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Grand' Place (Grote Markt), Brussels.
The Brussels-Capital Region is composed of 19 administratively autonomous municipalities, known as communes (or gemeenten in Flemish).12
Although these 19 communes collectively form the Brussels-Capital Region, they maintain a significant degree of administrative autonomy, each operating with its own municipal council and local government establishment. This structure reflects the historical development of the area, which was long governed by separate communal authorities rather than a single centralized body.13