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Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] and has a population of more than 11.7 million ...
The Kingdom of Belgium accepted the convention on 24 July 1996, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Belgium has 16 sites inscribed on the list. The first sites to be added to the list were the Flemish Béguinages, the Grand-Place in Brussels and the lifts on the Canal du Centre, at the 22nd UNESCO session in 1998 ...
The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's gross domestic product and employs 3.3% of the working population (142,000 people). [ 1 ] 6.7 million people travelled to Belgium in 2005. [ 2 ] Two-thirds of them come from the larger nearby countries - France , The Netherlands , the United Kingdom , and Germany ; there are also many tourists ...
Map of Belgian regions and provinces. Belgium has an area of 30,689 km² (11,849 sq mi), with 16,901 km 2 (6,526 sq mi) or 55.1% for the Walloon Region , 13,626 km 2 (5,261 sq mi) or 44.4% for the Flemish Region , and 162 km 2 (63 sq mi) or 0.5% for the Brussels Capital Region .
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.7 million.
The third network is composed of provincial national roads. The first digit corresponds to a province—from 1 to 9—based upon the old provinces and in alphabetical order in French, thus: 1 is Province of Antwerp; 2 is Province of Brabant; 3 is Province of West Flanders; 4 is Province of East Flanders; 5 is Province of Hainaut; 6 is Province of Liège; 7 is Province of Limburg; 8 is Province ...
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Motorways in Belgium. In Belgium, the motorways (Dutch: autosnelwegen; French: autoroutes; German: Autobahnen) are indicated by an A and an E (for European) number. [1] The E numbers are used most often. Roads that are (part of) a ring road around a town or city are mostly indicated by an R number. [2]