Brussels

Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located... Wikipedia

• Country:  Belgium
• Community:  French Community, Flemish Community
• Settled:  c. 580
• Founded:  979
• Region:  18 June 1989
• Capital:  City of Brussels
• Executive:  Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
• Governing parties (2019-present):  PS, DéFI, Ecolo, Open Vld, Vooruit, Groen
• Minister-President:  Rudi Vervoort (PS)
• Legislature:  Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region
• Speaker:  Rachid Madrane (PS)
• Region/City:  1,208,542
• Estimate (1 January 2020):  1,212,352
• Metro:  2,500,000
• Demonym(s):  fr Bruxellois(e), nl Brusselaar /Brusselse
• Time zone:  CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST):  CEST (UTC+2)
• ISO 3166:  BE-BRU
• Postal code(s):  42 postal codes
• Area code(s):  02
• GDP (nominal):  2019
• - Total:  €87 billion, (US$100B)
• - Per capita:  €71,100, (US$82,000)
• GeoTLD:  brussels
• HDI (2019):  0.948, very high · 1st of 11
• Website:  be.brussels
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo