Brussels is the capital and largest city of Belgium and the
de facto capital of the European Union (EU) and headquarters for NATO. Brussels is a
regional level entity comprising 19 municipalities, including the municipality
of the City of Brussels, which de jure is the
capital of Belgium,
in addition to the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish
Community. Brussels
has grown from a 10th-century fortress town founded by a descendant of Charlemagne
to a sizeable city. The city has a
population of 1.2 million and a metropolitan area with a population of over 1.8
million, both of them the largest in Belgium.
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