Wallonia

E21626

federal entity of Belgium linguistic community territory region of Belgium

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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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Wallonia canonical	759
Walloon Region	65
southern Belgium	16
Region of Wallonia	9
Walloons	5
Wallonia (French-speaking part)	2
Wallonie	2
Sambre-et-Meuse region	1
Southern Netherlands	1
Wallonia (Belgium)	1
Wallonia (via Liège Province)	1
Walloon Region of Belgium	1
Walloon homeland	1
Walloon provinces	1
eastern Belgium	1

Statements (90)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (866)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgium → hasRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

Federal Government of Belgium → sharesPowersWith → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

Bastogne → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

St. Vith → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Wallonia ⓘ

Ardennes Forest → countrySubdivision → Wallonia ⓘ

Belgian diaspora → ethnicGroup → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloons

United Kingdom of the Netherlands → hasPart → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Netherlands

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Wallonia ⓘ

Casteau, near Mons, Belgium → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

subject surface form: Casteau

Grand Est → hasBorderWithRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

Flanders → borderedBy → Wallonia ⓘ

Wallonia → officialName → Wallonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallonie

Wallonia → officialName → Wallonia self-link ⓘ

Wallonia → nativeName → Wallonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallonie

Wallonia → alsoKnownAs → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

Wallonia → historicalRegion → Wallonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

Wallonia → populationGroup → Wallonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloons

Walloon language → spokenIn → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Belgium

Walloon language → regionOfOrigin → Wallonia ⓘ

Meuse → flowsThrough → Wallonia ⓘ

Brussels South Charleroi Airport → locatedInRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

Gallo-Romance languages → spokenIn → Wallonia ⓘ

La Hulpe, Belgium → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

subject surface form: La Hulpe

La Hulpe, Belgium → region → Wallonia ⓘ

subject surface form: La Hulpe

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

Belgian party system → mainRegions → Wallonia ⓘ

French Community → appliesToRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallonia (French-speaking part)

French Community → sharesTerritoryWith → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

French Community → distinctFrom → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

German-speaking Community → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

MR → region → Wallonia ⓘ

PS → operatesInRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

Ecolo → operatesIn → Wallonia ⓘ

PTB-PVDA → activeIn → Wallonia ⓘ

CDH / Les Engagés → operatesIn → Wallonia ⓘ

subject surface form: Les Engagés

Belgian federal elections → mainElectoralRegions → Wallonia ⓘ

Battle of Ligny → geographicRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

German-speaking Belgium → partOf → Wallonia ⓘ

Brussels-Capital Region → otherRegionsOfBelgium → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

Arrondissement of Bastogne → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Belgium

Arrondissement of Bastogne → region → Wallonia ⓘ

Mardasson Memorial → locatedInRegion → Wallonia ⓘ

Bastogne War Museum → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Wallonia ⓘ

N84 → hasLocation → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wallonia (Belgium)

101st Airborne Museum Le Mess → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

Regions of Belgium → hasPart → Wallonia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walloon Region

Houffalize → locatedIn → Wallonia ⓘ

Bastogne Barracks → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Wallonia ⓘ

McAuliffe Square → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Wallonia ⓘ