Wallonia

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Wallonia is the predominantly French-speaking southern region of Belgium, known for its industrial heritage, cultural distinctiveness, and political autonomy within the Belgian federal state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal entity of Belgium
linguistic community territory
region of Belgium
alsoKnownAs Wallonia
surface form: Walloon Region
anthem Le Chant des Wallons
belongsToCommunity French-speaking Community of Belgium
surface form: French Community of Belgium
borderLengthWithFrance longest international border of Belgium
capital Namur
coatOfArms red rooster on gold field
containsCity Arlon
Charleroi
La Louvière
Liège
Mons
Namur
Tournai
Verviers
Wavre
containsGermanSpeakingArea German-speaking Belgium
surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium
containsProvince Hainaut
Liège
Luxembourg region
surface form: Luxembourg (Belgian province)

Namur
Walloon Brabant
containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Belfries of Belgium and France
Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs
World Heritage Sites in Belgium
surface form: Major Mining Sites of Wallonia

Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
country Belgium
createdAsRegion 1980
culturalDistinctiveness Walloon festivals
carnivals and processions
folkloric marches
currency euro
demographics predominantly French-speaking
drivingSide right
economicProfile post-industrial region
executiveBody Government of Wallonia
flag yellow field with red rooster
geographicalFeature Ardennes Forest
surface form: Ardennes

Meuse
surface form: Sambre–Meuse valley
hasAutonomyIn economic policy
environment
housing
regional planning
transport
hasUniversity University of Liège
University of Louvain (campus in Walloon Brabant)
University of Mons
University of Namur
headOfGovernmentTitle Minister-President of Wallonia
historicalLanguageGroup Romance-speaking Belgians
historicalRegion Wallonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walloon Region
industrialHeritage coal mining
steel industry
textile industry
largestCity Charleroi
Liège
legislativeBody Parliament of Wallonia
locatedIn southern Belgium
majorLanguage French
nativeLanguage French
nativeName Wallonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wallonie
officialLanguage French
German
officialName Wallonia self-link
Wallonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wallonie
partOf Belgium
politicalStatus federated entity of Belgium
populationGroup Wallonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Walloons
regionalLanguage Champenois
Lorrain
Luxembourgish
Picard
Walloon language
surface form: Walloon
religionMajorityHistorical Roman Catholicism
river Lesse
Meuse
Ourthe
Sambre
sharesBorderWith Brussels-Capital Region
Flanders
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode B

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PTB-PVDA activeIn Wallonia
Wallonia alsoKnownAs Wallonia
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
this entity surface form: Wallonia (French-speaking part)
2nd Tactical Wing basedIn Wallonia
Flanders borderedBy Wallonia
Recht countrySubdivision Wallonia
French Community distinctFrom Wallonia
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
Belgian diaspora ethnicGroup Wallonia
this entity surface form: Walloons
Meuse flowsThrough Wallonia
Grand Est hasBorderWithRegion Wallonia
this entity surface form: Walloons
N84 hasLocation Wallonia
this entity surface form: Wallonia (Belgium)
Regions of Belgium hasPart Wallonia
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
this entity surface form: Southern Netherlands
Belgium hasRegion Wallonia
Wallonia historicalRegion Wallonia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
this entity surface form: southern Belgium
subject surface form: Arrondissement of Verviers
Bastogne locatedIn Wallonia
subject surface form: Casteau
Houffalize locatedIn Wallonia
Krinkelt locatedIn Wallonia
La Hulpe, Belgium locatedIn Wallonia
subject surface form: La Hulpe
Lommersweiler locatedIn Wallonia
Province of Liège locatedIn Wallonia
Schönberg locatedIn Wallonia
Semois River locatedIn Wallonia
this entity surface form: southern Belgium
Signal de Botrange locatedIn Wallonia
Florennes Air Base location Wallonia
Belgians majorEthnicSubgroup Wallonia
this entity surface form: Walloons
subject surface form: Le Régiment de Sambre-et-Meuse
this entity surface form: Sambre-et-Meuse region
Wallonia nativeName Wallonia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wallonie