īrussels grew from a small rural settlement on the river Senne to become an important city-region in Europe.

It is also part of a large conurbation extending towards the cities of Ghent, Antwerp, and Leuven and the province of Walloon Brabant, in total home to over 5 million people. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brussels comprises over 2.5 million people, which makes it the largest in Belgium.

The Brussels Region covers 162 km 2 (63 sq mi), a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. īrussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region.

Brussels ( French: Bruxelles i or i Dutch: Brussel i), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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