municipality and capital city of Belgium
  • Brussels
  • 02
  • Bru
  • BXL
  • Brussels City
  • Brussels, Belgium
  • Brussel
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Brussels (municipality)
  • Bruxelles
  • Stad Brussel
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    English
    City of Brussels
    municipality and capital city of Belgium
    • Brussels
    • 02
    • Bru
    • BXL
    • Brussels City
    • Brussels, Belgium
    • Brussel
    • Ville de Bruxelles
    • Brussels (municipality)
    • Bruxelles
    • Stad Brussel

    Statements

    instance of
    big city
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    European City
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    federal capital
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    image
    Brussels view from Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium (cropped).jpg
    3,788 × 2,274; 2.37 MB
    depicts
    Mont des Arts - Kunstberg
    media legend
    Centrala Bryssel med stadshuset, sett från Mont des Arts (Swedish)
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    official name
    Ville de Bruxelles (French)
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    stated in
    Crossroad Bank of Enterprises
    Stad Brussel (Flemish)
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    stated in
    Crossroad Bank of Enterprises
    native label
    Brussele (Walloon)
    IPA transcription
    bʀysɛl
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    short name
    BXL (French)
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    BXL (Dutch)
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    Bru (Dutch)
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    demonym
    Brusselaar (Dutch)
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    Bruselano (Esperanto)
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    Brusseleir (unsupported language)
    language of work or name
    Brusselian
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    Zinneke (unsupported language)
    language of work or name
    Brusselian
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    Bruslers (Walloon)
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    Kiekenfretters (undetermined language)
    applies to part
    micro-ethnonym
    language of work or name
    Brusselian
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    Brüsselerinnen (German)
    language of work or name
    German
    applies to part
    feminine plural
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    brussel·lès (Catalan)
    applies to part
    masculine singular
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    brussel·lesa (Catalan)
    applies to part
    feminine singular
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    brussel·lesos (Catalan)
    applies to part
    masculine plural
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    brussel·leses (Catalan)
    applies to part
    feminine plural
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    official language
    French
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    Dutch
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    continent
    Europe
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    capital of
    Dyle
    start time
    1 October 1795Gregorian
    end time
    30 May 1814Gregorian
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    United Kingdom of the Netherlands
    start time
    16 March 1815Gregorian
    end time
    22 October 1831Gregorian
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    South Brabant
    start time
    16 March 1815Gregorian
    end time
    22 October 1831Gregorian
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    Belgium
    start time
    22 October 1831Gregorian
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    Dutch Wikipedia
    Province of Brabant
    start time
    22 October 1831Gregorian
    end time
    1 January 1995
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    Imperial German General Government of Belgium
    start time
    26 August 1914Gregorian
    end time
    11 November 1918Gregorian
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    Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France
    start time
    13 July 1944
    end time
    15 December 1944
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    Flemish Community
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    Flemish Region
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    European Union
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    coordinate location

    Map

    50°50'48"N, 4°21'6"E
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    contains settlement
    Haren
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    Pentagon
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    Laeken
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    European Quarter
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    Neder-Over-Heembeek
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    elevation above sea level
    70 metre
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    owner of
    King Baudouin Stadium
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    Brussels Town Hall
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    King's House
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    Eurostadium
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    Bridgettines Chapel
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    shares border with
    Ixelles - Elsene
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    Uccle
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    Etterbeek
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    Schaerbeek
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    Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
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    Evere
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    Zaventem
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    Machelen
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    Vilvoorde
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    Grimbergen
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    Wemmel
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    Jette
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    Molenbeek
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    Anderlecht
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    replaces
    Coop of Brussels
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    color
    dark green
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    red
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    area
    32.61 square kilometre
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    33.08 square kilometre
    point in time
    2019
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    reference URL
    https://bestat.statbel.fgov.be/bestat/crosstable.xhtml?view=90c1e218-dc4f-4827-824d-9b25abfefe59
    title
    Totale oppervlakte volgens het Kadasterregister, België, gewesten en provincies (Dutch)
    publisher
    Statbel
    phone number
    +32-2-279-22-11
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    reference URL
    https://www.brussels.be/contact-0
    title
    Contact (English)
    publication date
    17 January 2017
    language of work or name
    English
    retrieved
    8 March 2023
    locator map image
    Bruxelles Brussels-Capital Belgium Map.svg
    745 × 741; 425 KB
    media legend
    Kommunens läge i Brysselregionen. (Swedish)
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    imported from Wikimedia project
    Dutch Wikipedia
    flag
    flag of Brussels
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    seal image
    Stadszegel.png
    397 × 448; 175 KB
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    escutcheon image
    Coat of Arms of Brussels.svg
    300 × 363; 139 KB
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    page banner
    Brussels banner.jpg
    2,100 × 300; 186 KB
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    patron saint
    Archangel Michael
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    Gudula
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    Gaugericus
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    social media followers
    17,671
    X numeric user ID
    182786599
    point in time
    21 September 2021
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    Commons category
    Brussels (municipality)
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    Identifiers

    BRUZZ topic ID
    stad-brussel
    subject named as
    Stad Brussel
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    Europalexikon ID
    176728
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    FactGrid item ID
    Q10310
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    Freebase ID
    /m/02rnbv
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    GeoNames ID
    2800866
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    Hikr waypoint ID
    53953
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    OVO ID
    OVO008216
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    RKD thesaurus ID
    195
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    SNARC ID
    Q98361
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    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
    08869442-n
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    YSO ID
    105254
    subject named as
    Bryssel
    City of Brussels
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    stated in
    General Finnish Ontology
    retrieved
    9 November 2023