Ixelles ) is one of the nineteen municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.
Ixelles is located in the suburbs towards the south of Brussels' city centre and is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, Etterbeek, Forest, Uccle, Saint-Gilles and Watermael-Boitsfort. It is generally considered an affluent area of the city and is particularly noted for its communities of European and Congolese immigrants. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual .
La Universidad Libre de Bruselas es una universidad belga francófona. Esta institución, creada en 1834, cuenta con seis premios nobel y dos medallas fields y es una de las universidades belgas más reconocidas, además de ser bastante cosmopolita, con un 29% de estudiantes extranjeros.
