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The communities are: French community (though not Walloon, but sometimes controversially called Wallonia-Brussels), [21] Flemish community (which uses Dutch), and German-speaking community. The division into political regions does not correspond with the communities: Flemish Region , Walloon Region (including the German community but generally ...
On 21 March 1917, by a decree, Belgium was separated into two administrative areas: Flanders, including its Brussels, and Wallonia. A Flemish government, known as the Raad van Vlaanderen was established. In 1912, Walloon nationalists recognized Namur as the most central city of Wallonia so Germans chose Namur as the Walloon administration ...
A signature Walloon sausage is called Belgian Trippe among the Walloon community of Northeastern Wisconsin on the Door Peninsula. It is a blend of pork and cabbage made differently from household to household and probably based on a traditional Walloon sausage such as Boudin Verte d'Orp.
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 Community, [16] but is separate from the Flemish Region (Flanders), within which it forms an enclave, and the Walloon Region (Wallonia), located less than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the south.
Brussels chefs successfully combined French cuisine with elements of Flemish and Walloon dishes. [11] The city is also known as the birthplace of the Belgian endive. The technique for growing blanched endives was accidentally discovered in the 1850s at the Botanical Garden of Brussels in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. [12]
Votes for Dutch speaking parties in Brussels in the Belgian federal election, 2010. The main reason for Brussels being mainly French-speaking was the low social prestige of the Dutch language in Belgium during the 19th century and the severe discrimination against both Dutch as a language and the Flemings. [38]
The Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest, pronounced [ˌvlaːms xəˈʋɛst] ⓘ), [a] [b] usually simply referred to as Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə(n)] ⓘ), [c] is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. [5]
In contrast to Flemish citizens of Brussels, who came primarily from the lower social classes, the Walloon newcomers belonged mainly to the middle class. [3] The Walloon and French migrants lived predominantly in the Marollen district of Brussels, where Marols , a mixture of Brabantian Dutch, French, and Walloon , was spoken. [ 55 ]