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Wallonia (/ w ɒ ˈ l oʊ n i ə /; French: Wallonie), officially the Walloon Region (French: Région wallonne), is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking. It accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its ...
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Wallonia, region that constitutes the southern half of Belgium. The self-governing Walloon Region was created during the federalization of Belgium, largely along ethnolinguistic lines, in the 1980s and ’90s.
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Wallonia ( / wɒˈloʊniə /; French: Wallonie [walɔni] ), officially the Walloon Region ( French: Région wallonne ), is one of the three regions of Belgium —along with Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking.
Oct 24, 2016 · Wallonia: Eight things you didn't know about Belgium's French-speaking region - BBC News. 24 October 2016. The Wallonian capital Namur, where the Canada trade deal was derailed. Has Wallonia...
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Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonie(n), Dutch: Wallonië, Luxembourgish: Wallounien, Picard: Walonnie, Walloon: Walon(r)eye) or the Walloon Region (French: Région wallonne) is a French-speaking region in the south of Belgium. Its official languages are French (98%) and German (2%).
Wallonia. Wallonia is the French-speaking southern part of Belgium. Bordered by Flanders in the North and France in the South-West, its Eastern border is shared by Luxembourg and Germany. While it is Brussels and Flemish cities like Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges, as well as the Flemish seaside, that see most of the tourist traffic in Belgium ...