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Wallonia (/ w ɒ ˈ l oʊ n i ə / wol-OH-nee-ə; French: Wallonie ⓘ; Walloon: Waloneye or Walonreye), [a] officially the Walloon Region (French: Région wallonne [ʁeʒjɔ̃ walɔn]; Walloon: Redjon walone), [b] is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels. [5]
The history of Wallonia, from prehistoric times to the present day, is that of a territory which, since 1970, has approximately coincided with the territory of Wallonia, a federated component of Belgium, which also includes the smaller German-speaking Community of Belgium (73,000 inhabitants).
The Parliament of Wallonia (French: Parlement de Wallonie, pronounced [paʁləmɑ̃ də walɔni]), or the Walloon Parliament (Parlement wallon, [paʁləmɑ̃ walɔ̃]) in the decrees, is the legislative body of Wallonia, one of the three self-governing regions of Belgium (the other two being Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region).
The Élysette in Namur is the office building of the Walloon Minister-President. The Walloon Government (French: Gouvernement wallon, pronounced [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ walɔ̃]) or Government of Wallonia (Gouvernement de Wallonie, [-də walɔni]) is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium.
Wallonia is a region located in southern Belgium, and divided into 262 municipalities, listed in the table below.The numbers refer to the location of the municipalities on the maps of the respective provinces.
The minister-president of Wallonia (French: Ministre-président de Wallonie) is the head of the Government of Wallonia, the executive power of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. The official residence, known as the Élysette, is in Namur, along the Meuse River.
The Walloon Region or Wallonia (French: Région Wallonne or Wallonie) occupies the southern part of Belgium. It has a surface area of 16,901 km 2 (6,526 sq mi), or 55.1% of Belgium, and is also divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 262 municipalities. Its capital is Namur.
This is a list of cities in Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium.The status of "city" is historical and does not necessarily mean it has a high number of inhabitants: see city status in Belgium for more information.