Brussels in figures

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Here is thus a summary of figures about the City of Brussels:

• 1 national and European capital
• 165.090 inhabitants (calculated by National Register on 1st January 2011)
• surface of 32,61 km2
• population density of 5062,5 habitants / km2
• 163 nationalities
• 296 km of public road network
• an annual budget (running costs) of 676.5 million euro (2012) and nearly 99 million euro (investments) (2012)
• 4.324 municipal agents working in 338 public buildings
• 2.300 workers of the CPAS - OCMW (Public Welfare Centre)
• 2.359 policemen and employees of the Zone Bruxelles-CAPITALE-Ixelles and 495 police vehicles
• 350.000 commuters each day
• 650 demonstrations a year
• 32.482 pupils depending on the municipal official education
• 26 nurseries and 4 temporary nurseries, with a capacity of 1112 places
• 79 French-speaking schools among which 15 nursery schools, 8 fundamental, 16 primary, 5 schools of special education, 14 secondary schools, 2 schools of superior education, 7 schools for secondary and/or higher education for social promotion, 1 school of part-time secondary art education, 11 Dutch-speaking schools
• 5 museums and 2 archaeological sites
• 17 libraries and 1 centre for youth literature
• 10 houses for children, 5 youth clubs, 5 PMS centres, a prevention service for health at school, a mental health service and 4 meeting places for seniors
• 42 green spaces of which 4 cemeteries
• 39 public playgrounds and 4 cemeteries
• 4 sports stadiums, 2 sports centres, 1 sports and cultural centre, 7 sporting halls, 13 multifunctional playing fields, 1 nautical centre and 3 swimming pools

Population of the City of Brussels

The number of inhabitants of the City of Brussels (centre, Laeken, Neder-Over-Heembeek and Haren):

Population by quarter:

• 34,35% in Laeken
• 31,19% in the centre
• 10,78% in Neder-Over-Heembeek
• 9,46% in the North-East quarter
• 5,74% in the Louise quarter
• 5,64% in the North quarter
• 2,84% in Haren