Wallonia

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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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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Walloon Region 8
Walloons 5
southern Belgium 3

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 (72)

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

Wallonia → officialName → Wallonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wallonie
Wallonia → officialName → Wallonia self-link ⓘ
Ecolo → operatesIn → Wallonia ⓘ
CDH / Les Engagés → operatesIn → Wallonia ⓘ
subject surface form: Les Engagés
PS → operatesInRegion → Wallonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
subject surface form: Arrondissement of Verviers
this entity surface form: Region of Wallonia
Recht → partOf → Wallonia ⓘ
Schönberg → partOf → Wallonia ⓘ
Wallonia → populationGroup → Wallonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloons
La Hulpe, Belgium → region → Wallonia ⓘ
subject surface form: La Hulpe
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
MR → region → Wallonia ⓘ
Flemings → sharesCountryWith → Wallonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walloons
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
this entity surface form: Walloon Region
Walloon language → spokenIn → Wallonia ⓘ
Walloon language → spokenIn → Wallonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Belgium