French Community

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The French Community is one of Belgium’s federated entities responsible for cultural, educational, and language-related matters for French-speaking residents.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Communauté française 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf community of Belgium
federated entity of Belgium
appliesToPopulation French-speaking residents of Belgium
appliesToRegion Brussels-Capital Region
surface form: Brussels-Capital Region (French-speaking inhabitants)

Wallonia
surface form: Wallonia (French-speaking part)
budgetaryAutonomy yes
capital Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Belgium
surface form: Belgian Constitution
conventionalLongName French-speaking Community of Belgium
surface form: French Community of Belgium
country Belgium
createdBy Belgian state reform
culturalInstitutionsUnderAuthority French-language cultural institutions in Brussels
French-language cultural institutions in Wallonia
distinctFrom Flemish Community
German-speaking Belgium
surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium

Wallonia
surface form: Walloon Region
established 1970
executiveBody Government of the French Community
gainedMoreAutonomy 1980
governmentLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
hasParliamentaryElections yes
headOfGovernmentTitle Minister-President of the French Community
higherEducationCompetence yes
languageCommunityType Francophone community
legalStatus federated entity with its own institutions
legislativeBody Parliament of the French Community
nativeLanguage French
officialLanguage French
officialName French Community self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communauté française

French-speaking Community of Belgium
surface form: Communauté française de Belgique

Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
parliamentLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
policyArea scientific research (in community fields)
sports
youth policy
primaryEducationCompetence yes
reasonForBrandNameChange to emphasize link between Wallonia and Brussels
responsibleFor audio-visual media
certain health policy aspects
certain social services
culture
education
language policy
seatOfGovernment Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
secondaryEducationCompetence yes
sharesTerritoryWith Brussels-Capital Region
Wallonia
surface form: Walloon Region
shortName FWB
usesBrandName Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Referenced by (5)

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

Communities of Belgium hasMember French Community
French Community officialName French Community self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Communauté française