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The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; [C] other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven . Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional and linguistic grounds.
Coordinates: 50°50′48″N04°21′09″E. This article is about the municipality, which is the de jure national capital. For the greater urban area with the status of Capital Region, see Brussels. City of Brussels. Ville de Bruxelles / Bruxelles-Ville( French)Stad Brussel / Brussel-Stad( Dutch) City and municipality.
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.
Brussels, French Bruxelles Flemish Brussel, City (pop., 2008 est.: 148,873), capital of Belgium. It is part of the Brussels-Capital Region (pop., 2008 est.: 1,048,491), one of the three federal regions into which Belgium is divided. Brussels lies on the Senne River, a tributary of the Schelde.
In 1830 came revolution; Belgium won its independence, and, in the constitution adopted by the newly elected National Congress, Brussels, which had played a major role in the uprising against the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was named the capital of Belgium and the seat of government.
Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁysɛl]; Dutch: Brussel, pronounced [ˈbrɵsəɫ] ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital city and its administrative, commercial, and financial center, as well as the administrative heart of the European Union (EU).
Brussels is the capital of Belgium, a small but fascinating kingdom in the centre of Europe. It has everything you could possibly want, all in less than 31,000 km².
