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The creation of three small states (Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia) was preferred by 23%, a union between France and Wallonia was supported by 14%, and a union between Flanders and Brussels together with an independent Wallonia by 12%. In Flanders, 27% supported a three-state scenario and 26% supported a union between Flanders and Brussels.
Wallonia has also further devolved part of its responsibilities to the German-speaking Community with regards to its 9 municipalities. The three Regions can amend or replace the existing legislation on the municipalities, most notably the New Municipal Law. In the Flanders the Municipal Decree of 15 July 2005 applies. In Wallonia the Code of ...
In January 1945, Van de Wiele was negotiating with Foreign Ministry representative Diehl about the future establishment of separate subdivisions for Flanders and Wallonia; he did not care whether Flanders was to be called a Reichsgau or Reichsmark, as long as the 'artificial' Belgian state was split, and the 'unnatural union' of Flemings and ...
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.
Reichsgau Flanders Reichsgau Wallonia In the coming Nazi New Order , other lands were considered for annexation sooner or later, for instance North Schleswig , German-speaking Switzerland , and the zone of intended German settlement in north-eastern France , where a Gau or a Reichskommissariat centred on Burgundy was intended for creation, and ...
The arrondissement of Brussels-Capital (geographically coinciding with the Brussels-Capital Region) is not part of any province and consequently forms its own electoral district. As the only part of Belgium, the Parliament of Wallonia still uses electoral arrondissements.
In 2011, the French-speaking Community finances 152 nursery and primary schools [8] and 101 secondary schools [9] providing such type of education in Wallonia and Brussels. Out of them, 118 nursery and primary schools and 76 secondary schools use Dutch as language of immersion and 16 are located in municipalities with language facilities for ...
TEC is the equivalent company in Wallonia, and MIVB-STIB in Brussels. The railway network run by the NMBS , however, is a federal responsibility. The Flemish government is also responsible for about 500 kilometers of regional roads (Dutch: gewestwegen ) and about 900 kilometers of highways in the territory of the Flemish Region.