Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Belgium is a federal state made up of three communities and three regions, each with considerable autonomy. One of these is the Walloon Region, which is governed by the Parliament of Wallonia and the executive Government of Wallonia. The Walloon Region's autonomy extends even to foreign policy; Wallonia is entitled to pursue its own foreign ...
Brussels, [a] officially the Brussels-Capital Region, [b] [12] [13] is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. [14] The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium [15] and the Flemish ...
This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law. In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Antwerp , Ghent , Charleroi , Liège , and Brussels .
As of 2023, taking into account the nationality of birth of the parents, 55.84% of the City of Brussels's population is of non-European origin (predominantly Moroccan, Indian and Congolese), 27.21% is of European origin other than Belgian (mainly French, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, and Polish), while 16.94% is solely of native Belgian ancestry ...
Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] and has a population of more than 11.7 million; [7] its population density of 383/km 2 (990/sq mi) ranks 22nd in the world and sixth in Europe. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; [d] other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
- Hints, Clues and Answers to the NYT's 'Mini Crossword' Puzzle. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News. Finance. Finance. Associated Press Finance.
Belgium raised the alert status for its capital Brussels to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds.
The Brussels Capital Region in Belgium. The Brussels Capital Region does not belong to any province, nor does it contain any. The extraprovincial status of Brussels has existed since 1995, when the former province of Brabant, which had Brussels as its capital, was divided into the Dutch-speaking province of Flemish Brabant and the French ...