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| − | '''Brussels''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Brussel''; [[French]]: ''Bruxelles'') is the capital city of [[Belgium]]. It has a population of | + | '''Brussels''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Brussel''; [[French]]: ''Bruxelles'') is the capital city of [[Belgium]]. It has a population of 1,187,890<ref>https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/country/Population/</ref> (Capital Region of 19 municipalities), the municipality of Brussels has about 150,000 inhabitants<ref>http://www.brussels.info/facts/</ref>. Brussels is a bilingual enclave within the Flemish-speaking region of [[Flanders]]. |
The city is headquarters of the [[European Union]], and the term 'Brussels' is frequently used as a synonym for the EU and its tortuous bureaucracy. The Commission, Council and Parliament of the EU all meet in Brussels employing some 30,000 people which makes Brussels a target for more lobbyists than in Washington DC. | The city is headquarters of the [[European Union]], and the term 'Brussels' is frequently used as a synonym for the EU and its tortuous bureaucracy. The Commission, Council and Parliament of the EU all meet in Brussels employing some 30,000 people which makes Brussels a target for more lobbyists than in Washington DC. | ||
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Brussels (Dutch: Brussel; French: Bruxelles) is the capital city of Belgium. It has a population of 1,187,890[1] (Capital Region of 19 municipalities), the municipality of Brussels has about 150,000 inhabitants[2]. Brussels is a bilingual enclave within the Flemish-speaking region of Flanders.
The city is headquarters of the European Union, and the term 'Brussels' is frequently used as a synonym for the EU and its tortuous bureaucracy. The Commission, Council and Parliament of the EU all meet in Brussels employing some 30,000 people which makes Brussels a target for more lobbyists than in Washington DC.
NATO is also headquartered in Brussels where approximately 4000 people work for the political structure of NATO.[3]
Brussels was home to the 1958 Worlds Fair for which the Atomium, a 103 meter tall building blown up 165 billion times which represents a unit cell of an iron crystal, was built.
Traditional New Year's Eve fireworks for 2007 in central Brussels were canceled due to a continuing terror threat in the Belgian capital. [4]