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City of Brussels

Western Europe

The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of Belgium. It is additionally the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region, and serves as the administrative centre of the European Union, hosting a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.

Facts
Population
196,828 1
Area (sq km)
32.61 2
Founding Year
1795 2
Elevation (m)
70 2
Latitude
50.846667 degrees north 2
Longitude
4.351667 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
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Sources
1. City of Brussels (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead paragraph, population
    population of 196,828
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. City of Brussels (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1795-10-01T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.846667, longitude 4.351667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 70 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 32.61 sq km
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 50.8467,4.3517
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 30.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.25
50.75 4.25 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Brussels - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2800866
Quote, cities500 record 2800866
50.85045 4.34878 P PPLC BE BRU BRU 21 1019022 28 Europe/Brussels
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Wikidata: Brussels
Wikidata Q239, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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