List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region

Map displaying the municipalities.

The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region. The government of each municipality is responsible for the handling of local level duties, such as law enforcement and the upkeep of schools and roads within its borders. Municipal administration is also conducted by a mayor, a council, and an executive.

In 1831, Belgium was divided into 2,739 municipalities, including 20 within the current Brussels-Capital Region (which at that time did not exist). In 1841, a 21st and 22nd municipality were created when Berchem-Sainte-Agathe formally separated from neighboring Koekelberg and Jette-Ganshoren split into Jette and Ganshoren. Since then, three municipalities have been merged with the City of Brussels: Laeken, Haren, and Neder-Over-Heembeek, in 1921. Unlike most of the municipalities in Belgium, the ones located in the Brussels-Capital Region were not merged with others during mergers occurring in 1964, 1970, and 1975. However, many territorial changes have occurred, predominantly between the City of Brussels and its neighbouring municipalities.

The largest and most populous of the municipalities is the City of Brussels, covering 32.6 square kilometres (12.6 sq mi) with 176,545 inhabitants. The least populous is Koekelberg with 21,609 inhabitants, and the smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, which is only 1.1 square kilometres (0.4 sq mi) and also has the highest population density of the 19 with 24,650 inhabitants per km2. Watermael-Boitsfort has the lowest population density, at 1,928 per km2.

List

The names of the municipalities are given in the two official languages of the Brussels-Capital Region: French and Dutch.

No. French name Dutch name Flag CoA post
code
Population
(1/1/2017)
Area Population density
(km2)
Ref.
1 Anderlecht Anderlecht Flag of Anderlecht.svg Blason Anderlecht.svg 1070 118,241 17.717.7 km2 (6.8 sq mi) 6,680
2 Auderghem Oudergem Drapeau Auderghem.svg Blason Auderghem.svg 1160 33,313 09.09.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi) 3,701
3 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe Sint-Agatha-Berchem Flag of Sint-Agatha-Berchem.svg Blason Berchem-Sainte-Agathe.svg 1082 24,701 02.92.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi) 8,518
4 Ville de Bruxelles* Stad Brussel* Drapeau ville de Bruxelles.png Coat of Arms of Brussels.svg 1000
1020
1030
1040
1050
1120
1130
176,545 32.632.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) 5,415
5 Etterbeek Etterbeek Flag of Etterbeek.svg Coat of arms of Etterbeek.svg 1040 47,414 03.13.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi) 15,295
6 Evere Evere Flag of Evere.svg Blason Evere.svg 1140 40,394 05.05.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 8,079
7 Forest Vorst Flag of Vorst.svg Blason Forest.svg 1190 55,746 06.26.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 8,991
8 Ganshoren Ganshoren Flag of Ganshoren.svg Blason Ganshoren.svg 1083 24,596 02.52.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 9,838
9 Ixelles Elsene Flag of Elsene.svg Coat of arms of Ixelles.svg 1050 86,244 06.36.3 km2 (2.4 sq mi) 13,690
10 Jette Jette Flag of Jette.svg Jette wapen.svg 1090 51,933 05.05.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) 10,387
11 Koekelberg Koekelberg Flag of Koekelberg.svg Coat of arms of Koekelberg.svg 1081 21,609 01.21.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) 18,008
12 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Belgium.svg Blason Molenbeek Saint Jean.svg 1080 96,629 05.95.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) 16,378
13 Saint-Gilles Sint-Gillis Flag of Saint-Gilles-lez-Bruxelles.svg Coat of arms of Saint-Gilles.svg 1060 50,471 02.52.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) 20,188
14 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Sint-Joost-ten-Node Flag of Sint-Josse-ten-Noode.svg Coat of arm Municipality be Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.svg 1210 27,115 01.11.1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) 24,650
15 Schaerbeek Schaarbeek Flag of Koekelberg.svg Blason Schaerbeek.svg 1030 133,042 08.18.1 km2 (3.1 sq mi) 16,425
16 Uccle Ukkel Flag of Uccle.svg Uccle Blason.svg 1180 82,307 22.922.9 km2 (8.8 sq mi) 3,594
17 Watermael-Boitsfort Watermaal-Bosvoorde Flag of Watermael-Boitsfort.svg Blason Watermael-Boitsfort.svg 1170 24,871 12.912.9 km2 (5.0 sq mi) 1,928
18 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe Bandera Woluwe St Lambert.svg Greater coat of arms of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert.svg 1200 55,216 07.27.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) 7,669
19 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Sint-Pieters-Woluwe Flag of Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.svg Greater Coat of arms Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.svg 1150 41,217 08.98.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) 4,631

* — English: “City of Brussels”/“Brussels-City”

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