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Walloon Region Région wallonne (in French) Wallonische Region (in German) | |||
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Anthem: "Le Chant des Wallons" | |||
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Kintra | Belgium | ||
Caipital | Namur | ||
Govrenment | |||
• Meenister-Preses | Rudy Demotte | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 16,844 km2 (6,504 sq mi) | ||
Population (1 Januar 2008) | |||
• Tot | 3,456,775 | ||
• Density | 210/km2 (530/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 [wa.lɔ.ni], German: Wallonie(n), Dutch: Wallonië [wɐˈloːnɪə] ( listen) or [βɐˈloːnɪə], Walloon: Waloneye) 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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- Johannes Kramer (1984). Zweisprachigkeit in den Benelux-ländern (in German). Buske Verlag. ISBN 3871185973. Unkent parameter
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