Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital
Location of the arrondissement in Belgium
Country	Belgium
Region	Brussels-Capital Region
Province	none (extraprovincial)
Area	161.38 km²
Population	1,018,804 (01/01/2006)
Municipalities	19

The Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital (French: Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale; Dutch: Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad; German: Verwaltungsbezirk Brüssel-Hauptstadt) is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. Because it is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels Region, its territory coincides with that of the latter.

The arrondissement is not a part of any province because the Brussels-Capital Region is extraprovincial, meaning it is not a province, neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any. However, it is the only Belgian arrondissement that is headed by a Governor and a Vice-Governor.

The Brussels-Capital Region is divided into 19 municipalities, of which the City of Brussels is the largest and most populous. See the list of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Contents 1 Governor and Vice-Governor 1.1 Governors 1.2 Vice-Governors 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Governor and Vice-Governor

The Governor exercises most of the few remaining powers elsewhere exercised by a provincial governor, particularly in the field of public order, as far as no (federal) law, (regional) decree, ordonnance or decision states otherwise.^[1] The Governor is appointed by the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region on the unanimous advice of the Federal Council of Ministers. The regional government also appoints the Vice-Governor, who must have a considerable knowledge of both the French and the Dutch language and who must ensure that the legislation regarding the use of languages is observed in Brussels.^[2]

[edit] Governors

• January 1995 - April 1998: André Degroeve (PS)
• May - December 1998: Raymonde Dury (PS)
• December 1998 - present: Véronique Paulus de Châtelet (PS)

[edit] Vice-Governors

• 1995 - present: Hugo Nys

[edit] See also

• Brussels-Capital Region

[edit] References

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