Brussels

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Brussels French: Bruxelles Dutch: Brussel German: Brüssel
Capital city
Flag Greater coat of arms
Coordinates: 50°50′48″N 4°21′6″E / 50.84667°N 4.35167°E / 50.84667; 4.35167
Country	Belgium
Population  (2007)
• Total	145,917[1]
Website	www.brussels.be

Brussels (French: Bruxelles, Dutch: Brussel, German: Brüssel) is the capital city of Belgium and the European Union.

In 2007, 145,917 people lived there.^[1] But the area around it, known as the Brussels-Capital Region, had 1,031,215 people (which makes it the largest city area in Belgium).

The people of Brussels speak mainly French and Flemish (a type of Dutch). There are lots of other languages spoken as well, because the European Union offices are there and because many thousands of immigrants from all over the world live there.

The city is at 50° 50 North, 04° 21 East.^[2] It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Thirty-one people were killed in a terrorist attack on 22 March 2016.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
2. ↑ "Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls)". Archived from the original on 2004-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-15.