Wallonie
Frae Wikipedia
| Walloon Region Région wallonne Template:Fr icon Wallonische Region (German) |
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| — Region o Belgium — | |||||
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| Anthem: "Le Chant des Wallons" | |||||
| Kintra | Belgium | ||||
| Caipital | Namur | ||||
| Govrenment | |||||
| - Meenister-Preses | Rudy Demotte | ||||
| Aurie | |||||
| - Tot | 16,844 km2 (6,503.5 sq mi) | ||||
| Indwallers (1 Januar 2008) | |||||
| - Tot | 3,456,775 | ||||
| - Densitie | 205.2/km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator./sq mi) | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| - Leids | French, German (an aw Dutch in Municipalities wi leid facilities)[1] | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | BE-WAL | ||||
| Celebration Day | 3rd Sunday o September | ||||
| Wabsteid | www.wallonie.be | ||||
Wallonia (French: Wallonie Template:IPA-fr, German: Wallonie(n), Dutch: Wallonië Template:IPA-nl or Template:IPA-nl, Template:Lang-wa) is the predominantly French-speakin soothren region o Belgium. It is govrened as the Walloon Region, which maks up 55% o the territory o Belgium but wi anerlie a third o its population. Contrary tae the situation in Flanders, the Walloon Region wis no mergit wi the French Community of Belgium, a political level responsible for matters relatit mainly tae cultur an education. The sma German-speakin minority in the east forms the German-speakin Community o Belgium, which haes its awn govrenment an parliament for cultur-relatit issues.
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[edit] Further reading
- Johannes Kramer (1984). Zweisprachigkeit in den Benelux-ländern (in German). Buske Verlag.