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KC Boomer World Page - Brussels, Belgium
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KC Boomer World Page - Brussels, Belgium
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Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced [bʁysɛl] by Belgian speakers of French, and sometimes [bʁyksɛl] by non-Belgian speakers of French; Dutch: Brussel, pronounced [ˈbrɵsəɫ]; German: Brüssel, pronounced [brʏsəl]) is the capital of Belgium, and the administrative heart of the European Union.[2] Growing from a 10th century fortress town founded by Charlemagne's grandson[3] into a city of over one million inhabitants.[4], Brussels is also capital of the Brussels-Capital Region, of Flanders and of the French Community of Belgium. Depending on the context, the word Brussels may mean the largest municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region officially called the City of Brussels (ca. 140,000 inhabitants), the Brussels-Capital Region (1,024,492 inhabitants as of 1 January 2006) or, the metropolitan area of Brussels (from 2,100,000 [5] to more than 2,600,000 inhabitants[6]). Brussels is considered the de facto capital of the European Union (EU), and hosts many of its key institutions. NATO, the Western European Union and EUROCONTROL are also headquartered in the city. |
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