Belgium

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country in Western Europe sovereign state

Belgium is a Western European country known for its role as a founding member of major international organizations, including NATO and the European Union, and for hosting many of their key institutions.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kingdom of Belgium	55
Belgian state	5
Belgian federal state	4
Belgian State	3
Ardennes	1
Belgians	1
Belgium (annexed territories)	1
Belgium (country)	1
Belgium (part)	1
Belgium national football team	1
Belgium national football team (assistant coach)	1
Federal State of Belgium	1
present-day Belgium	1
État fédéral belge	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Western Europe ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
borderCountry	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom (maritime border)
callingCode	+32 ⓘ
capital	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
continent	Europe ⓘ
currency	euro ⓘ
demonym	Belgian ⓘ
drivesOn	right ⓘ
EUAccession	1958 ⓘ
foundingMemberOf	Benelux Union ⓘ surface form: Benelux Customs Union European Union ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
governmentType	federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasCoastOn	North Sea ⓘ
hasRegion	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels-Capital Region Flanders ⓘ Wallonia ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Alexander De Croo ⓘ
headOfState	Philippe of Belgium ⓘ
hostsHeadquartersOf	Council of the European Union ⓘ Eurocontrol ⓘ European Commission ⓘ European Council ⓘ European Parliament (Brussels seat) ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization SWIFT ⓘ World Customs Organization ⓘ
independenceDeclared	1830 ⓘ
independenceFrom	United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2	BE ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3	BEL ⓘ
largestCity	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
legislature	Federal Parliament of Belgium ⓘ
lowerHouse	Federal Parliament of Belgium ⓘ surface form: Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
majorReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
memberOf	Benelux Union ⓘ European Union ⓘ Eurozone ⓘ NATO ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Schengen Area ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
nationalMotto	"Eendracht maakt macht" ⓘ "Einigkeit macht stark" ⓘ "L'union fait la force" ⓘ
nationalSymbol	Belgian flag ⓘ Coat of arms of Belgium ⓘ
NATOMembership	1949 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
officialReligion	none (secular state) ⓘ
recognizedIndependence	1831 ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Time ⓘ surface form: Central European Summer Time
UNM49Code	056 ⓘ
upperHouse	Federal Parliament of Belgium ⓘ surface form: Senate of Belgium

Referenced by (1,130)

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

European Commission → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

European Economic and Social Committee → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

European External Action Service → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

European Research Council → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

ERC → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: European Research Council

General Secretariat of the Council → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

Legal Service → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: Legal Service (European Commission)

NATO Assistant Secretaries General → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

New Flemish Alliance → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

Secretariat-General → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

subject surface form: Secretariat-General of the European Commission

Western European Union → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

World Customs Organization → headquartersLocation → Belgium ⓘ

Signal de Botrange → highestPointOf → Belgium ⓘ

Drôle de guerre → historicalRegion → Belgium ⓘ

Flanders → historicalRegionOf → Belgium ⓘ

Western Europe → historicallyIncludes → Belgium ⓘ

Lommel SK → homeCountry → Belgium ⓘ

1920 Summer Olympics → hostNation → Belgium ⓘ

BEL → identifiesCountry → Belgium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Belgium

Rhine Action Programme → implementedBy → Belgium ⓘ

Council of Europe member states → include → Belgium ⓘ

Allies of World War II → included → Belgium ⓘ

Allied forces → includedCountry → Belgium ⓘ

European Union customs union → includes → Belgium ⓘ

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Belgium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Belgium

World Health Organization Member States → includes → Belgium ⓘ

European inland shipping network → includesCountry → Belgium ⓘ

Northwest Europe → includesCountry → Belgium ⓘ

Paris railway network → includesInternationalServicesTo → Belgium ⓘ

German-occupied Europe → includesTerritory → Belgium ⓘ

First World → includesTypicalExamples → Belgium ⓘ

Burundi → independenceFrom → Belgium ⓘ

Democratic Republic of the Congo → independenceFrom → Belgium ⓘ

Rwanda → independenceFrom → Belgium ⓘ

Republic of Texas → independenceRecognizedBy → Belgium ⓘ

Antarctic Treaty → initialSignatory → Belgium ⓘ

Kellogg–Briand Pact → initialSignatory → Belgium ⓘ

D-Day → involvedCountry → Belgium ⓘ

European theatre of World War II → involvedCountry → Belgium ⓘ

European theatre of World War I → involves → Belgium ⓘ

Scramble for Africa → involves → Belgium ⓘ

Washington Naval Conference period → involvesCountry → Belgium ⓘ

Geneva Round (1947) → involvesOrganization → Belgium ⓘ

Marie → isCommonInRegion → Belgium ⓘ

Brussels-Capital Region → isFederalEntityOf → Belgium ⓘ

Leop. Order → isHighestOrderOf → Belgium ⓘ

Order of Leopold → isHighestOrderOf → Belgium ⓘ

Aalter → isInNorthernPartOf → Belgium ⓘ

Leop. Order → isOldestOrderOf → Belgium ⓘ

Order of Leopold → isOldestOrderOf → Belgium ⓘ