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The transnational site shared with France includes 139 cemeteries and memorials on the Western Front of the First World War. 43 of them are located in Belgium including 2 Belgian military cemeteries, 26 Commonwealth military cemeteries and monuments, 5 French military cemeteries and monuments, 2 German military cemeteries, one Commonwealth ...
Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "Rendez-vous", composed by Walter Verdin, with lyrics by Paul Peyskens, and performed by the band Pas de Deux. The Belgian participating broadcaster, Flemish Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep (BRT), selected its entry through a national final.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Belgium: Belgium – sovereign country located in northwest Europe . [ 1 ] It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations , including NATO , of which it is also a founding member.
Foreigners resident in Belgium are issued with a Belgian resident card (Dutch: Verblijfstitel, French: Titre de séjour, German: Aufenthaltstitel), which appears similar, but is legally distinct. Nevertheless, the term "identity card" is often used to refer to both the identity cards issued to citizens and the resident cards issued to foreigners.
Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (French: Aéroport de Toulouse–Blagnac) (IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is an international airport located 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) west northwest of Toulouse, partially in Blagnac, both communes of the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region of France. In 2017, the airport served 9,264,611 passengers. [2]
It has a surface area of 13,626 km 2 (5,261 sq mi), or 44.4% of Belgium, and is divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 300 municipalities. The official language is Dutch . French can be used for certain administrative purposes in a dozen particular " municipalities with language facilities " around the Brussels-Capital Region and at ...
The Mont des Arts (French, pronounced [mɔ̃ dez‿aʁ]) or Kunstberg (Dutch, pronounced [ˈkʏnstbɛr(ə)x] ⓘ), meaning "Hill/Mount of the Arts", is an urban complex and historic site in central Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden.
There is no linguistic census in Belgium, but based on the support Francophone parties receive, the French-speaking population of Sint-Genesius-Rode is estimated to be about 64%. [ 2 ] As in several other municipalities on the periphery of Brussels , in the 1960s linguistic facilities were given to local French-speaking residents.