Editing Etterbeek (section)

===Barony and municipality===
[[File:Etterbeek ferraris 1777.jpg|thumb|right|The village of Etterbeek (spelled ''Etterbeke'') marked on the 18th-century [[Ferraris map]]]]

In 1673, Etterbeek gained its independence from neighbouring [[Sint-Genesius-Rode]], when King [[Charles II of Spain]] promoted it into a [[Barony (county division)|barony]]. The first baron was Don Diego-Henriquez de Castro, general treasurer of the [[Spanish Netherlands]] armies. The Barony House was sold in 1767 and can still be seen today as Etterbeek's oldest building.

Under the [[French First Republic|French regime]], Etterbeek was made into a [[Communes of France|commune]], within the [[Cantons of France|canton]] of [[Sint-Stevens-Woluwe]]. From then on, and especially after the [[Belgian Revolution]] of 1830 and the development of Brussels as a capital city, the population of Etterbeek grew quickly. In 1876, there were more than 10,000 inhabitants, in 1900 more than 20,000, and in 1910 more than 33,000. In the 1900s (decade), during the reign of King [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]], construction boomed and changed the town's character with the addition of the broad avenues and residential areas that exist today.