Wallonie

Walloon Region Région wallonne (in French) Wallonische Region (in German)
Region o Belgium
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: "Le Chant des Wallons"
Kintra	Belgium
Caipital	Namur
Govrenment
• Meenister-Preses	Rudy Demotte
Area
• Total	16844 km2 (6,504 sq mi)
Population  (1 Januar 2008)
• Total	3,456,775
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Demographics
• Leids	French, German (an aw Dutch in Municipalities wi leid facilities)
ISO 3166 code	BE-WAL
Celebration Day	3rd Sunday o September
Website	www.wallonie.be

Wallonie (French pronunciation: ​[walɔni]; German: Wallonie(n); Dutch: Wallonië, [wɐˈloːnɪə] ( listen) or [ʋɑˈloːnijə]; 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.

Further reading

• Johannes Kramer (1984). Zweisprachigkeit in den Benelux-ländern (in German). Buske Verlag. ISBN 3871185973.

Freemit airtins

• Logistics in Wallonie