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Belgium, [b] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [c] is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries , it 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.
Since the 1950s the newspaper market has been in decline in Belgium. [1] The number of national daily newspapers in the country was 50 in 1950, [1] whereas it was 30 in 1965. [2] The number became 33 in 1980. [1] There were 32 newspapers in the country in 1995. [3] It was 23 in 2000. [1] Below is a partial list of newspapers published in Belgium:
This is a list of cities in Belgium. City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal order , decree , or by an act of law. In 2022, the five largest cities or municipalities in Belgium in terms of population were Antwerp , Ghent , Charleroi , Liège , and Brussels .
In the run up to the 2024 Belgian federal election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions in Belgium. The date range for these polls were from a few months after the 2019 Belgian federal election , [ 20 ] held on 25 May 2019, to shortly before the 2024 Belgian federal election. [ 21 ]
According to Statbel, 65.5% of the Belgian population was Belgian with a Belgian background in 2024. The Belgian background by age group was 51.8% among those under 18, 62.1% among 18-64-year-olds and 85.5% among those aged 65 and over. [23] Of these 'New Belgians', 55.1% are of non-Belgian European ancestry and 44.9% are from non-Western ...
Belgique Belgien Brussels City 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) 11,763,650 ... The first article of the Belgian Constitution said: "Belgium is divided into provinces.
Dutch is the most spoken primary language of Belgium and the official language of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region (merged to Flanders). Along with French, it is an official language of the Brussels-Capital Region. The main Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium are Brabantian, West Flemish, East Flemish, and Limburgish.
This is a list of airports (aerodromes and heliports) in Belgium, sorted by location. Names shown in bold indicate airports with scheduled service on commercial airlines. City / location