Walloon diaspora

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The Walloon diaspora comprises communities of French-speaking Belgians from Wallonia who have settled abroad, notably in countries such as France, the United States, and Canada, often linked to historical waves of industrial and labor migration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora
ethnic community abroad
human migration phenomenon
hasCountryOfOrigin Belgium
hasCulturalTrait Catholic tradition
French-language education
Walloon culinary traditions
Walloon folklore
hasDestinationCountry Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Burundi
Canada
Congo Free State
Democratic Republic of the Congo
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Rwanda
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasEthnicOrigin Wallonia
surface form: Walloons
hasLanguage French
Walloon language
hasLinguisticOrigin French-speaking Community of Belgium
surface form: French-speaking Belgians
hasMajorMigrationWave 19th-century industrial migration
early 20th-century labor migration
post-World War II migration
hasNotableCommunityIn Buenos Aires Province
Illinois
Michigan
Hauts-de-France
surface form: Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Ontario
Grand Paris urban area
surface form: Paris region

Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec

Rio Grande do Sul
Wisconsin
hasRegionalOrigin Wallonia NERFINISHED
isLinkedTo coal mining industry
glass industry
industrialization in Wallonia
steel industry
relatedTo Belgian diaspora
Flemish diaspora
Francophone diaspora

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Belgian diaspora hasPart Walloon diaspora