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Belgium–France relations are the interstate relations between Belgium and France. Relations were established after the independence of Belgium. Both nations are great allies. Both nations have cultural similarities. Both nations are founding members of NATO, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the European Union.
The first Quick in France was opened in Aix-en-Provence on July 19, 1980. By December 31, 2010, it operated over 400 restaurants in Belgium , France , Luxembourg and the French overseas departments or territories of Réunion , New Caledonia , Guadeloupe and Martinique . 72% of these restaurants are operated as franchises .
Cora is a chain of hypermarkets owned by Louis Delhaize Group in France, Belgium and the French overseas territory of Mayotte. Cora was founded in 1974 by the supermarket holding Louis Delhaize Group after taking over three Carrefour hypermarkets located in Belgium. [1]
The region was ceded to the Kingdom of France, and became part of the province of Flanders and Hainaut. The bulk became part of the modern French administrative Nord department , although some western parts of the region, which separated in 1237 and became the County of Artois before the cession to the French, are now part of Pas-de-Calais .
The Franco-Belgian Military Accord of 1920 (French: Accord militaire franco-belge de 1920) was a collective defense pact signed between France and Belgium in September 1920. . The Accord was cancelled in 1936 as Belgium returned to pursuing a policy of neutrality, which it would continue until being invaded by Germany early in the Second World W
The Sambre (French:) is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse, which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur. The source of the Sambre is near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, in the Aisne department. It passes through the Franco-Belgian coal basin, formerly an important industrial district.
The city was founded in 648 by Saint Remacle, Abbot of Solignac Abbey in France. He had established his Benedictine Monastery in Malmedy. He had established his Benedictine Monastery in Malmedy. Between this date and 1794, the history of Malmedy is linked to the Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy , a clerical microstate ruled by a prince-abbot .
European route E17 passes through the following cities: Belgium A14: Antwerp → Sint-Niklaas → Ghent → Kortrijk France A 22: Tourcoing → Lille; A 1: Lille → Arras; A 26: Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims