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Walloon Brabant. / 50.667°N 4.583°E / 50.667; 4.583. Walloon Brabant ( French: Brabant wallon [bʁabɑ̃ walɔ̃] ⓘ; Dutch: Waals-Brabant [ˌʋaːlz ˈbraːbɑnt] ⓘ; Walloon: Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium 's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant ...
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The Walloon name and language are also extended into the...
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Walloon ( / wɒˈluːn /; natively walon; French: wallon) is a...
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History. Walloon in Walloon Brabant means that it is in the Wallon part of the former province of Brabant of Belgium. Brabant was an old region, the Duchy of Brabant. The word Brabant appears for the first time in the seventh century when the abbey of Nivelles was founded in the pagus Bracbatensis (pagus is a Latin word meaning a very small town, with only few houses).
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After the 18th century, the most important part of the Walloon steel industry, now using coal, was built around the coal mines, principally around the cities of Liège, Charleroi, La Louvière, the Borinage, and also in Walloon Brabant in Tubize. Wallonia became the second industrial power of the world, in proportion to its territory and to its ...
Wallonia ( / wɒˈloʊniə /; French: Wallonie [walɔni] ), [a] officially the Walloon Region (French: Région wallonne ), [b] is one of the three regions of Belgium —along with Flanders and Brussels. [5] Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking. It accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a ...
Wallonia consists of the French-speaking provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur, and Walloon Brabant. Its elected government has broad authority over such areas as agriculture, transportation, and public works. Namur city is the capital of the region. ( See also Fleming and Walloon .) Area 6,504 square miles (16,844 square km).
