Regions of Belgium

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first-level administrative division system

The Regions of Belgium are the country’s three territorial entities—Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels-Capital Region—each with its own government and significant autonomy over regional matters.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Regions of Belgium canonical 3
European Union NUTS 1 region BE2 1
Régions belges 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf first-level administrative division system ⓘ
administrativeLevel first-level subdivision of Belgium ⓘ
budgetResponsibility own regional budgets ⓘ
competenceType exclusive competences in assigned fields ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Constitution
cooperatesWith Communities of Belgium ⓘ
Federal Government of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Belgium
country Belgium ⓘ
distinctFrom Communities of Belgium ⓘ
electionSystem directly elected regional parliaments ⓘ
executiveBodyType regional governments (executives) ⓘ
fiscalPowers limited taxation powers ⓘ
furtherDevelopedIn 1988–1989 state reform ⓘ
1993 state reform ⓘ
governanceScope agriculture ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
environment ⓘ
housing ⓘ
public works ⓘ
some aspects of employment policy ⓘ
spatial planning ⓘ
territorial matters ⓘ
transport (intra-regional) ⓘ
hasCapitalRegion Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
hasDisputeMechanism Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguages Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
German (in Wallonia’s German-speaking area) ⓘ
hasPart Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
Flemish Region ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
surface form: Walloon Region
highestAuthority regional governments ⓘ
influences regional economic development ⓘ
regional environmental regulation ⓘ
regional infrastructure planning ⓘ
introducedIn 1980 state reform ⓘ
languageCriterion territorial ⓘ
legalStatus federated entities ⓘ
legislativeBodyType unicameral regional parliaments ⓘ
levelOfAutonomy high ⓘ
numberOfParts 3 ⓘ
overlapsWith language areas of Belgium ⓘ
policyInstrument regional decrees and ordinances ⓘ
relatedTo federalism in Belgium ⓘ
linguistic divide in Belgium ⓘ
replaced unitary provincial-based structure (in many competences) ⓘ
sharesTerritoryWith Communities of Belgium ⓘ
subdivisionOf Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian federal state

Referenced by (5)

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

Federal Government of Belgium → coexistsWith → Regions of Belgium ⓘ
Constitution of Belgium → definesInstitution → Regions of Belgium ⓘ
Flanders → partOf → Regions of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Union NUTS 1 region BE2
Communities of Belgium → sharesPowersWith → Regions of Belgium ⓘ
Gouvernement fédéral → sharesPowersWith → Regions of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Régions belges