Visit
Just next door
Rivieren CastleGanshoren's historic château, now a private events venue.Ganshoren
King Baudouin Stadium – Memorial Van DammeThe national stadium, home every year to the Memorial Van Damme.Bruxelles
Atomium (outside)The enlarged iron crystal of Expo 58, symbol of Brussels.Bruxelles
National Basilica of the Sacred HeartThe National Basilica of the Sacred Heart, a huge Art Deco building.KoekelbergJette through time
- Residents
- 52,728in 2020
- Area
- 5.19 km²
- Density
- 10,200 per km²
Population and area: Wikidata, read on 1 October 2026.
When the commune was built
- before 14001
- 1400 – 159917
- 1600 – 169920
- 1700 – 179925
- 1800 – 184978
- 1850 – 187916
- 1880 – 191369
- 1914 – 19442,242
- 1945 – 19693,397
- 1970 – 19891,934
- 1990 – 2009767
- since 2010403
8,969 of today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction: outside the heritage inventory, the date is when the district was built up, not the exact age of each building.
The other communes
AnderlechtAuderghemBerchem-Sainte-AgatheBruxellesEtterbeekEvereForestGanshorenIxellesKoekelbergMolenbeek-Saint-JeanSaint-GillesSaint-Josse-ten-NoodeSchaerbeekUccleWatermael-BoitsfortWoluwe-Saint-LambertWoluwe-Saint-Pierre