Region of Belgium with 19 municipalities, including Brussels City Brussels Bruxelles (French) Brussel (Dutch) Region of Belgium Brussels-Capital Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (French) Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest (Dutch) A collage with several views of Brussels, Top: View of the Northern Quarter business district, 2nd left: Floral carpet event in the Grand Place, 2nd right: Brussels Town Hall and Mont des Arts area, 3rd: Cinquantenaire Park, 4th left: Manneken Pis, 4th middle: St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, 4th right: Congress Column, Bottom: Royal Palace of Brussels Flag Nicknames: Capital of Europe,[1] Comic City[2] Brussels Location of Brussels in Belgium Show map of Belgium Brussels Brussels (Europe) Show map of Europe Coordinates: 50°51′N 4°21′E﻿ / ﻿50.850°N 4.350°E﻿ / 50.850; 4.350Coordinates: 50°51′N 4°21′E﻿ / ﻿50.850°N 4.350°E﻿ / 50.850; 4.350 Country Belgium Community French Community Flemish Community Settled c. 580 Founded 979 Region 18 June 1989 Municipalities List Anderlecht Auderghem / Oudergem Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem City of Brussels 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 Government • Executive Government of the Brussels-Capital Region • Governing parties (2014–19) PS, FDF, cdH; Open Vld, sp.a, CD&V • Minister-President Rudi Vervoort (PS) • Legislature Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region • Speaker Charles Picqué (PS) Area • Region/City 161.38 km2 (62.2 sq mi) Elevation 13 m (43 ft) Population (1 January 2017)[3] • Region/City 1,191,604 • Density 7,384/km2 (16,857/sq mi) • Metro 2,120,000 Demonym(s) Bruxellois(e) (fr) / Brusselaar – Brusselse (nl) Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) ISO 3166 BE-BRU Postal code(s) 42 postal codes Area code(s) 02 GDP (nominal)[4] 2016 - Total $95 billion - Per capita $80,000 GeoTLD .brussels HDI (2017) 0.945[5] very high · 1st Website be.brussels