Regions of Belgium
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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.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
first-level administrative division system
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| administrativeLevel |
first-level subdivision of Belgium
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| budgetResponsibility |
own regional budgets
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| competenceType |
exclusive competences in assigned fields
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| constitutionalBasis |
Belgian Constitution
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| cooperatesWith |
Communities of Belgium
→
federal government of Belgium → |
| country |
Belgium
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| distinctFrom |
Communities of Belgium
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| electionSystem |
directly elected regional parliaments
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| executiveBodyType |
regional governments (executives)
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| fiscalPowers |
limited taxation powers
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| furtherDevelopedIn |
1988–1989 state reform
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1993 state reform → |
| governanceScope |
agriculture
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economic policy → environment → housing → public works → some aspects of employment policy → spatial planning → territorial matters → transport (intra-regional) → |
| hasCapitalRegion |
Brussels-Capital Region
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| hasDisputeMechanism |
Constitutional Court of Belgium
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| hasOfficialLanguages |
Dutch
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French → German (in Wallonia’s German-speaking area) → |
| hasPart |
Brussels-Capital Region
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Flemish Region → Walloon Region → |
| highestAuthority |
regional governments
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| influences |
regional economic development
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regional environmental regulation → regional infrastructure planning → |
| introducedIn |
1980 state reform
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| languageCriterion |
territorial
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| legalStatus |
federated entities
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| legislativeBodyType |
unicameral regional parliaments
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| levelOfAutonomy |
high
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| numberOfParts |
3
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| overlapsWith |
language areas of Belgium
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| policyInstrument |
regional decrees and ordinances
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| relatedTo |
federalism in Belgium
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linguistic divide in Belgium → |
| replaced |
unitary provincial-based structure (in many competences)
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| sharesTerritoryWith |
Communities of Belgium
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| subdivisionOf |
Belgian federal state
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Communities of Belgium
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Gouvernement fédéral ("Régions belges") → |
sharesPowersWith |
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Federal Government of Belgium
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coexistsWith |
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Constitution of Belgium
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definesInstitution |
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Flanders
("European Union NUTS 1 region BE2")
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partOf |