Brussels metropolitan area
Brussels metropolitan area
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Metropolitan area | |
Skyline of Brussels | |
Brussels metropolitan area: Functional agglomeration
Partial agglomeration
Suburbs or peri-urban ring
Outer commuter area | |
| Coordinates: 50°50′48″N 04°21′09″E / 50.84667°N 4.35250°E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Largest city | Brussels |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 3,377 km2 (1,304 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 2,784,967 |
| • Metro density | 824.7/km2 (2,136/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €200.457 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
The Brussels metropolitan area (French: Région métropolitaine de Bruxelles; Dutch: Stedelijk gebied van Brussel) is the metropolitan area of Brussels, Belgium. Covering an area of 3,377 km2 (1,304 sq mi), it extends beyond the administrative boundaries of the Brussels-Capital Region to include surrounding municipalities in the Flemish and Walloon regions. It comprises over 2.5 million people, which makes it the largest in Belgium.
The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Brussels, Vilvoorde, Dilbeek, Halle, Braine-l'Alleud and Grimbergen. It is also part of a large diamond-shaped conurbation, extending towards the cities of Ghent, Antwerp and Leuven, as well as the province of Walloon Brabant, in total home to over 5 million people.