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{{Short description|Municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium}}
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{{more citations needed|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
| namefr          = Ixelles
| namenl          = Elsene
| picture         = Town Hall Ixelles 1.jpg
| picture-legend  = Ixelles' Municipal Hall seen from the {{lang|fr|Place Fernand Cocq|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Fernand Cocqplein|italic=no}}
| map             = Ixelles Brussels-Capital Belgium Map.svg
| map-legend      = Ixelles municipality in the Brussels Capital Region
| arms            = Coat of arms of Ixelles.svg
| flag            = Flag of Elsene.svg
| flag_link       = Symbols of Brussels#Municipalities
| arms_link       = Symbols of Brussels#Municipalities
| region          = {{BE-REG-BRU}}
| community       = {{BE-FR}}<br />{{BE-NL}}
| province        =
| arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital|Brussels-Capital]]
| nis             = 21009
| pyramid-date    = 1 January 2006
| 0–19            = 17.07
| 20–64           = 70.99
| 65              = 11.95
| foreigners      = 39.02
| foreigners-date = 1 July 2005
| mayor           = {{ill|Christos Doulkeridis|fr}} ([[Ecolo]])
| majority        = [[Ecolo]] / [[Groen (political party)|Groen]] - [[Parti Socialiste (Belgium)|PS]] / [[Forward (Belgium)|sp.a]]
| postal-codes    = 1050
| telephone-area  = 02
| web             = [http://www.ixelles.be/ www.ixelles.be] {{in lang|fr}}<br>[http://www.elsene.be/ www.elsene.be] {{in lang|nl}}
| coordinates     = {{coord|50|50|N|04|22|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''{{lang|fr|Ixelles|italic=no}}''' ([[French language|French]], {{IPA|fr|iksɛl|pron}}) or '''{{lang|nl|Elsene|italic=no}}''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]], {{IPA|nl|ˈɛlsənə|pron|Nl-Elsene.ogg}}) is one of the [[List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region|19 municipalities]] of the [[Brussels-Capital Region]], Belgium. Located to the south-east of [[Pentagon (Brussels)|Brussels' city centre]], it is [[exclave|geographically bisected]] by the [[City of Brussels]]. It is also bordered by the municipalities of [[Auderghem]], [[Etterbeek]], [[Forest, Belgium|Forest]], [[Uccle]], [[Saint-Gilles, Belgium|Saint-Gilles]] and [[Watermael-Boitsfort]].
{{As of|2023|1|1}}, the municipality had a population of 88,521 inhabitants.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ixelles {{!}} IBSA|url=https://ibsa.brussels/chiffres/chiffres-cles-par-commune/ixelles|access-date=2024-08-23|website=ibsa.brussels}}</ref> The total area is {{convert|6.41|km2|abbr=on}}, which gives a [[population density]] of {{convert|13807|PD/km2||abbr=on}}.<ref name=":0" /> In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally [[Multilingualism|bilingual]] (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the region,<ref name=WIE1/> and is particularly noted for its communities of [[Brussels and the European Union|European]] and Congolese immigrants.<ref name=WIE1>{{cite web|title=Ixelles and St Gilles|url=http://brussels.wantedineurope.com/areas/51/ixelles-and-st-gilles.html|work=Areas in Brussels|publisher=Wanted in Europe: Brussels|access-date=16 June 2013}}</ref>
==Geography==
Ixelles is located in the south-east of [[Brussels]] and is divided into two parts by the [[Avenue Louise|Avenue Louise/Louizalaan]], which is part of the [[City of Brussels]]. The municipality's smaller western part includes the [[Rue du Bailli|Rue du Bailli/Baljuwstraat]] and extends roughly from the Avenue Louise to the {{lang|fr|Avenue Brugmann|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Brugmannlaan|italic=no}}, whilst its larger eastern part includes campuses of Brussels' two leading universities; the French-speaking {{Lang|fr|[[Université Libre de Bruxelles|Université libre de Bruxelles]]}} (ULB) and the Dutch-speaking [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] (VUB), along with the [[Place Eugène Flagey]]. The [[Bois de la Cambre|Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos]] is located just south of Ixelles.
The construction of the Avenue Louise was commissioned in 1847 as a monumental avenue bordered by [[Aesculus hippocastanum|chestnut trees]] that would allow easy access from [[Pentagon (Brussels)|Brussels' city centre]] to the popular recreational area of the Bois de la Cambre. It was also to be the first [[Haussmann's renovation of Paris|''Haussmann-esque'']] artery of the city. Originally, fierce resistance to the project was put up by the town of Ixelles—then, as now, a separate municipality (local authority) from the City of Brussels—through whose territory the avenue was to run. After years of fruitless negotiations, Brussels finally annexed the narrow band of land needed for the avenue, in addition to the Bois de la Cambre itself, in 1864. That decision accounts for the unusual shape of today's City of Brussels and for the separation of Ixelles into two separate areas.
==History==
===Medieval origins===
The placename was first mentioned in 1210 as ''Elsela'', from the [[Old Dutch]] {{lang|odt|Else(n)lo}}, meaning [[alder]] woods.<ref>Jan de Vries, Woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandse plaatsnamen, Het Spectrum publishers, 1962</ref> The origins of the village date from the foundation of [[La Cambre Abbey]]. [[Henry I, Duke of Brabant|Hendrik I, Duke of Brabant]], donated the Pennebeke domain (''Pennebeek'' was the original name of the Maalbeek spring) to the [[Cistercian]] nun Gisela in 1201. She in turn founded the Abbey, and in 1210, acquired property on which the duke ordered the construction of a mill.<ref name=Herla/> The marshlands around the Abbey were later drained and sanitised, which resulted in four springs which served as a source of fish for the Abbey's inhabitants and the neighbouring hamlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://document.environnement.brussels/opac_css/elecfile/IF%20EV%20VIJVERS%20VAN%20ELSENE%20DEF%20NL|title=DE VIJVERS VAN ELSENE|website=Leefmilieu Brussel|access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref> The Abbey was located near the springs of the Maelbeek river in the [[Sonian Forest]], the remnant of which closest to Brussels became known as the [[Bois de la Cambre/Ter Kamerenbos]] in the 19th century. The Abbey was recognised by Jan III van Bethune, the [[Bishop of Cambrai]], in 1202, soon after its foundation.<ref name=Meganck>{{Cite journal|last=Marc|first=Meganck|date=2016|title=De Ter Kamerenabdij|url=http://www.irismonument.be/pdf/nl/36943-Ter_Kamerenabdij.pdf|journal=Inventaris van het Bouwkundig Erfgoed van het Brussels Hoofstedelijk Gewest|pages=46|via=City of Brussels Archives}}</ref> The saints [[Boniface of Brussels]] and [[Alice of Schaerbeek]] were two of its most famous residents in the 13th century.
[[File:Abb.de la Cambre 04.JPG|thumb|[[La Cambre Abbey]], founded in 1201|alt=|left]]
Around 1300, during the reign of [[John II, Duke of Brabant]], a hostel was built near the Abbey to provide meals to the wood bearers working in the forest. Soon, a hamlet and a couple of chapels were built, including the Church of the Holy Cross ({{langx|fr|link=no|Église Sainte-Croix}}, {{langx|nl|link=no|Heilig-Kruiskerk}}), also inaugurated by the Bishop of Cambrai and dedicated to Mary and the Holy Cross in 1459 (the Bishop of Cambrai is said to have brought two pieces of the original cross with him).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bruzz.be/samenleving/gehucht-elsene-ontstond-14de-eeuw-nabij-de-vijvers-2008-07-03|title=Gehucht Elsene ontstond in 14de eeuw nabij de Vijvers|website=www.bruzz.be|language=nl|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> Initially, these hamlets and provisions were constructed for the labourers that helped drain and sanitise the marshlands. At that time, part of Ixelles was a dependence of Brussels; the other part was the property of the local lord.
===Before the Revolution===
In 1478, the wars between [[Louis XI of France]] and [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], brought devastation to the Abbey and the surrounding areas. In 1585, during the period of the [[Spanish Netherlands|Habsburg Netherlands]], the Spanish burnt down most of the buildings to prevent them from being used as a refuge by [[Calvinism|Calvinists]]. The Abbey was restored in time for the [[Joyous Entry]] of the Archdukes [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Albert]] and [[Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain|Isabella]] in 1599. Further manors and castles (Ermitage, Ten Bosch and Ixelles, for example) were built in Ixelles in the 16th century, gradually transforming the hamlet into a full-fledged village.
Thanks to the Maalbeek springs and the purity of its waters, a brewing industry became active in the area. It started inside the Abbey, but by the 16th century, had expanded beyond its walls. Due to the liberalisation of beer manufacturing by the Council of Brabant in 1602, the industry grew, which resulted in a lively scene by the banks of the spring. By the 17th and 18th centuries, around 20 breweries-cabarets had settled in Ixelles, among which Saint-Hubert, De Sterre and L'Italie.<ref name=Herla>{{Cite report|first=Michèle|last=Herla|date=2016|title=ELSENE: Geschiedenis van de stedenbouwkundige ontwikkeling – Deel 2|trans-title=ELSENE: History of urban development – Part 2|url=http://www.irismonument.be/pdf/nl/1050-Elsene_stedenbouwkundige_ontwikkeling_2.pdf|publisher=Gewestelijke Overheidsdienst Brussel, Directie Monumenten en Landschappen, CCN [Brussels Regional Public Service, Monuments and Landscapes Directorate, CCN]|language=nl|via=www.irismonument.be|access-date=30 October 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030112723/http://www.irismonument.be/pdf/nl/1050-Elsene_stedenbouwkundige_ontwikkeling_2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| caption1 = A 17th-century drawn map of the four lakes of Ixelles. Left are a collection of buildings including the mill; right is the ''Abdye van Tercameren'' ([[La Cambre Abbey]]).
| image2 = Ixelles - Abbaye de la Cambre - Carte de Ferraris.jpg
| caption2 = The village of Ixelles marked on the 18th-century [[Ferraris map]]
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===Independent municipality===
In 1795, like many other towns surrounding Brussels, Ixelles was proclaimed a separate municipality by the [[French First Republic|French regime]] after the [[French Revolution|Revolution]]. The municipalities of Neder-Elsene ("Lower Ixelles", where the Abbey is located), Opper-Elsene ("Upper Ixelles", a Brussels suburb), Boondaal, Tenbos, and Solbos, all became part of Ixelles. Moreover, the Abbey was stripped of its religious functions, becoming among others a cotton-manufacturing plant, a farm, a military school, and a hospital. Many of the [[Fortifications of Brussels|medieval gates of Brussels]] that lined what is now the [[Small Ring, Brussels|Small Ring]] were taken down and more streets were built to accommodate the migration towards the suburbs. Ixelles' population grew nearly one-hundredfold, from 677 in 1813 to more than 58,000 in 1900.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} With this intense growth also came the [[Francization of Brussels|Francisation]] of the municipality.
At the end of the 19th century, some of the ponds were drained, leaving only the so-called "[[Ixelles Ponds]]", and a new Church of the Holy Cross was built in 1860. The first [[Trams in Brussels|trams]] appeared in 1884 and the first [[Cinema of Belgium|cinema]] in 1919. By then, Ixelles and the Avenue Louise had become one of the most fashionable areas of Brussels. Artists and celebrities moved in, leading to architectural novelties such as [[Art Nouveau in Brussels|Art Nouveau]] and [[Art Deco]].
==Matongé==
[[File:App0174.jpg|thumb|The [[Namur Gate]] and the {{lang|fr|Chaussée d'Ixelles|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Elsensesteenweg|italic=no}}, {{circa|1900}}]]
{{anchor|Matongé (Ixelles)}}
Ixelles is known throughout Belgium for its large community of people of [[Sub-Saharan Africa|African]] origin. This population is mainly concentrated near the [[Namur Gate]] and the {{lang|fr|Chaussée d'Ixelles|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Elsensesteenweg|italic=no}}, and the neighbourhood is nicknamed ''Matongé'' or ''Matongué'' after the [[Matongé (Kinshasa)|marketplace and commercial district]] with the same name in [[Kalamu (Kinshasa)|Kalamu]], [[Kinshasa]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]). The core of ''Matongé'' was formed in late 1950s by the foundation of ''Maisaf'' (an abbreviation of ''Maison Africaine'' or ''African House'') which served as a centre and residence for university students from the [[Belgian Congo]]. After Congolese independence in 1960, the district faced an influx of immigrants from the [[Republic of Congo (Léopoldville)|new state]] who shaped the neighbourhood in a style to resemble the original ''Matongé''. During the sixties and into the seventies, the area was a well known meeting place for students and diplomats from [[Zaire]]. At the time they were known locally as ''Belgicains''.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}  There are also communities from other African countries, mainly from [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Mali]], [[Cameroon]], and [[Senegal]], present in the district.
The famous shopping arcades; the ''Galerie d'Ixelles'' and the ''Galerie de la Porte de Namur'', are both located in the heart of ''Matongé''. In the gallery and the adjoining streets, a large number of specialised food shops and suppliers can be found. The area is renowned for its clothes, shoes and material shops, hairdressers and wigmakers, booksellers, jewellers and craft shops, making the area unmissable for many local and even international visitors. Over 45 different nationalities amongst the residents and shopkeepers can be counted, including most African countries. Statistically, many of the shopkeepers are not necessarily local residents. Amongst the visitors and window shoppers to ''Matongé'' are many who appreciate [[Clothing in Africa|African fashion]] and the lifestyle.
The district also attained notoriety from the early 2000s with [[gang violence]] perpetrated by African gangs, partly composed of exiled [[child soldiers]] like ''Black Démolition''. It was the scene of [[race riots]] in January 2001. ''Matongé'', with its more recent immigrant communities from Latin America, Pakistan, and India along with African ones, is seen as a symbol of [[multiculturalism]] in Belgium. The local authorities, community groups and residents with a certain degree of success have more recently re-established the area as a safe place to visit. As the area and property ages there is increased pressure and interest from property developers to expand the [[Brussels and the European Union#European Quarter|European Quarter]] on one side and the fashionable Avenue Louise on the other, effectively ''Matongé'' is sandwiched between the two.
Every year since 2001 at the end of June, a successful multi-cultural festival, ''Matongé en Couleurs'', has been organised in the area. The date coincides with the celebration of Congolese independence. The film ''[[Juju Factory]]'', released in 2006, was partly filmed in the area. The local television channel BX1 (formerly Télé Bruxelles) broadcasts a weekly magazine programme, ''Téle Matongé XL''.
The pedestrian street {{lang|fr|Rue Longue Vie|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Lange-Levenstraat|italic=no}} is full of snack-bars where [[African food]] is sold. Most of these have been decorated by the famous Afro-European artist John Bush. ''Le Soleil d'Afrique'' has almost become his museum, with not only his original paintings on display, but also other painted surfaces and furniture.
==Main sights==
* The buildings of [[La Cambre Abbey]], close to the territory of Ixelles, house a renowned school for the visual arts, the [[National Geographic Institute (Belgium)|National Geographic Institute]], and various parish functions.
* The [[Ixelles Ponds]] and [[Tenbosch|Tenbosch Park]] are noted parks in the middle of the municipality.
* The [[Streamline Moderne]] [[Flagey Building]] on the [[Place Eugène Flagey]], also known as the ''Maison de la Radio'', used to house the Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (INR/NIR).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ixelles - Ancien Institut national de radiodiffusion (INR) - Place Eugène Flagey 18-18a - Rue Alphonse De Witte 4 - Rue du Belvédère 27-29 - DIONGRE Joseph|url=http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Ixelles.Place_Eugene_Flagey.18.html|access-date=2020-12-03|website=www.irismonument.be}}</ref>
* The [[Résidence de la Cambre]], the first high-rise building in Brussels, on the {{lang|fr|Boulevard Général Jacques|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Generaal Jacqueslaan|italic=no}}, is another notable [[Art Deco in Brussels|Art Deco]] building.
* Ixelles was a centre of [[Art Nouveau in Brussels|Art Nouveau]] architecture in the first decades of the 20th century. Several Art Nouveau houses built by [[Victor Horta]] are listed as a [[Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)|UNESCO World Heritage Site]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1005|title=Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)|last=Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|website=whc.unesco.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-06}}</ref> and some of them can be visited.
* The three Brussels universities—[[Université libre de Bruxelles]] (ULB), [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] (VUB) and [[Saint-Louis University, Brussels|Saint-Louis University]]—have campuses in Ixelles. As a result, the south-eastern part of the municipality is home to a large number of students.
* [[Ixelles Cemetery]] is one of the most important cemeteries in the country as it contains the graves of a number of famous Belgian personalities. It was there, in 1891, that the French General [[Georges Ernest Boulanger|Georges Boulanger]], leader of the right-wing ''Boulangerists'', committed suicide, on the tomb of his mistress, who had died a couple of months earlier.
* Ixelles also houses several interesting churches and museums, including a fine-arts museum and the [[Constantin Meunier#museum|Constantin Meunier Museum]] established in the residence where the artist lived part of his life.
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
File:Abb.de la Cambre, palais abbatial.JPG|View from the ''[[cour d'honneur]]'' (main courtyard) of [[Abbey of La Cambre|La Cambre Abbey]], located in the [[City of Brussels]] close to Ixelles
File:Ancien atelier et habitation de Clas Grüner Sterner Door 1.jpg|An [[Art Nouveau in Brussels|Art Nouveau]] doorway in Ixelles, dating from 1902
File:Ixelles Ponds.JPG|View of the [[Ixelles Ponds]] towards the [[Place Eugène Flagey]]
File:DSC 4320© Lara Herbinia.jpg|The main building on the ''Solbosch'' campus of the [[Université libre de Bruxelles]], located in the [[City of Brussels]] close to Ixelles
File:Ancien Institut national de Radiodiffusion - vue d'ensemble.JPG|[[Flagey Building]] (or ''Maison de la Radio'') on the Place Eugène Flagey
</gallery>
==Events==
Several fairs are organised in Ixelles, including the Spring Fair on the [[Place Eugène Flagey]], which takes place between the fourth and sixth Sunday after Easter, as well as the Boondael Fair at the end of July.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
==Demographics==
Migrant communities in Ixelles with over 1,000 people as of 1 January 2020:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nationalités {{!}} IBSA |url=https://ibsa.brussels/themes/population/nationalites |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=ibsa.brussels}}</ref>
{|
|-
|{{flag|France}}||11,470
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}||4,504
|-
|{{flag|Spain}}||2,540
|-
|{{flag|Portugal}}||1,795
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}||1,793
|-
|{{flag|Romania}}||1,750
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}||1,378
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}||1,188
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}}||1,107
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}||1,045
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Group of origin
! colspan="2" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origin {{!}} Statbel |url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population/origin#figures |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=statbel.fgov.be}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Herkomst naar nationaliteitsgroep van herkomst per gemeente |url=https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/structure-population/origin#figures |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=StatBel: Belgium in Figures}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|-
!Belgians with Belgian background
|'''20,038'''
!22.64%
|-
!Belgians with foreign background
|'''23,999'''
!27.11%
|-
|Neighbouring country
|3,587
|4.05%
|-
|EU27 (excluding neighbouring country)
|3,657
|4.13%
|-
|Outside EU 27
|16,755
|18.93%
|-
!Non-Belgians
|'''44,484'''
!50.25%
|-
|Neighbouring country
|15,519
|17.53%
|-
|EU27 (excluding neighbouring country)
|16,208
|18.31%
|-
|Outside EU 27
|12,757
|14.41%
|-
|
|
|
|-
!Total
|'''88,521'''
!100%
|}
==Politics==
The current city council was elected in the [[2018 Belgian local elections|October 2018 elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bru2018.brussels/fr/results/municipalities/6079/index.html|title=Résultats officiels des élections communales 2018|access-date=18 July 2021|language=French}}</ref> The current mayor of Ixelles is {{ill|Christos Doulkeridis|fr}}, a member of [[Ecolo]], who is in coalition on the municipal council with [[Socialist Party (Belgium)|PS]] - [[Forward (Belgium)|sp.a]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesoir.be/184544/article/2018-10-15/ixelles-ecolo-groen-et-le-ps-sengagent-former-la-majorite|title=Ixelles: Ecolo-Groen et le PS s'engagent à former la majorité|language=French|date=15 October 2018|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Ixelles local election – 14 October 2018
|-
| bgcolor=white colspan=11| [[File:Ixelles2018.svg|center|360px]]
|- style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party
|- style="text-align:right; background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center"
! data-sort-type="number"| Votes
! data-sort-type="number"| %
! data-sort-type="number"| [[Swing (politics)|Swing]] (pp)
! data-sort-type="number"| Elected<br>2018
! data-sort-type="number"| {{abbr|Change|Change in number of seats from the 2012 election to the 2018 election}}
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Ecolo}} - [[Groen (political party)|Groen]]
|10,817
|33.05
|{{increase}}9.53
|{{Composition bar|16|43|#8CC644|background-color=|per=1}}
|{{increase}}5
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Reformist Movement}} - [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open Vld]]
|8,364
|25.55
|{{decrease}}3.54
|{{Composition bar|12|43|#0047AB|background-color=|per=1}}
|{{decrease}}3
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Socialist Party (Belgium)}} - [[Forward (Belgium)|sp.a]]
|6,190
|18.91
|{{increase}}2.30
|{{Composition bar|9|43|#FF0000|background-color=|per=1}}
|{{increase}}1
|-
| {{Party name with colour|DéFI}}
|2,342
|7.16
|{{decrease}}5.05
|{{Composition bar|2|43|#DD0081|background-color=|per=1}}
|{{decrease}}3
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Workers' Party of Belgium}}
|2,049
|6.26
|{{increase}}4.44
|{{Composition bar|2|43|#8B0000|background-color=|per=1}}
|{{increase}}2
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Humanist Democratic Centre}} - [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]] <small>(Objective XL)</small>
|1,817
|5.55
|{{decrease}}3.86
|{{Composition bar|2|43|#F4761A|background-color=|per=1}}
|{{decrease}}2
|-
| {{Party name with colour|New Flemish Alliance}}
|960
|2.93
|{{increase}}0.58
|{{Composition bar|0|43|#F9CE19|background-color=|per=1}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Volt Europa}}
|191
|0.58
|''New''
|{{Composition bar|0|43|#502379|background-color=|per=1}}
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|}
==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium}}
===Twin towns and sister cities===
Ixelles is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Biarritz]], France (since 1958)<ref name="Biarritz twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.biarritz.fr/Website/site/fra_vivreabiarritz_ensavoirplus_relationsinternationales_jumelages.htm |title=Twin towns, Biarritz official website |publisher=Biarritz.fr |access-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729224912/http://www.biarritz.fr/Website/site/fra_vivreabiarritz_ensavoirplus_relationsinternationales_jumelages.htm |archive-date=29 July 2013 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|COD}} [[Kalamu]], municipality in [[Kinshasa]], Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2003)<ref name=Jumelages1/>
* {{flagicon|PSE}} [[Zababdeh]], Palestine (since 2003)<ref name=Jumelages1/><ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Zababdeh |url=http://www.ixelles.be/site/fr/05xlaujourlej/evenement.php?id=11228 |publisher=Ixelles.be |access-date=8 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131108165255/http://www.ixelles.be/site/fr/05xlaujourlej/evenement.php?id=11228 |archive-date=8 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Megiddo, Israel|Kibbutz Megiddo]], Israel (since 2012,<ref name=Jumelages1>{{cite web|title= Jumelages et coopération internationale |url= http://www.ixelles.be/site/233-Jumelages-et-cooperation-internationale |publisher=Ixelles.be |access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> suspended in July 2024<ref name=MeggidoJumelageSuspended>{{cite web|title=Ixelles a suspendu son jumelage avec la ville israélienne de Megiddo
|url= https://bx1.be/categories/news/ixelles-a-suspendu-son-jumelage-avec-la-ville-israelienne-de-megiddo/ |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>)
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lichtenberg]], Germany
==Notable people==
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'''Born in Ixelles:'''
[[File:Auguste Perret.jpg|thumb|upright|Bust of Auguste Perret]]
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* [[Agnès Varda]] (1928-2019), film director
* [[Albert Crahay]] (1903–1991), soldier and commander of the [[Belgian United Nations Command|Belgian battalion]] at the [[Battle of the Imjin River]] during the [[Korean War]]
* [[Anna Boch]] (1848–1936), [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter and art collector
* [[Annemie Neyts]] (born 1944), politician and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]]
* [[Audrey Hepburn]] (1929–1993), British actress, model, and humanitarian
* [[Auguste Lameere|Auguste Alfred Lucien Lameere]] (1864–1942), [[Entomology|entomologist]]
* [[Auguste Perret]] (1874–1954), architect
* [[Boris Szulzinger]] (born 1945), film director and producer
* [[Camille Lemonnier]] (1844–1913), writer and poet
* [[Emile Vandervelde]] (1866–1938), statesman, [[Socialism|socialist]] leader, [[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|Minister of Justice]], and [[List of foreign ministers of Belgium|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
* [[Frank Ntilikina]] (born 1998), professional basketball player
* [[Grand Jojo]] (1936–2021), singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lameuse.sudinfo.be/877144/article/2021-12-01/le-grand-jojo-icone-populaire-belge-est-decede-lage-de-85-ans |title=Le Grand Jojo, icône populaire belge, est décédé à l'âge de 85 ans|website=La Meuse|access-date=2 December 2021|language=fr|date=1 December 2021}}</ref>
* [[Greg (cartoonist)|Michel Regnier]], also known as Greg (1931–1999), [[comic book]] author
* [[Jacky Ickx]] (born 1945), racing driver
* [[Jaco Van Dormael]] (born 1957), screenwriter and film director
* [[Jacques Feyder]] (1885–1948), screenwriter and film director
* [[Jean-François van Boxmeer]] (born 1961), businessman, chairman and CEO of [[Heineken International]]
* [[Jules de Burlet]] (1844–1897), politician, [[Senate (Belgium)|senator]], [[Minister of the Interior (Belgium)|Interior Minister]], [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]], and Belgian ambassador to Portugal
* [[Julio Cortázar]] (1914–1984), novelist
* [[Kris Bosmans]] (born 1980), [[cycle sport|cyclist]]
* [[Leo Joseph Suenens]] (1904–1996), [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] and [[Archbishop of Brussels-Mechelen|Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels]]
* [[Marc Dutroux]] (born 1956), convicted child molester and [[serial killer]]
* [[Marc Moulin]] (1942–2008), jazz and [[Jazz fusion|fusion]] musician, author
* [[Michel de Ghelderode]] (1898–1962), [[avant-garde]] dramatist
* [[Natacha Régnier]] (born 1974), actress
* [[Paul Hymans]] (1865–1941), politician and first President of the [[League of Nations]]
* [[Paul Saintenoy]] (1862–1952), architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer
* [[Pierre Kolp]] (born 1969), composer
* [[Pierre Rapsat]] (1948–2002), singer-songwriter
* [[Sophie Wilmès]] (born 1975), politician, [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]], and Minister of Foreign Affairs
* [[Ursula von der Leyen]] (born 1958), German Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, German Minister of Defence, and President of the [[European Commission]]
* [[Yannick Carrasco]] (born 1993), [[association football|football]] player
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'''Lived in Ixelles:'''
[[File:Élisée Reclus, by Nadar, retouched.jpg|thumb|upright|Élisée Reclus]]
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* [[Anna Boch]] (1848–1936), artist and art collector, owner of the Villa Anna
* [[Antoine Wiertz]] (1806–1865), painter and sculptor
* [[August de Boeck]] (1865–1937), composer, organist, and music pedagogue
* [[Auguste Rodin]] (1840–1917), sculptor
* [[Charles de Coster]] (1827–1879), novelist
* [[Constantin Meunier]] (1831–1905), painter and sculptor
* [[Damso]] (born 1992), Belgian-Congolese rapper, singer, and songwriter
* [[Edith Cavell]] (1865–1915), British nurse and [[World War I]] martyr, ran a nursing school there from 1907.
* [[Elisée Reclus]] (1830–1905), geographer and [[Anarchism|anarchist]]
* [[Ernest Solvay]] (1838–1922), chemist, industrialist, and [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]]
* [[Giacomo Puccini]] (1858–1924), Italian composer; lived and died at 1, {{lang|fr|avenue de la Couronne|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Kroonlaan|italic=no}}; a tablet with an inscription is visible on the building wall.
* [[Henriëtte Ronner-Knip]] (1821–1909), painter
* [[Jean-Baptiste Moens]] (1833–1908), [[philatelist]] and [[stamp dealer]]
* [[Jacky Ickx]] (born 1945), racing driver
* [[Johan Michiel Dautzenberg]] (1834–1878), writer
* [[Karl Marx]] (1818–1883), German philosopher, social theorist, [[political economist]], and [[socialist revolutionary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brusselsremembers.com/memorials/karl-marx|title=Karl Marx|website=Brussels Remembers|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[Maria Malibran]] (1808–1836), [[mezzo-soprano]]
* [[Naim Khader]] (1939–1981), representative of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]
* [[Neel Doff]] (1858–1942), writer
* [[Octave Maus]] (1856–1919), art critic, writer, and lawyer
* [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]] (1809–1865), anarchist thinker
* [[Vladimir Lenin]] (1870–1924), Russian revolutionary and first head of the [[Soviet Union]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ixelles.be/ Official website] {{in lang|fr|nl}}
* [http://www.museedixelles.irisnet.be/ Museum of Ixelles] {{in lang|fr|nl|en}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ixelles (bisected by [[City of Brussels|Brussels]])
|N  = [[City of Brussels|Brussels]]
|E  = [[Etterbeek]]<br />[[Auderghem]]
|SE = [[Watermael-Boitsfort]]
|S  = [[Uccle]], [[City of Brussels|Brussels]]
|W  = [[Saint-Gilles, Belgium|Saint-Gilles]]<br />[[Forest, Belgium|Forest]]
}}
{{Brussels|state2=expanded}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Belgium]]