Commune · Brussels-Capital Region · NIS 21004
Bruxelles: counted in Article 8’s total
Bruxelles / Brussel
What the Nature Restoration Regulation counts in this commune, what changed since its 2024 base, and where to look in the atlas.
Article 8(1)
9.9 points under the green line: counted
- Green in urban centres and clusters
- 35.1%4.2 points below the region
- Tree canopy there
- 23.9%6.4 points below the region
- Tree canopy per resident, whole commune
- 38m²
Its urban centres and clusters are 35.1% green and 23.9% tree canopy. A commune is left out of the national count only above 45% and 10%; Bruxelles is not. The verdict holds under every reading of Article 3(20) the test runs.
All 19 communes together: 39.3% green and 30.3% canopy, so the region as a whole is counted.
| Reading | Green | Canopy | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official reading | 35.1% | 23.9% | Counted |
| Arable land counted as green | 35.7% | 23.9% | Counted |
| Water not counted as green | 32.9% | 23.9% | Counted |
| Commune built from Statbel sectors | 35.7% | 24.4% | Counted |
The zero measurement
In hectares, on the latest open data (2021)
| Urban ecosystem | Area | Green | Canopy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban centres and clusters | 2892 ha | 1016 ha · 35.1% | 691 ha · 23.9% |
| The whole commune | 3317 ha | 1134 ha · 34.2% | 741 ha · 22.3% |
The form of the Dutch national zero measurement (PBL, 25 August 2026), with both boundaries the Commission leaves to a country. The Woody Vegetation Layer 2021 is allowed for draft plans only; the 2024 layer is shared with national authorities, not published.
Since the 2024 base
Tree canopy −17.8 ha beyond noise by summer 2026
| Summer 2025 | Lost | Gained | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban green | −9.7 ha | +12.0 ha | +2.4 ha |
| Tree canopy | −9.2 ha | +1.3 ha | −7.9 ha |
| Built-up | −1.8 ha | +6.8 ha | +5.0 ha |
| Summer 2026 | Lost | Gained | Net |
| Urban green | −18.7 ha | +9.6 ha | −9.1 ha |
| Tree canopy | −19.3 ha | +1.6 ha | −17.8 ha |
| Built-up | −1.7 ha | +14.6 ha | +12.9 ha |
Hectares as Dynamic World classifies the ground, summed over this commune’s sectors that moved beyond noise against their twelve matched places. Not the official layers, which do not exist yet for 2025 and 2026.
What the season bulletins name here
- Coin des Cerises · 2025 · building site−0.067 NDVI
Summers 2017–2019→2021–2024
2 sectors greener and 1 lost beyond noise, of 103 measured
Greenness against matched places
- Dobbelenberg · lost−0.090
- Rue Joseph Ii · greener+0.037
- Quai de Willebroeck · greener+0.035
Built-up ground against matched places
Built-up ground: 3 sealed and 3 unsealed beyond noise.
- Dobbelenberg · sealed+0.088
- Quai des Usines-Monnoyer · unsealed−0.062
- Tour et Taxis · sealed+0.042
- Trassersweg - Neder-Heembeek · sealed+0.027
- Marly-Sud · unsealed−0.025
- Quai de Willebroeck · unsealed−0.025
The city’s tree register
31,674 trees the city manages
A snapshot of the register was taken on 27 September 2026. From the next one, the trees that leave it (felled, dead or re-surveyed; the register does not say which) will be counted by sector.
The city’s own register, CC BY 4.0 (Ville de Bruxelles). Only trees the city manages; gardens and private land are not in it.
On the record
Registered, audited and the dossier
Registered before the works
- Rénovation du parc du Cinquantenaire
- Axe Toison d'Or - Boulevard de Waterloo
- Réaménagement du boulevard Emile Bockstael
Audits
The dossier the open rule picks
- Maison Rouge (Place)-Sud21004E72-