities: Seven municipalities have only one official name which are usable in Dutch and French although the name is Ducth; the other twelve officially have both a Dutch and a French name. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

External links

• Official site of Elsene / Ixelles municipality (only in French or Dutch)

	Municipalities in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium
Anderlecht | Auderghem / Oudergem | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem | Bruxelles-Ville / Stad Brussel | 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
Authorities
Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region | Brussels Parliament | Governor of Brussels-Capital

fi.Ixelles Image File history File links Flag_Belgium_brussels. ... Belgium comprises 589 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten, French: communes, German: Gemeinde) grouped into five provinces in each of two regions and into a third region, the Brussels-Capital Region, comprising 19 municipalities that do not belong to a province. ... The Brussels-Capital Region (French: R gion de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, German: Region Br ssel-Hauptstadt) or Brussels Region (French: R gion Bruxelloise, Dutch: Brusselse Gewest) is one of the three regions of Belgium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium. ... Anderlecht municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region Anderlecht coat of arms Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Auderghem within the Brussels-Capital Region Auderghem (French) or Oudergem (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem within the Brussels-Capital Region Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (French) or Sint-Agatha-Berchem (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... The City of Brussels (Bruxelles-Ville or Ville de Bruxelles in French, Stad Brussel in Dutch) is one of the municipalities (the largest one) of the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. ... Etterbeek within the Brussels-Capital Region Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Evere within the Brussels-Capital Region Evere is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Forest within the Brussels-Capital Region Forest (French) or Vorst (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Ganshoren within the Brussels-Capital Region Ganshoren is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Jette within the Brussels-Capital Region Jette is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Koekelberg within the Brussels-Capital Region Koekelberg is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Molenbeek-Saint-Jean/Sint-Jans-Molenbeek within the Brussels-Capital Region Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (French) or Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Saint-Gilles within the Brussels-Capital Region Saint-Gilles (French) or Sint-Gillis (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Saint-Josse-ten-Noode/Sint-Joost-ten-Node within the Brussels-Capital Region Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (French) or Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Schaerbeek within the Brussels-Capital Region Schaerbeek (French, in fact old Dutch) or Schaarbeek (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Uccle/Ukkel within the Brussels-Capital Region Uccle (French) or Ukkel (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde within the Brussels-Capital Region Watermael-Boitsfort (French) or Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. ... Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (French) or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... Woluwe-Saint-Pierre/Sint-Pieters-Woluwe within the Brussels-Capital Region Sint-Pieters-Woluwe (Dutch) or Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ... The regional government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, is headed by a Minister-President which acts as the prime minister of this regional government. ... The Council of the Region of Brussels-Capital, or Brussels Regional Parliament (French: Conseil de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale or Parlement Bruxellois, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Parlement or Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Raad), is the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... The Governor of Brussels-Capital (French: Gouverneur de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Gouverneur van Brussel-Hoofdstad) has the responsibility to enforce laws concerned with public order, in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. ...