Alpha Cities / Alpha- tier / Brussels
Belgium · 19 communes holding 1.25 million, a bilingual region inside a divided country.
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Six areas of need, drawn from what is actually true of Brussels's districts, people and institutions — followed by two anchors prayed over every Alpha city.
Map zones are approximations drawn from district centres, not surveyed boundaries. Populations are rounded estimates for scale. For exact figures and geometry use the sources listed on the map layer above.