. . "The City of Brussels (French: Ville de Bruxelles [vil d\u0259 b\u0281ys\u025Bl] or alternatively Bruxelles-Ville [b\u0281ys\u025Bl vil], Dutch: Stad Brussel [st\u0251d \u02C8br\u028Fs\u0259l] or Brussel-Stad) is the largest municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the de jure capital of Belgium, though the Brussels Capital Region as a whole acts as the capital of Belgium.The City of Brussels is a municipality consisting of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the greater Brussels-Capital Region, namely Haren, Laeken and Neder-Over-Heembeek to the north, and Avenue Louise and the Bois de la Cambre park to the south.On 1 December 2014, the City of Brussels had a total population of 178,173. "@en . . "1000-1130" . . "02" .