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Belgium, [A] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [B] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west.
The French Community of Belgium includes 4.5 million people, of whom: 3.6 million live in the Walloon Region (that is almost the entirety of the inhabitants of this region, apart from people who live in the German-speaking communes, who number around 70,000); 900,000 living in the Brussels Capital Region (out of 1.2 million inhabitants).
France. Belgium–France relations are the interstate relations between Belgium and France. Relations were established after the independence of Belgium. Both nations are great allies. Both nations have cultural similarities. Both nations are founding members of NATO, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the European Union .
Belgian French ( French: français de Belgique) is the variety of French spoken mainly among the French Community of Belgium, alongside related Oïl languages of the region such as Walloon, Picard, Champenois, and Lorrain (Gaumais). The French language spoken in Belgium differs very little from that of France or Switzerland.
Protest over the death of a 17-year-old boy in France spread to neighbouring Switzerland and Belgium. In the Swiss city of Lausanne, clashes erupted between the police and groups of protesters ...
Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, [29] it has the lowest available income per household. [30] The Brussels Region covers 162 km 2 (63 sq mi) and has a population of over 1.2 million. [31]
France lost the city in 1815 when the Congress of Vienna awarded it to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Dutch rule lasted only until 1830, when the Belgian Revolution led to the establishment of an independent, Catholic and neutral Belgium which incorporated Liège. After this, Liège developed rapidly into a major industrial city which ...
TV5Monde. TV5Monde ( French pronunciation: [te ve sɛ̃k mɔ̃d] ), formerly known as TV5, is a French public television network, broadcasting several channels of French-language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union. [1] The network is available across Europe on satellite via Astra 19.2°E and ...