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- 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Belgium)
- 1st Squadron (Belgium)
- 1st Wing (Belgium)
- 1st/3rd Lancers Regiment
- 2nd Field Artillery Regiment/Field Artillery Battery ParaCommando
- 2nd Group CIS
- 2nd Tactical Wing
- 2nd/4th Lancers Regiment
- 4th Engineer Battalion (Belgium)
- 4th Group CIS
- 4th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
- 5th Group CIS
- 6th Group CIS
- 7th Brigade (Belgium)
- 8th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
- 10th Group CIS
- 10th Tactical Wing
- 11th Engineer Battalion (Belgium)
- 14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Belgium)
- 18th Logistics Battalion
- 20th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
- 24 Hours of Zolder - 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck – 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien – 29th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
- 31st Squadron (Belgium)
- 40th Squadron Heli (Belgium)
- 51st Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
- 62TV Records
- 70-point plan (Belgium) – 80th UAV Squadron (Belgium)
- 1920 Summer Olympics
– 1931 Belgian Grand Prix
- 1935 Belgian Grand Prix
- 1947 Belgian Grand Prix
- 1949 Belgian Grand Prix
- 1960-1961 Winter General Strike
– 2007 Belgian government formation – 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis – 2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis
– 2010–2011 Belgian government formation - 2010 Belgian love triangle skydiving murder trial
- Aalter
- Aangename kennismaking
- Aan tafel
- Aartselaar
- ABC-auto
- Abdijen in de lage landen
- Abortion in Belgium
- Academic libraries in Leuven
- Acide sulfurique
- Ackermans & van Haaren
- ACOS Operations and Training
- Action of 19 February 1639
- Admiral of Flanders
- Advisory Committee on European Affairs
- African rap in Belgium - Albert I of Belgium
- Albert II of Belgium
- Alfa Papa Tango
- Alken
- Alle maten
- Alles Kan Beter
- Alveringem
- Anderlecht
- Animo (organization)
- Anneessens, Frans
- Another Left
- Anspach, Eugène
- Antéchrista
- Antoine
- Antwerpen-Centraal railway station - Antwerp (city) - Antwerp Diamond Giants
- Antwerp (province)
- Anzegem
- Aquatopia (Antwerp)
- Arab European League
- Ardennes
- Ardennes Chasseur Regiment - Ardooie
- Arelerland
- Arendonk
- Argenta
- Arrondissement Court (Belgium)
- As
- Assenede
- Associated Weavers
- Association Electronique Libre
- Association with lucrative purpose
- Association without lucrative purpose - Asterix Kieldrecht
- Astro Tower
- Atomium
- Attentat (Nothomb)
- Au Gringo’s bar
- Au rythme des déluges
- Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler
- Automotive Cluster of Wallonia
- Avelgem
- Avenue de Tervueren
- Badius, Jodocus
- Balen
- Banking in Belgium
- Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (Belgium)
- Barrier Treaty
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart
- Basketball League Belgium
- Bastogne
- Batetela Rebellions
- Battle of Benevento
- Battle of Beverhoutsveld
- Battle of Bouvines
- Battle of Cadsand
- Battle of Cassel (1071)
- Battle of Cassel (1328)
- Battle of Charleroi
- Battle of Flanders
- Battle of Flushing
- Battle of Hasselt
- Battle of Leuven (891) - Battle of Leuven (1831)
- Battle of lillo
- Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle
- Battle of Nieuwpoort
- Battle of Oudenarde
- Battle of Passchendaele - Battle of Roosebeke
- Battle of Saint-Omer
- Battle of Sluis (1603)
- Battle of Sprimont
- Battle of the Downs
- Battle of the Golden Spurs
- Battle of Turnhout (1789)
- Battle of Warns
- Battle of Waterloo
- Baudouin I of Belgium - Beaulieu International Group
- Beaumont
- Beer in Belgium - Beernem
- Beerse
- Bekaert
- Bekaert, Léon
- BEL20
- Belgacom Fund
- Belgacom TV
- Belgae
- Belga (news agency)
- Belgian American - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
- Belgian Badminton Federation
- Belgian Brazilian
- Belgian Chamber Committee on Justice
- Belgian Chamber Committee on the Interior
- Belgian colonial empire
- Belgian Congo
- Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms
- Belgian Eifel
- Belgian euro coins
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Belgian franc
- Belgian French
- Belgian general election, 2003 - Belgian general election, 2007
- Belgian general election, 2010
- Belgian General Information and Security Service
- Belgian general strike of 1893
- Belgian general strikes
- Belgian Holocaust denial law - Belgian Institute for Normalization
- Belgian Labour Party
- Belgian Lorraine
- Belgian Linguistics Case
- Belgian Medical Component
- Belgian minehunter Bellis (M916) - Belgian municipal elections, 2006
- Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships
- Belgian national identification card
- Belgian nationalism
- Belgian nationality law
- Belgian National Geographic Institute
- Belgian National Internet eXchange
- Belgian Official Journal
- Belgian passport
- Belgian Post Group
- Belgian provincial and municipal elections, 2000 - Belgian Red Cattle
- Belgian Resistance
- Belgian regional elections, 2004
- Belgian revolution
- Belgian Royal Escort - Belgian Rugby Federation
- Belgians
- Belgian Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Defence
- Belgian State Security Service
- Belgian stay-behind network
- Belgian waffle
- Belgian Women's First Division - Belgium
- Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Belgium at the European Athletics Championships
- Belgium–Canada relations
- Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
- Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
- Belgium–Malaysia relations
- Belgium–Kosovo relations
- Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union - Belgium–Mexico relations
- Belgium–Netherlands relations
- Belgium–Russia relations
- Belgium–Ukraine relations
- Belgium – United Kingdom relations - Belgium – United States relations - Belgium women's volleyball Division of Honour
- BELNET
- Beringen - Berlaar
- Berlare
- Berx, Cathy
- Beurre d'Ardenne
- Beveren
- BIPIB
- Bilzen
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique
- BioLiège
- BioVallée
- Biographie de la faim
- Bishopric of Liège
- Blankenberge
- Bloso
- Bocholt, Belgium
- Boël, Yves
- Boechout
- Boelare Castle
- Boerentoren
- Bois de la Cambre
- Bombardment of Brussels
- Bonheiden
- Boom, Antwerp
- B Plus
- Borgloon
- Borinage
- Bornem
- Borsbeek
- Bossemans et Coppenolle
- Le Boulevard périphérique
- Le Bourgmestre de Furnes
- Brabançonne - Braine-le-Comte
- Brakel
- Brasschaat
- Brecht
- Bredene
- Bree
- Bree BBC - Brel, Jacques
- Brepols
- Brepols, Philippus Jacobus
- Brueghel, Pieter the Elder
- Bruges
- Brussels
- Brussels Airport
- Brussels and the European Union
- Brussels-Capital Region - Brussels Coin Cabinet
- Brussels Conference Act of 1890
- Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry
- Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde
- Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
- Brussels International (1897)
- Brussels International 1910
- Brussels International Exposition (1935)
- Brussels Metro
- Brussels Parliament
- Brussels Parliament building
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport - Buckriders - Buggenhout
- Bureau Veritas
- Paul Buysse
- Callewaert, Jan
- Campus Blairon
- Canadians in Belgium - Cantons of Belgium
- La Capitale
- Capital punishment in Belgium
- Carbonade flamande - Carine ou la jeune fille folle de son âme
- Casterman
- Castle of the Valley of the Duchess
- Catholic Party (Belgium)
- Catholic University of Leuven
- Catholic University of Mechlin
- Les Catilinaires
- Cavell, Edith
- Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
- Centre Démocrate Humaniste
- Cercle de Lorraine
- Cercle Gaulois
- Cercle Royal du Parc
- César De Paepe
- Chamber of rhetoric
- Chant des Wallons - Charter of Kortenberg
- Charter of Quaregnon
- Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne
- Château d'Enghien (Belgium)
- Chenogne massacre
- Chief of Defence (Belgium)
- Chiro
- Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)
- Christene Volkspartij
- Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)
- Christlich-Soziale Partei (CSP)
- CIA activities in Belgium
- Cinema of Belgium
- Citrique Belge
- Circulaire
- City of Brussels
- City rights in the Low Countries - City status in Belgium
- Claeys Formula
- Classic 21
- Clijsters, Kim
- Cockerill, John - Cockerill, William
- Le Cocu magnifique - De Collega's
- Colruyt
- Colruyt, Jef
- Les Combustibles
- Comics
- Commercial Court (Belgium)
- Commission communautaire française - Communications in Belgium
- Committee for Another Policy
- Committee P
- Common Community Commission
- Communist Party (Flanders)
- Communist Party (Wallonia)
- Communist Struggle (Marxist–Leninist) - Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium - Compromise of Nobles
- Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
- Confiserie Roodthooft
- Congo Crisis
- Congo Free State
- Constitutional Court of Belgium - Copycat (song)
- Corbeels, Pieter
- Corsio
- Cosmétique de l'ennemi
- Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals
- Coudenberg group
- Cougnou
- Council of State (Belgium)
- Countess of Flanders
- Count of Flanders
- County of Flanders
- County of Loon
- Le Coup de lune
- Le Couronnement de Renart
- Court of Appeal (Belgium)
- Court of Arbitration of Belgium
- Court of Assize (Belgium)
- Court of Audit of Belgium
- Court of Cassation (Belgium)
- Court of Labour (Belgium)
- Covering of the Senne
- Crabbé, Ben
- Crisis and Emergency Management Centre
- CropDesign
- Cross of the Deported 1914-1918
- Crown Council of Belgium
- Culture of Belgium
- Cumerio
- Dardenne, Sabine
- David, Jean-Baptist
- Day of the Flemish Community
- de Clecq, Staf
- Decree (Belgium)
- Declaration of Revision of the Constitution
- Deerlijk
- De Gordel
- Degrelle, Léon
- De Haan
- Dehaene, Jean-Luc - de Haussy, François-Philippe
- Deinze
- Delahaye, Gilbert
- de Merode, Alexandre
- Demographics of Belgium
- Dender
- Denderleeuw
- Dendermonde
- Dentergem
- De Panne
- De Pinte
- Dessel
- Destelbergen
- Deux-Nèthes
- De Warande (Club)
- De Wever, Bart
- Dexia
- Diepenbeek
- Diksmuide
- Dilsen-Stokkem
- Dioxine affair
- Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival
- Di Rupo, Elio
- Draining law - Duchy of Brabant
- Duchy of Limburg
- Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867) - Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting
- Duffel
- Dupuis, Jacques
- Dutroux, Marc
- Dyle (department) - Jacqueline Dyris
- East Flemish
- Ecolo
- Economy of Belgium
- Edegem
- Education in Belgium
- Eeklo
- Egmont pact
- Ekeren
- Elmore D
- Elsene / Ixelles - Erpe-Mere
- Escaut (department) - Essen
- Etterbeek
- Eupen
- Eupen-Malmedy
- European Movement Belgium
- Eurostar
- Evere
- Evergem
- Eyskens, Gaston
- Flag of Belgium
- Flamingant
- Flanders
- Flanders Investment and Trade
- Flemish
- Flemish Baroque painting
- Flemish Brabant
- Flemish Council for Science and Innovation - Flemish Community Commission
- Flemish movement
- Flemish National Union
- Flemish Region
- Flemish Secession hoax
- Flemish Sign Language
- Florennes Air Base
- Folklore of the Low Countries
- Foreign relations of Belgium
- Forêts
- Fortifications of Brussels - Fortis (finance)
- Fourniret, Michel - Franck, César - Franco-Belgian comics
- France–Habsburg rivalry - Franco-Dutch War
- Francqui, Emile
- Free Belgian Forces
- French Community Commission
- French Community of Belgium
- French fried potatoes - Frenchification of Brussels
- French Flanders
- Frère, Albert
- Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF)
- Frontpartij
- Gallia Belgica
- Ganshoren
- Gaume
- Gavere
- Geel
- General Federation of Belgian Labour
- General strike against Leopold III of Belgium
- Genk
- Geography of Belgium
- Geraardsbergen
- Gesell, Silvio
- Gevaert, Lieven
- Ghent
- Gingelom
- Gistel
- Goffin, Albert
- Gordel (De)
- Governor of Brussels-Capital
- Gravensteengroep
- Groen!
- Greater Netherlands - Group Joos
- Grétry, André Ernest Modeste
- Grobbendonk
- Grote Markt / Grand-Place
- Hainaut - Halen
- Halle
- Ham
- Hamme
- Hamont-Achel
- Harelbeke
- Habsburg Netherlands
- Hasselt
- Hechtel-Eksel
- Heers
- Heist-op-den-Berg
- Hemiksem
- Henin, Justine - Hepburn, Audrey
- Herentals
- Herenthout
- Hergé
- Herk-de-Stad
- Heerlijkheid
- Herselt
- Herstappe
- Herzele
- Heusden-Zolder
- Heuvelland
- Heysel
- Heysel Stadium - Heysel Stadium disaster
- High Council of Justice (Belgium)
- History of Belgium
- History of Belgium before 1830 - History of Flanders
- History of the Walloon movement
- History of urban centers in the Dutch Low Countries
- History of Wallonia
- Hoeselt
- Hooglede
- Hoogstraten
- Hoornaert, Paul
- Hooverphonic
- Horebeke
- Hoste, Geert
- Houthalen-Helchteren
- Houthulst
- Hove, Belgium
- Hulshout
- Human Rights League (Belgium)
- Human Rights League (Dutch-speaking Belgium)
- Human Rights League (French-speaking Belgium)
- Huppen, Hermann
- Ickx, Jacky
- Ingelmunster
- Innotek (Belgium)
- International association without lucrative purpose - International rankings of Belgium
- Iron Rhine - Ixelles - Izegem
- IJzerwake
- Jamar, Alexandre
- Jansen, Georges
- Janson, Paul-Emile
- Jemmape (department) - Jenever
- Jette
- La Jeune Belgique
- Jeune Europe
- Kapellen - Kaprijke
- Kasterlee
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- KBC Bank
- Keytrade Bank
- Kinrooi
- Kinsbergen, Andries
- Kluisbergen
- Knesselare
- Knokke-Heist
- Koekelare
- Koekelberg
- Koksijde
- Kontich
- Kortemark
- Kortessem
- Kortrijk
- Kriek
- Kruibeke
- Kruishoutem
- Kuurne
- Laarne
- Labour Court (Belgium)
- Lamoral, Count of Egmont
- Lanaken
- Land of Herve
- Langemark-Poelkapelle
- Language legislation in Belgium
- Larock, Victor
- Law Courts of Brussels
- Law of Belgium
- Lebbeke
- Lede - Ledegem
- Leffe
- Legislative Order (Belgium)
- Leie - Lendelede
- Leo Belgicus
- Léopold I of Belgium
- Léopold II of Belgium
- Léopold III of Belgium
- Leopoldsburg
- Lernout & Hauspie
- Le Soir
- Leterme, Yves
- Leterme I Government
- Leterme II Government
- Les XX
- Leysen, André
- Leysen, Christian
- Leysen, Thomas
- LGBT rights in Belgium - Liberales
- Liberalism in Belgium
- Lichtervelde
- Liège Airport
- Liège Cathedral
- Liège (city) - Liège (province)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège - Lier
- Lierde
- Lighthouses and lightvessels in Belgium
- Lille, Belgium
- Limburg (Belgium)
- Limburger cheese
- Limburgish language
- Lint
- List of airports in Belgium - List of ambassadors from Belgium - List of ambassadors to Belgium - List of Ambassadors from New Zealand to Belgium - List of banks in Belgium - List of birds of Belgium - List of Belgian bands and artists - List of Belgian banks - List of Belgian companies - List of Belgian films - List of Belgian films: Pre 1960 - List of Belgian films: 1960s - List of Belgian films: 1970s - List of Belgian films: 1980s - List of Belgian films: 1990s - List of Belgian films: 2000s - List of Belgian films: 2010s - List of Belgian flags - List of Belgian monarchs - List of Belgian municipalities by population - List of Belgian newspapers - List of Belgian political scandals - List of Belgian records in swimming - List of Belgium-related articles - List of Belgians - List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film - List of cities in Belgium - List of companies of Belgium - List of diplomatic missions in Belgium - List of diplomatic missions of Belgium - List of football clubs in Belgium - List of Franco-Belgian comic series - List of governments in Belgium - List of lakes in Belgium - List of mammals of Belgium - List of mayors of the City of Brussels - List of members of the National Congress of Belgium - List of Ministers-President of the Brussels-Capital Region - List of Ministers-President of the Flemish Community - List of Ministers-President of the Walloon Region - List of motorways in Belgium - List of municipalities of the Flemish Region - List of municipalities in Wallonia - List of national parks of Belgium - List of newspapers in Belgium - List of people on stamps of Belgium - List of political parties in Flanders - List of postal codes in Belgium - List of Presidents of the Parliament of the French Community of Belgium - List of Prime Ministers of Belgium - List of railway lines in Belgium - List of rivers of Belgium - List of shopping malls in Belgium - List of SNCB/NMBS classes - List of Speakers of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium - List of television stations in Belgium - List of town tramway systems in Belgium - List of twin towns and sister cities in Belgium - List of universities in Belgium - Lochristi
- Lokeren - Lommel
- Lorrain language
- Lo-Reninge
- Lotharingia
- Lovendegem
- Low Countries
- Low Dietsch dialects - Lower Lorraine
- Lummen
- Luxembourg, province of Belgium - Luxembourgish language
- Lys (department)
- Maaseik
- Maasmechelen
- Maddens Doctrine
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
- Magritte, René
- Maingain, Olivier
- Maldegem
- Malle
- Malmedy massacre
- Malmedy massacre trial
- Man Bites Dog
- Manifesto for Walloon culture
- Manneken Pis
- Marollen
- Marols
- Martens, Wilfried
- Matsys, Quentin
- Mariage, Benoît
- Marlier, Marcel
- Mechelen
- Meerhout
- Meetjesland
- Meeuwen-Gruitrode
- Melle
- Menen
- Mercator, Gerardus
- Merckx, Eddy
- Merelbeke
- Merksplas
- Mertens, Pierre
- Mesen
- Meulebeke
- Meuse-Inférieure
- Meuse-Rhenish
- Middelkerke
- Military of Belgium
- Minimum legal ages in Belgium
- Ministerial Order
- Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region - Moerbeke
- Mol - Monarchy of Belgium
- Moules-frites
- Moorslede
- Mortsel
- Mosan art
- Mosan Renaissance
- Motoring regulations in Belgium
- Mouvement Réformateur
- Municipalities in Belgium - Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region
- Municipalities with language facilities - Mythology of the Low Countries
- Murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck
- Namur (province)
- National Bank of Belgium
- Nazareth, Belgium
- Neerpelt
- Nevele
- Niel
- Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)
- Nieuwerkerken
- Nieuwpoort, Belgium
- Nijlen - Nine Years' War - Ninove
- North Sea Fisheries Convention
- Old University of Leuven
- Olen - Oliveira, Luis
- Oosterzele
- Oostkamp
- Oostrozebeke
- Opglabbeek
- Orangism (Belgium)
- Order of Flemish Militants - Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium
- Ordinance (Belgium)
- Ortelius, Abraham
- Ostend
- Ostend Company
- Oudenaarde
- Oudenburg
- Oudergem / Auderghem - Oud-Turnhout
- Ourthe (department) - Outline of Belgium
- Overpelt
- Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region - Partei der deutschsprachigen Belgier (PDB)
- Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF)
- Parti du Travail de Belgique (PTB) - Partij van de Arbeid van België (PvdA)
- Parti Socialiste
- Partition of Belgium
- Partitions of Luxembourg
- Paulus, Camille
- Peasants' War (1798)
- Peer
- Peeters directive
- Pfaff Jean-Marie
- Picard language
- Picqué, Charles
- Pirson, André-Eugène
- Pittem
- Poirot, Hercule
- Polder Model
- Political parties in Belgium - Politics and Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
- Politics of Belgium
- Politics of Flanders
- Poperinge
- Prévinaire, Eugène
- Princes Park, Retie
- Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy
- Progressive Party (Belgium)
- Provoost, Anne
- Proost (company)
- Province of Antwerp - Province of Brabant
- Province of East Flanders
- Province of Flemish Brabant
- Province of Hainaut - Province of Liège - Province of Limburg
- Province of Luxembourg - Province of Namur - Province of Walloon Brabant
- Province of West Flanders - Provinces of regions in Belgium - Purple (government)
- Putte
- Puurs
- Ranst
- Rape of Belgium
- Rassemblement Wallonie France - Rattachism
- Ravels
- Regulation (Brussels)
- Reinhardt, Django
- Renaissance in the Low Countries - Renardism
- Republic of Bouillon
- Retie
- Rexism
- Riemst
- Rijkevorsel
- Rivers of Belgium - Roeselare
- Rogge, Jacques
- Rogier, Charles
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels - Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège
- Roman/Red
- Ronse
- Rotselaar
- Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
- Royal Order - RTBF
- Ruanda-Urundi
- Ruiselede
- Rumst
- Rupelmonde
- St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège
- Sambre-et-Meuse
- Same-sex marriage in Belgium
- Sarre (department) - Sax, Adolphe
- Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek - Scheldt
- Schelle
- Schilde
- Schoten
- Schuiten, François
- Scifo, Enzo - Science and technology in Brussels
- Science and technology in Flanders
- Science and technology in Wallonia
- Second walls of Brussels
- Senne
- Seventeen Provinces
- Siege of Hulst
- Siege of Leuven
- Siege of Namur (1695)
- Siege of Ostend
- Signal de Botrange
- Sillon industriel
- Singing Nun, The
- Sint-Agatha-Berchem / Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Amands
- Sint-Gillis / Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis-Waas
- Sint-Jans-Molenbeek / Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Joost-ten-Node / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Katelijne-Waver
- Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe / Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Laureins
- Sint-Lievens-Houtem
- Sint-Martens-Latem
- Sint-Niklaas
- Sint-Pieters-Woluwe / Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Truiden
- Sioen Industries
- Small ring (Brussels)
- Socialistische Partij - Anders (sp.a)
- Sonian Forest
- Southeast Limburgish dialect - South Tower (Brussels)
- Spaak, Paul-Henri
- Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
- Special law
- Spiere-Helkijn
- Spirit
- Stabroek
- Staden
- State reform in Belgium
- State University of Leuven
- Stekene
- Stella Artois
- Stevin, Simon
- Stouthuysen, Bob
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
- Tambuyzer, Erik
- Temse
- Tessenderlo
- Thalys
- Theunis, Georges
- Tielt
- Tienen - Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries
- Tintin
- Tongeren - Torhout
- Tourism in Belgium
- Transportation in Belgium - Treaty of London (1839) - Tremeloo - Turnhout
- Union Wallonne des Entreprises
- United States of Belgium
- Université catholique de Louvain
- University of Douai
- University of Ghent -University of Liège
- UNIZO
- Urbanus
- Van Damme, Jean Claude - Van den Bergh, Frans
- Vandenbroucke, Frank (cyclist)
- Van der Rest, Leon
- van Rysselberghe, Théo
- van Eyck, Jan
- Van Genechten Packaging
- Van Hoegaerden, Victor
- Van Rompuy, Herman
- Van Rompuy I Government
- Van Zeeland, Paul
- Verdinaso
- Emile Verhaeren
- Verhofstadt, Dirk
- Verhofstadt, Guy
- Verhofstadt III Government
- Verlooy, Jan-Baptist
- Vesalius, Andreas - Veurne
- Vieille Montagne
- Vink, Karel
- Visa requirements for Belgian citizens
- Vlaams Belang
- Vlaams Blok
- Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie - Vlaamse Volksbeweging
- Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD)
- Vlerick, André
- Vleteren
- VLOTT
- Voeren - Vorselaar
- Vorst (Forest) - Vosselaar
- Waasland
- Waasmunster
- Wachtebeke
- Walibi Belgium
- Wallonia - Wallonie Libre
- Walloon Brabant
- Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency
- Walloon Jacquerie of 1886
- Walloon language
- Walloon Parliament
- Walloons
- Walloon SME finance and guarantee company - War Crimes Law (Belgium)
- War of the Austrian Succession
- War of Devolution
- War of the Reunions
- War of the Spanish Succession
- War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault
- Waregem
- Warocqué, Raoul
- Watermaal-Bosvoorde / Watermael-Boitsfort - Wellen
- Wervik
- Westerlo
- West Flanders - West Flemish
- Western Hainaut
- Wetteren
- Wevelgem
- Walthéry, François
- Westhoek (region)
- Wichelen
- Wielsbeke
- Wijnegem
- Willebroek
- Willems, Jan Frans
- Wingene
- Witte, Els
- Woluwe-Saint-Etienne - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Wommelgem
- Wortegem-Petegem
- Wuustwezel
- Zedelgem
- Zele
- Zelzate
- Zemst
- Zingem
- Zoersel
- Zomergem
- Zonhoven
- Zonnebeke
- Zottegem
- Zuienkerke
- Zulte
- Zutendaal
- Zwalm
- Zwevegem
- Zwijndrecht, Belgium
- Zwin
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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1st Brigade (Belgium)1st Brigade (Belgium)
The Medium Brigade, formerly the 1st Mechanised Brigade, is a Brigade of the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. Its headquarters is located in Leopoldsburg.-Organisation:The Medium Brigade consists of the following units:...
- 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Belgium)
1st Field Artillery Regiment (Belgium)
The 1st Field Artillery Regiment or 1A was an artillery battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The regiment was the field artillery battalion of the 7th Brigade until 2010....
- 1st Squadron (Belgium)
1st Squadron (Belgium)
The 1st Squadron is a fighter squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is part of the 2nd Tactical Wing and operates F-16 Fighting Falcons.The 1ière Escadrille de Chasse was the first fighter squadron of the Belgian Air Component...
- 1st Wing (Belgium)
1st Wing (Belgium)
The 1st Wing is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces, located at Beauvechain Air Base.-Training Wing:The 1st Fighter Wing was disbanded in 1996, with 349 Squadron and the Operational Conversion Unit moving to Kleine Brogel Air Base. 350 Squadron moved to Florennes Air Base...
- 1st/3rd Lancers Regiment
1st/3rd Lancers Regiment
The 1st/3rd Lancers Regiment is a cavalry regiment in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The regiment is a Mechanised Infantry battalion of the Medium Brigade....
- 2nd Field Artillery Regiment/Field Artillery Battery ParaCommando
2nd Field Artillery Regiment/Field Artillery Battery ParaCommando
The 2nd Field Artillery Regiment/Field Artillery Battery ParaCommando or 2A was an artillery battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The regiment was the field artillery battalion of the 1st Brigade until 2010. In later years, the M109A2 howitzer was replaced by the 120mm...
- 2nd Group CIS
2nd Group CIS
The 2nd Group Communication and Information Systems is a military communications unit in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 2nd Tactical Wing
2nd Tactical Wing
The 2nd Tactical Wing is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It comprises the 1st Squadron and the 350th Squadron of the Air Component.-External links:*...
- 2nd/4th Lancers Regiment
2nd/4th Lancers Regiment
The 2nd/4th Lancers Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The regiment was the Armoured Battalion of the 1st Brigade.-External links:* - Only available in Dutch and French...
- 4th Engineer Battalion (Belgium)
4th Engineer Battalion (Belgium)
The 4th Engineer Battalion is an engineer battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces.-Organisation:The 4th Engineer Battalion comprises:*a staff*a CBRN company*a construction company*a company of combat engineers*a service company...
- 4th Group CIS
4th Group CIS
The 4th Group Communication and Information Systems is a military communications unit in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 4th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
4th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
The 4th Logistics Battalion is a logistics battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 5th Group CIS
5th Group CIS
The 5th Group Communication and Information Systems is a military communications unit in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 6th Group CIS
6th Group CIS
The 6th Group Communication and Information Systems is a military communications unit in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 7th Brigade (Belgium)
7th Brigade (Belgium)
The Light Brigade, formerly the 7th Mechanised Brigade, is a Brigade of the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. Its headquarters is located in Marche-en-Famenne.-Organisation:The 7th Brigade comprises the following units:...
- 8th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
8th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
The 8th Logistics Battalion is a logistics battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 10th Group CIS
10th Group CIS
The 10th Group Communication and Information Systems is a military communications unit in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 10th Tactical Wing
10th Tactical Wing
The 10th Tactical Wing is a wing in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is based at the Kleine Brogel Air Base, in the municipality of Peer...
- 11th Engineer Battalion (Belgium)
11th Engineer Battalion (Belgium)
The 11th Engineer Battalion is an engineer battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces.The soldiers of the 11th Engineer Battalion are fighting divers, specialized in under water missions and reconnaissance for amphibious invasions....
- 14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Belgium)
14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Belgium)
The 14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment is an air defence artillery regiment in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is the successor of the 14th Regiment of Artillery.-Organisation:...
- 18th Logistics Battalion
18th Logistics Battalion
The 18th Logistics Battalion is a logistics battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 20th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
20th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
The 20th Logistics Battalion is a logistics battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 24 Hours of Zolder - 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck – 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien – 29th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
29th Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
The 29th Logistics Battalion is a logistics battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 31st Squadron (Belgium)
31st Squadron (Belgium)
The 31st 'Tiger' Squadron is a fighter squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is part of the 10th Tactical Wing and operates F-16 Fighting Falcons.They use a tiger as emblem....
- 40th Squadron Heli (Belgium)
40th Squadron Heli (Belgium)
The 40th Squadron Heli is a helicopter squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is dedicated to search and rescue operations. It operates 5 Westland Sea King Mk.48 helicopters, due to be replaced in 2011 with NHI NH90 helicopters...
- 51st Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
51st Logistics Battalion (Belgium)
The 51st Logistics Battalion is a logistics battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces....
- 62TV Records
62TV Records
62TV Records is an independent record label based in Brussels, Belgium. The label specializies in artists of various sub-genres of indie pop and is distributed by Bang! Music.-Artists:*Austin Lace*Flexa Lyndo*Fonda 500*Girls in Hawaii*Hallo Kosmo...
- 70-point plan (Belgium) – 80th UAV Squadron (Belgium)
80th UAV Squadron (Belgium)
The 80th UAV Squadron is a squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is dedicated to unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs. It is organised like a wing and consists of a Flight Group, a Maintenance Group and a Support Group...
- 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
– 1931 Belgian Grand Prix
1931 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1931 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on July 12, 1931.- Classification :-Race:- Starting grid positions :...
- 1935 Belgian Grand Prix
1935 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1935 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on July 14, 1935.- Race :- Starting grid positions :-Notes:...
- 1947 Belgian Grand Prix
1947 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1947 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 29, 1947. The race was also known as the European Grand Prix.-Classification:...
- 1949 Belgian Grand Prix
1949 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1949 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1949. The race was won by Louis Rosier driving a Talbot-Lago T26C. -Entries:-Race:-References:...
- 1960-1961 Winter General Strike
1960-1961 Winter General Strike
1960–1961 Winter General Strike was the most important strike of the 20th century in Belgium and was called the Strike of the Century. Its triggering factor was Eyskens' government introducing a number of austerity policies under the general name Loi unique...
– 2007 Belgian government formation – 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis – 2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis
2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis
The 2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis is a major financial crisis that hit Belgium from mid-2008 onwards. Two of the country's largest banks - Fortis and Dexia - started to face severe problems, exacerbated by the financial problems hitting other banks in the world. The value of their stocks, as...
– 2010–2011 Belgian government formation - 2010 Belgian love triangle skydiving murder trial
2010 Belgian love triangle skydiving murder trial
The Parachute murder is a name the Belgian media gave the 2010 Belgian love triangle skydiving murder trial. The defendant, elementary school teacher and amateur skydiver Els 'Babs' Clottemans, was found guilty of murder by sabotaging the parachute of another woman, fellow skydiver Els Van Doren,...
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AalstAalst, Belgium
Aalst is a city and municipality on the Dender River, 19 miles northwest from Brussels. It is located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Aalst itself and the villages of Baardegem, Erembodegem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade,...
- Aalter
Aalter
Aalter is a municipality located between Bruges and Ghent in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Aalter, Bellem, Lotenhulle and Poeke. It is bordered on the north by Knesselare, on the east by Zomergem and Nevele, on the south by Deinze, and on the west by...
- Aangename kennismaking
Aangename kennismaking
Aangename kennismaking was a 1953 Belgian television series, specializing in the discussion of sport. The series was designed as a family programme.The series was written by Bob Van Bael....
- Aan tafel
Aan tafel
Aan tafel was a Belgian chat show TV series produced in the Dutch language in Belgium since 2001. The series is directed by Ludovic Beun and Filip Bonze.-Appearances:*Walter Capiau .... Himself...
- Aartselaar
Aartselaar
Aartselaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Aartselaar proper. On January 1, 2006 Aartselaar had a total population of 14,375. The total area is 10.93 km² which gives a population density of 1,316 inhabitants per km²...
- ABC-auto
ABC-auto
ABC-auto was a 1992 Belgian mini documentary television series written and presented by Miel Louw and also presented by Annick Van Dam...
- Abdijen in de lage landen
Abdijen in de lage landen
Abdijen in de lage landen was a 1989 Belgian documentary television series directed by Jan Gruyaert. A total of 11 programmes were produced lasting 30 minutes each ....
- Abortion in Belgium
Abortion in Belgium
Abortion in Belgium was fully legalized on April 4, 1990. Abortion is legal until the twelfth week of pregnancy, and it is required for women to have six days of counseling prior to the abortion and to check in with her doctor to monitor her health in the weeks after the procedure...
- Academic libraries in Leuven
Academic libraries in Leuven
The city of Leuven was not only the seat of three different Universities, but also through them, the seat of prestigious academic libraries.- The Library of the Old University of Leuven :...
- Acide sulfurique
Acide sulfurique
Sulphuric Acid is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 2005. It details the thoughts and pursuits of the people involved in a reality show recreating a concentration camp....
- Ackermans & van Haaren
Ackermans & van Haaren
Ackermans & van Haaren N.V. is a Belgian holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is active in four key sectors: dredging and construction, real estate, financial services, and private equity...
- ACOS Operations and Training
ACOS Operations and Training
The Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training, abbreviated as ACOS Ops & Trg, is the head of the Staff Department for Operations and Training of the Belgian Ministry of Defence. He reports to the Chief of Defence and is responsible for the training of the Belgian Armed Forces and for its...
- Action of 19 February 1639
Action of 19 February 1639
The action of 18 February 1639 was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War fought off Dunkirk between a Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Maarten Tromp and the Spanish Dunkirk Squadron under Miguel de Horna...
- Admiral of Flanders
Admiral of Flanders
Admiral of Flanders and Admiral of the Netherlands was a title in the medieval Low Countries for the commander of the war fleet....
- Advisory Committee on European Affairs
Advisory Committee on European Affairs
The Advisory Committee on European Affairs is a committee of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. The committee consists of 10 Representatives, including the President of the Chamber of Representatives, and 10 Belgian Members of the European Parliament. It is chaired by the President of the...
- African rap in Belgium - Albert I of Belgium
Albert I of Belgium
Albert I reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934.-Early life:Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, he was the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen...
- Albert II of Belgium
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
- Alfa Papa Tango
Alfa Papa Tango
Alfa Papa Tango was a 1990 - 1991 Belgian romantic TV drama series directed by Vincent Rouffaer, written by Guy Bernaert and Mark De Bie.-Cast:*Nolle Versyp - Walter Halleux*Machteld Ramoudt - Tiene De Vijlder*Jo De Meyere - Maurice Haegeman...
- Alken
Alken
Alken is a Hesbayen municipality located in Belgian province of Limburg. The community lies just south of the provincial capital of Hasselt. Alken has about 11,000 residents, which gives the village a larger population than the nearby small cities of Borgloon and Herk-de-Stad.- History :Alken...
- Alle maten
Alle maten
Alle maten was a 1998 Belgian comedy TV series directed by Rik Daniëls and Vincent Rouffaer written by Frans Ceusters and Paul Coppens.The series had appearances from actors such as Bob Van der Veken who played the character of Aanbidder and Hans de Munter...
- Alles Kan Beter
Alles Kan Beter
Alles Kan Beter was a Belgian comedy TV series produced by Flemish production house Woestijnvis between the end of 1997 and 1999, in the Dutch language. The series was directed by Jan Eelen, starring weekly Mark Uytterhoeven, Guy Mortier, Rob Vanoudenhoven, and one guest appearance. All of the cast...
- Alveringem
Alveringem
Alveringem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Alveringem proper, Beveren a/d Yzer, Gijverinkhove, Hoogstade, Izenberge, Leisele, Oeren, Sint-Rijkers and Stavele. On January 1, 2006 Alveringem had a total population of 4,887....
- Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...
- Animo (organization)
Animo (organization)
Animo is an independent social democratic youth organization in the Flemish in Belgium and is loosely connected to the Flemish social democratic party Socialistische Partij Anders .- History :...
- Anneessens, Frans
Frans Anneessens
Frans Anneessens was a leader of a Brussels guild. He was decapitated on the Grand Place in Brussels, because of his involvement with uprisings within the Austrian Netherlands....
- Another Left
Another Left
Another Left is an electoral initiative in Wallonia, Belgium. It was founded in 2006 as a result of proposed cooperation between the Revolutionary Communist League and other left groups....
- Anspach, Eugène
Eugène Anspach
Eugène Guillaume Anspach was a Belgian lawyer, civil servant, and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1888 until 1890. Born in Brussels, he was a convinced protestant.-Career:...
- Antéchrista
Antéchrista
Antichrista is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 2003. The plot of the novel is about two female students, called Blanche and Christa. In the novel Christa destroys perpetually the life of Blanche....
- Antoine
Antoine
Antoine is a French given name meaning beyond praise or highly praise-worthy.-As a first name:*Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician*Antoine Arnauld, French theologian, philosopher and mathematician...
- Antwerpen-Centraal railway station - Antwerp (city) - Antwerp Diamond Giants
Antwerp Diamond Giants
Antwerp Giants is a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena.Antwerpse, Zaziko, Brabo, Oxaco, Tunnel and more Antwerp basketball teams formed a union called SOBABEE which merged with Racing Mechelen BC. The club was called Racing Basket Antwerpen then...
- Antwerp (province)
Antwerp (province)
Antwerp is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp which comprises the Port of Antwerp...
- Anzegem
Anzegem
Anzegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Anzegem proper, Gijzelbrechtegem, Ingooigem, Kaster, Tiegem and Vichte. On January 1, 2006 Anzegem had a total population of 13,940...
- Aquatopia (Antwerp)
Aquatopia (Antwerp)
Aquatopia is a popular educational attraction in central Antwerp, Belgium. Aquatopia features a set of aquariums, along with recreations of other marine habitats, including swamps, rain forests, river deltas, and coral reefs. Aquatopia also includes a number of special exhibits covering sharks,...
- Arab European League
Arab European League
The Arab European League or AEL is a radical Pan-Arabist civil rights movement/organization in Belgium and the Netherlands.-Foundation:...
- Ardennes
Ardennes
The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
- Ardennes Chasseur Regiment - Ardooie
Ardooie
Ardooie is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ardooie proper and Koolskamp. In 2006 Ardooie had a total population of 9,147. The local inhabitants are called Ardooienaren.-Sights:* St...
- Arelerland
Arelerland
The Land of Arlon is the traditionally Luxembourgish-speaking part of Belgian Lorraine, but now predominantly French-speaking. Arlon is the main city of this region....
- Arendonk
Arendonk
Arendonk is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Arendonk proper. On January 1, 2006 Arendonk had a total population of 12,215. The total area is 55.38 km² which gives a population density of 221 inhabitants per...
- Argenta
Argenta (bank)
Argenta is a bank based in Belgium that also operates in the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Argenta headquarters are in Antwerp.-History:Argenta was established in 1956 by Frans Kuypers, Karel and Cyriel Schryvers and Karel Van Rompuy as a financing company specialising in personal loans. Since...
- Arrondissement Court (Belgium)
Arrondissement Court (Belgium)
The Arrondissement Court in Belgium is a court which deals with disputes of competence between the Court of First Instance, the Commercial Court and the Labour Court of a judicial arrondissement. It consists of the Presidents of the Court of First Instance, the Commercial Court and the Labour...
- As
As (municipality)
As is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 As had a total population of 7,497. The total area is 22.07 km² which gives a population density of 340 inhabitants per km².-History:...
- Assenede
Assenede
Assenede is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Assenede proper, Bassevelde, Boekhoute and Oosteeklo. On January 1, 2006 Assenede had a total population of 13,552...
- Associated Weavers
Associated Weavers
Associated Weavers International Group is a Belgian textile manufacturing company. The company head office in located in Ronse.-History:The company was founded in Bradford, West Yorkshire and run by the Abrahams family...
- Association Electronique Libre
Association Electronique Libre
The Association Electronique Libre is a Belgian non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in Belgium. Its stated mission is to "protecting the fundamental rights in the information society"...
- Association with lucrative purpose
Association with lucrative purpose
Vereniging met winstoogmerk or Association avec but lucratif means 'profit-making organisation'. It is a formal designation under Belgian law, and organisations are entered in a register and allocated numeric identifiers. For international organisations, the equivalent is aiabl...
- Association without lucrative purpose - Asterix Kieldrecht
Asterix Kieldrecht
Damesvolleybalclub Asterix Kieldrecht is a Belgian women's volleyball club based in Kieldrecht .The team was founded in 1969. By the end of the 1980s, the team climbed to the highest level of women's volleyball in Belgium...
- Astro Tower
Astro Tower
The Astro Tower is a skyscraper in Brussels, Belgium. It is located on the northeast corner of the small ring in the municipality of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, just north of the Madou Plaza Tower. The Astro Tower is tall, making it one of the tallest buildings in Belgium.The financial firm Fortis has...
- Atomium
Atomium
The Atomium is a monument in Brussels, originally built for Expo '58, the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed by André Waterkeyn, it stands 102 metres tall...
- Attentat (Nothomb)
Attentat (Nothomb)
Attentat is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1997....
- Au Gringo’s bar
Au Gringo’s bar
Au Gringo’s bar is a Belgian novel by Anne Duguël. It was first published in 1998....
- Au rythme des déluges
Au rythme des déluges
Au rythme des déluges is a Belgian novel by Patrick Lowie. It was first published in 2000....
- Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler
Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler
The kronenthaler was the currency of the Austrian Netherlands. It was subdivided into 216 liards or 54 sols. Following the French occupation of the Austrian Netherlands in 1794, the kronenthaler was replaced by the French franc....
- Automotive Cluster of Wallonia
Automotive Cluster of Wallonia
The Automotive Cluster of Wallonia is the official cluster of the automotive industry in Wallonia . The goal of the cluster is to promote the complementarities between Wallonian companies, and with the support provided to R&D centres, to launch new activities and innovative products in line with...
- Avelgem
Avelgem
Avelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Avelgem proper, Bossuit, Kerkhove, Outrijve and Waarmaarde. On January 1, 2006 Avelgem had a total population of 9,457. The total area is 21.75 km² which gives a population density of...
- Avenue de Tervueren
Avenue de Tervueren
Avenue de Tervueren or Tervurenlaan is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It runs from Merode in the west, connects with Montgomery Square, passes through Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and the Ring at Quatre Bras and finishes at the park in Tervuren.The avenue was commissioned by King Leopold II of...
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Baarle-HertogBaarle-Hertog
Baarle-Hertog is a municipality belonging to the Belgian province of Antwerp, but for the biggest part located in the Netherlands province of North Brabant. The municipality only comprises the town of Baarle-Hertog proper. On January 1, 2006 Baarle-Hertog had a total population of 2,306...
- Badius, Jodocus
Jodocus Badius
Jodocus Badius was a pioneer of the printing industry.Sometimes called Badius Ascensius from the village of Asse, near Brussels, where he was born, he became an eminent printer at Paris. His establishment came to be known as the Prelum Ascensianum...
- Balen
Balen
Balen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Balen proper and Olmen. On 1 January 2009 Balen had a total population of 20,643...
- Banking in Belgium
Banking in Belgium
Banking in Belgium has, as of 11 October 2008, an average leverage ratio of 33 to 1, while the banks's short-term liabilities are equal to 285% of the Belgian GDP or 367% of its national debt....
- Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (Belgium)
Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (Belgium)
The Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission was the financial regulatory agency for Belgium. It was replaced by a new agency, the Financial Services and Markets Authority on the 1 April 2011 as part of a restructure of the financial regulatory system in Belgium.-History:The CBFA was formed in...
- Barrier Treaty
Barrier Treaty
The "Barrier Treaties" were the names of three agreements signed and ratified during or immediately after the War of Spanish Succession.-First:...
- Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Belgium
The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic Minor Basilica and parish church in Brussels. The church was dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris. Symbolically King Leopold II laid the first stone of the basilica in 1905 during the...
- Basketball League Belgium
Basketball League Belgium
The Basketball League Belgium , also known as the Ligue Ethias or Ethias League, is the highest professional basketball league in Belgium.-Teams:* Antwerp Giants* Belgacom Liège Basket* Dexia Mons-Hainaut* Generali Okapi Aalstar...
- Bastogne
Bastogne
Bastogne Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. The municipality of Bastogne includes the old communes of Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin...
- Batetela Rebellions
Batetela Rebellions
The Batetela Rebellions were a series of uprisings by the Batetela people that occurred between 1895 and 1908 in the Belgian Congo Free State. The rebellions began as a response to 1893 execution of Batetela leader Gongo Lutete during the 1892-1894 war in the Eastern Congo, but soon spread to...
- Battle of Benevento
Battle of Benevento
The Battle of Benevento was fought near Benevento, in present-day Southern Italy, on February 26, 1266, between the troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily. Manfred's defeat and death resulted in the capture of the Kingdom of Sicily by Charles....
- Battle of Beverhoutsveld
Battle of Beverhoutsveld
-Prelude:This battle was initiated when the city of Ghent had rebelled against their lord, count Louis II of Flanders, in 1379. The powerful guilds in Ghent did not take kindly to his rule, and wanted more privileges and less interference from the count...
- Battle of Bouvines
Battle of Bouvines
The Battle of Bouvines, 27 July 1214, was a conclusive medieval battle ending the twelve year old Angevin-Flanders War that was important to the early development of both the French state by confirming the French crown's sovereignty over the Angevin lands of Brittany and Normandy.Philip Augustus of...
- Battle of Cadsand
Battle of Cadsand
The Battle of Cadzand was a minor battle of the Hundred Years War fought in 1337. It consisted of a raid on the Flemish island of Cadzand, designed to provoke a reaction and battle from the local garrison and so improve morale in England and amongst King Edward III's continental allies by providing...
- Battle of Cassel (1071)
Battle of Cassel (1071)
The Battle of Cassel was fought on 22 February 1071 between Robert I of Flanders and his nephew, Arnulf III . The battle was a victory for Robert I of Flanders, Arnulf III was killed in the battle....
- Battle of Cassel (1328)
Battle of Cassel (1328)
The Battle of Cassel was fought on 23 August 1328 by Philip VI, the King of France, and first ruler of House of Valois , against the peasant revolt in Flanders, led by Nicolaas Zannekin. The battle took place near the city of Cassel, 30 km south of Dunkirk in present-day France...
- Battle of Charleroi
Battle of Charleroi
The Battle of Charleroi , or the Battle of the Sambre , was fought on 21 August 1914, between French and German forces and was part of the Battle of the Frontiers. The French were planning an attack across the Sambre River, when the Germans launched an attack of their own...
- Battle of Flanders
Battle of Flanders
The Battle of Flanders is the name of three battles fought Flanders region in northern France and Belgium during the First World War.*First Battle of Flanders - The First Battle of Ypres - a battle fought during the Race to the Sea.*Second Battle of Flanders - The Battle of Passchendaele - an...
- Battle of Flushing
Battle of Flushing
The Battle of Flushing was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War, fought on April 17, 1573 near the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The Spanish fleet was led by Sancho d'Avila, the Dutch fleet by Lieven Keersmaker....
- Battle of Hasselt
Battle of Hasselt
The Battle of Hasselt was a battle of the ten days campaign. The battle took place on 8 August 1831. In the battle the Dutch army defeated the Meuse army of the Belgian rebels and took about 400 prisoners. The Rebels had suffered around the 700 dead while the Dutch losses where very...
- Battle of Leuven (891) - Battle of Leuven (1831)
Battle of Leuven (1831)
The Battle of Leuven was a battle of the ten days campaign. The battle took place on 12 August 1831. The Dutch army defeated the Belgian rebels and took the city on 13 August but decided to retreat because a French army under Maréchal Gérard had crossed the border to support the Rebels....
- Battle of lillo
Battle of lillo
The battle of Lillo was a naval battle that took place during the Eighty Years' War.A Dutch fleet under the command of Lodewijk van Boisot defeated a...
- Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle
Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle
The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle was fought on 18 August 1304 between the French and the Flemish. The French were led by King Philip IV the Fair in person.- Prelude :...
- Battle of Nieuwpoort
Battle of Nieuwpoort
The Battle of Nieuwpoort, between a Dutch army under Maurice of Nassau and Francis Vere and a Spanish army under Albert of Austria, took place on 2 July 1600 near the present-day Belgian city Nieuwpoort.-Campaign:...
- Battle of Oudenarde
Battle of Oudenarde
The Battle of Oudenaarde was a key battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 11 July 1708 between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on the one side and the French on the other...
- Battle of Passchendaele - Battle of Roosebeke
Battle of Roosebeke
The Battle of Roosebeke took place on November 27, 1382 on the Goudberg between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld...
- Battle of Saint-Omer
Battle of Saint-Omer
The battle of Saint-Omer was a large action fought in 1340 as part of King Edward III's summer campaign against France launched from Flanders in the early stages of the Hundred Year's War. The campaign was launched in the aftermath of the battle of Sluys but proved far less successful for the...
- Battle of Sluis (1603)
Battle of Sluis (1603)
The Battle of Sluis was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish squadron commanded by Federico Spinola tried to break through a blockade of Sluis by Dutch ships under the command of Joos de Moor. After about two hours of fighting the heavily damaged Spanish ships returned to...
- Battle of Sprimont
Battle of Sprimont
The battle of Sprimont, battle of Esneux or battle of the Ourthe was a battle between French Republican and Austrian troops on the plateau between the valleys of the Vesdre, the Ourthe and the Amblève, 20 km to the south of Liège...
- Battle of the Downs
Battle of the Downs
The naval Battle of the Downs took place on 31 October 1639 , during the Eighty Years' War, and was a decisive defeat of the Spanish, commanded by Admiral Antonio de Oquendo, by the United Provinces, commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp.- Background :The entry of France in the Thirty...
- Battle of the Golden Spurs
Battle of the Golden Spurs
The Battle of the Golden Spurs, known also as the Battle of Courtrai was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk in Flanders...
- Battle of Turnhout (1789)
Battle of Turnhout (1789)
The Battle of Turnhout was a revolt against Austrian rule of the Southern Netherlands began in the Kempen region. On October 27, 1789, this led to a battle near Turnhout against the Austrian army, in which the latter was defeated. The rebel army was able to lure the Austrians in to the city were...
- Battle of Warns
Battle of Warns
The Battle of Warns was a battle from the Frisian-Hollandic War between count Willem IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 September 1345...
- Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
- Baudouin I of Belgium - Beaulieu International Group
Beaulieu International Group
Beaulieu International Group is a Belgian textile manufacturing company, with its head office located in Wielsbeke in a region of West Flanders which is known for its textile industry.-History:...
- Beaumont
Beaumont, Belgium
Beaumont is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.On January 1, 2006 Beaumont had a total population of 6,698. The total area is 92.97 km² which gives a population density of 72 inhabitants per km²....
- Beer in Belgium - Beernem
Beernem
Beernem is a rural municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders, located southeast of Bruges. The municipality comprises the towns of Beernem proper, Oedelem and Sint-Joris. On January 1, 2006 Beernem had a total population of 14,642, mostly in Beernem proper and Oedelem...
- Beerse
Beerse
Beerse is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Beerse proper and Vlimmeren. On 1 January 2006 Beerse had a total population of 16,482. By the end of 2007, this number had risen to 16,757. The total area is 37.48 km² which gives a...
- Bekaert
Bekaert
N.V. Bekaert S.A. is an industrial company, which is one of the BEL20 companies in the index for the Euronext Brussels stock exchange. The company specializes in advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings...
- Bekaert, Léon
Léon Bekaert
Léon Antoine Bekaert was a Belgian industrialist and politician. He was the son of Leo Leander Bekaert, who founded the family business in 1880....
- BEL20
BEL20
The BEL20 is the benchmark stock market index of Euronext Brussels. In general, the index consists of a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 companies traded at the Brussels Stock Exchange. Since 20 June 2011, the BEL20 has contained 20 listings.-Rules:...
- Belgacom Fund
Belgacom Fund
The Belgacom Fund, is a Belgian fund created within the King Baudouin Foundation in 1999 for a period of three years, which promotes dialogue between citizens and local authorities...
- Belgacom TV
Belgacom TV
Belgacom TV, subsidiary of the Belgacom Group, provides Digital TV and Video On Demand over its own IPTV System in Belgium. It was launched in the summer of 2005....
- Belgae
Belgae
The Belgae were a group of tribes living in northern Gaul, on the west bank of the Rhine, in the 3rd century BC, and later also in Britain, and possibly even Ireland...
- Belga (news agency)
Belga (news agency)
Belga is a Belgian news agency. Belga was founded in 1920 as "Agence télégraphique belge de presse" by Pierre-Marie Olivier and Maurice Travailleur. Seat : 8B Frédéric Pelletier Street, 1030 Schaerbeek - External link :*...
- Belgian American - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
Belgian Anti-Racism Law
The Belgian Anti-Racism Law, in full, the Law of July 30, 1981 on the punishment of certain acts inspired by racism or xenophobia, is a law against hate speech and discrimination passed by the Federal Parliament of Belgium in 1981 which made certain acts motivated by racism or xenophobia illegal...
- Belgian Badminton Federation
Belgian Badminton Federation
The Belgian Badminton Federation is the governing body for Badminton in Belgium. The administrative seat is located in Brussels. The Federation was one of the 11 founding members of Badminton Europe....
- Belgian Brazilian
Belgian Brazilian
Belgian Brazilian is a Brazilian person of full, partial, or predominantly Belgian ancestry, or a Belgian-born person immigrant in Brazil.-Belgian Colonies:*Botucatu ;*Itajaí ;*Porto Feliz...
- Belgian Chamber Committee on Justice
Belgian Chamber Committee on Justice
The Committee on Justice is a standing committee of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. It is responsible for all matters related to the administration of justice. The committee consists of 17 members and is currently chaired by Claude Eerdekens...
- Belgian Chamber Committee on the Interior
Belgian Chamber Committee on the Interior
The Committee on the Interior, General Affairs and the Civil Service , more commonly referred to as the Committee on the Interior, is a standing committee of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. It is responsible for all matters related to the internal affairs of Belgium...
- Belgian colonial empire
Belgian colonial empire
The Belgian colonial empire consisted of three colonies possessed by Belgium between 1901 and 1962: Belgian Congo , Rwanda and Burundi...
- Belgian Congo
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...
- Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms
Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms
The Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms is a Belgian government funded consortium of four scientific institutions, who manage and exploit a collection of fungi, bacteria and plasmids...
- Belgian Eifel
Belgian Eifel
The Belgian Eifel is that part of the North and West Eifel that lies on the Belgian side of the Germany-Belgium border. The term is not universally used, because the boundary between the Eifel and the Ardennes in the area of the High Fens is not clearly defined.The following areas may be...
- Belgian euro coins
Belgian euro coins
Belgian euro coins feature only a single design for all eight coins: the portrait or effigy of King Albert II of the Belgians and his royal monogram...
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office or BELSPO is a Belgian government institution responsible for coordinating science policy at a federal level. It designs and implements research programmes and networks and manages the participation of Belgium in European and international organisations...
- Belgian franc
Belgian franc
The franc was the currency of Belgium until 2002 when the euro was introduced into circulation. It was subdivided into centimes , 100 centiem or Centime .-History:...
- Belgian French
Belgian French
Belgian French is the variety of French spoken mainly in the French Community of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages such as Walloon, Picard, Champenois and Gaumais. The French spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi, which were formerly Belgian...
- Belgian general election, 2003 - Belgian general election, 2007
Belgian general election, 2007
The 2007 Belgian general election took place on Sunday 10 June 2007. Voters went to the polls in order to elect new members for the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.Eligible voters were Belgian citizens 18 years and older...
- Belgian general election, 2010
Belgian general election, 2010
General elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 2010. After the fall of the previous government over the withdrawal of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats from the government the King dissolved the legislature and called new elections...
- Belgian General Information and Security Service
Belgian General Information and Security Service
The General Intelligence and Security Service , known in Dutch as Algemene Dienst Inlichting en Veiligheid , and in French as Service Général du Renseignement et de la Sécurité is the Belgian military intelligence service under responsibility of the Minister of National Defense...
- Belgian general strike of 1893
Belgian general strike of 1893
The Belgian general strike of 1893 was ordered by the General Board of the Belgian Labour Party after the Belgian Parliament rejected the Law Proposal on universal suffrage....
- Belgian general strikes
Belgian general strikes
The Belgian general strikes were a peculiar phenomenon of the social, economical and political life in Belgium due to huge concentrations of workers in the Belgian Cities as Ghent, Antwerp, mainly in Wallonia, in Charleroi and Liège but also in other places in the Walloon Sillon industriel, e.g....
- Belgian Holocaust denial law - Belgian Institute for Normalization
Belgian Institute for Normalization
Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisering / Institut Belge de Normalisation / Belgian Institute for Normalization is the Belgian national organization for standardization and is that country's ISO member body....
- Belgian Labour Party
Belgian Labour Party
The Belgian Labour Party, called Belgische Werkliedenpartij in Dutch and Parti Ouvrier Belge in French, was the first socialist party in Belgium, founded in 1885.-History:...
- Belgian Lorraine
Belgian Lorraine
Belgian Lorraine is the part of Lorraine that lies in the south of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, part of Wallonia.The term is used in a geological context, bordering the Ardennes in the north...
- Belgian Linguistics Case
Belgian Linguistics Case
The Belgian Linguistic case is a formative case on the right to education under the European Convention of Human Rights, Protocol 1, art 2...
- Belgian Medical Component
Belgian Medical Component
The Medical Component is the medical service of the Belgian Armed Forces. It provides medical support for the Belgian Armed Forces and its operations, participates in humanitarian aid and provides certain services to the civilian society...
- Belgian minehunter Bellis (M916) - Belgian municipal elections, 2006
Belgian municipal elections, 2006
The Belgian provincial and municipal elections, 2006 took place on Sunday 8 October 2006. The electors have elected the municipal counsellors of 589 cities and towns as well as the ten provincial councils...
- Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships
Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships
The Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships were first held in 1910, and have been held annually since 1921 by the Royal Belgian Cycling Federation ....
- Belgian national identification card
Belgian national identification card
All Belgians aged 12 and above are issued with an identity card . Belgians aged 15 and above are required to always carry it with them unless they are within 200 m from their homes...
- Belgian nationalism
Belgian nationalism
Belgian nationalism defines an ideology that favours a strong centralised government, with less or no autonomy for the Flemish Community who constitute Flanders, the French Community of Belgium and the German-speaking Community of Belgium who constitute Wallonia and the Brussels-Capital Region...
- Belgian nationality law
Belgian nationality law
Belgian citizenship is based on a mixture of the principles of Jus sanguinis and Jus soli. In other words, both place of birth and Belgian parentage are relevant for determining whether a person is a Belgian citizen. It is regulated by the Code of Belgian Nationality.In some circumstances...
- Belgian National Geographic Institute
Belgian National Geographic Institute
The Belgian National Geographic Institute is the national mapping agency in Belgium.The headquarters are located at La Cambre Abbey in Brussels....
- Belgian National Internet eXchange
Belgian National Internet eXchange
The Belgian National Internet eXchange is an Internet Exchange Point operated by the Belgian national research network BELNET. Created in 1995, it is one of the charter members of Euro-IX, the European Internet Exchange Association....
- Belgian Official Journal
Belgian Official Journal
The Belgian Official Journal is the official journal of the Kingdom of Belgium....
- Belgian passport
Belgian passport
Belgian passports are issued to citizens of Belgium to facilitate international travel. The Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs is responsible for issuing and renewing Belgian passports.-Types of Passports:...
- Belgian Post Group
Belgian Post Group
Bpost is the Belgian company responsible for the delivery of mail, national and international. The Belgian Post Group is one of the largest civilian employers in Belgium...
- Belgian provincial and municipal elections, 2000 - Belgian Red Cattle
Belgian Red Cattle
The cattle breed Belgian Red is a breed from Flanders in Belgium. The breed is in danger of extinction.- Characteristics :The animals are unicoloured red with potentially a few white spots on head, chest, abdomen and legs....
- Belgian Resistance
Belgian resistance
Belgian resistance during World War II to the occupation of Belgium by Nazi Germany took different forms. "The Belgian Resistance" was the common name for the Netwerk van de weerstand - Réseau de Résistance or Resistance Network , a group of partisans fighting the Nazis...
- Belgian regional elections, 2004
Belgian regional elections, 2004
On June 13, 2004, regional elections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament, the Brussels Parliament and the German-speaking Community of Belgium...
- Belgian revolution
Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....
- Belgian Royal Escort - Belgian Rugby Federation
Belgian Rugby Federation
The Belgian Rugby Federation is the governing body for rugby union in Belgium. It was founded in 1931 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988....
- Belgians
Belgians
Belgians are people originating from the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe.-Etymology:Belgians are a relatively "new" people...
- Belgian Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Defence
Belgian Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Defence
The Committee on Foreign Relations and Defence is a standing committee of the Belgian Senate. It is responsible for all matters related to the foreign affairs and the defence of Belgium...
- Belgian State Security Service
Belgian State Security Service
The Belgian State Security Service, known in Dutch as Veiligheid van de Staat, or Staatsveiligheid , and in French as Sûreté de l'État , is a Belgian intelligence agency...
- Belgian stay-behind network
Belgian stay-behind network
The Belgian stay-behind network, colloquially called "Gladio" was a secret mixed civilian and military unit, trained to form a resistance movement in the event of a Soviet invasion and part of a network of similar organizations in NATO-countries...
- Belgian waffle
Belgian waffle
The Belgian waffle is a type of waffle identified by its larger size, lighter batter and higher grid pattern which forms deep pockets and has larger squares than other types...
- Belgian Women's First Division - Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
- Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics
-Medalists:-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-Mountain biking:-Road:MenWomen-Track:-Equestrian:EventingJumping-Fencing:Men-Artistic Gymnastics:Women-Judo:Women-Men:-Sailing:-Shooting:...
- Belgium at the European Athletics Championships
Belgium at the European Athletics Championships
This are the results of the Belgian athletes at the European Athletics Championships.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:...
- Belgium–Canada relations
Belgium–Canada relations
Belgium-Canada relations are those between the nations of Belgium and Canada. Both are close allies and members of NATO and Francophonie. Both have a stance of multilateralism and both have similar government systems...
- Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Belgium was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.The Belgian national final to select their entry, Eurovision '86, was held on 2 March at the RTBF-TV Studios in Brussels, and was hosted by Patrick Duhamel...
- Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Belgium participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia. This was the first Walloon participation since the 2000 contest....
- Belgium–Malaysia relations
Belgium–Malaysia relations
Belgium-Malaysia relations refers to foreign relations between Belgium and Malaysia. Belgium has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has an embassy in Brussels.-History:...
- Belgium–Kosovo relations
Belgium–Kosovo relations
Belgian–Kosovan relations are foreign relations between Belgium and the Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and Belgium recognised it on 24 February 2008...
- Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union - Belgium–Mexico relations
Belgium–Mexico relations
Belgium–Mexico relations are foreign relations between Belgium and Mexico. Belgium has an embassy in Mexico City and six honorary consulates around Mexico . Mexico has an embassy in Brussels. In 1836, Belgium—itself newly independent—recognized the independence of Mexico...
- Belgium–Netherlands relations
Belgium–Netherlands relations
Belgian-Dutch relations refer to interstate relations between the Belgium and the Netherlands. Relations were established after Belgium became independent from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1830. Both nations are great allies with cultural similarities and close cooperation between both...
- Belgium–Russia relations
Belgium–Russia relations
Belgium–Russia relations refers to the bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, Belgium and Russia. Russia has an embassy in Brussels and a consulate-general in Antwerp, whilst Belgium has an embassy in Moscow and the Consulate General in Saint Petersburg.Both countries are full...
- Belgium–Ukraine relations
Belgium–Ukraine relations
Belgium–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between Belgium and Ukraine. Diplomatic relations were established in 1992. Belgium has an embassy in Kiev; Ukraine has an embassy in Brussels and two honorary consulates...
- Belgium – United Kingdom relations - Belgium – United States relations - Belgium women's volleyball Division of Honour
Belgium women's volleyball Division of Honour
The Division of Honour is the highest level of women's volleyball in Belgium.-2011-12 Teams:* Asterix Kieldrecht* Barbãr d'X-elles* Datovoc Tongeren* Dauphines Charleroi* Gea Happel Amigos Zoersel* Hermes Volley Oostende* M Siks VK Blaasveld...
- BELNET
BELNET
BELNET is a Belgian internet provider for research institutions. Beginning in 1989, BELNET provides web services to higher education, federal departments and ministries, and international organisations....
- Beringen - Berlaar
Berlaar
Berlaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Berlaar proper and Gestel . On January 1, 2006 Berlaar had a total population of 10,612. The total area is 24.57 km² which gives a population density of 432 inhabitants per km².-History:The...
- Berlare
Berlare
Berlare is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Berlare proper, Overmere and Uitbergen. On January 1, 2006 Berlare had a total population of 14,092. The total area is 37.82 km² which gives a population density of 373...
- Berx, Cathy
Cathy Berx
Cathy Berx is a Belgian Roman Catholic politician, jurist and governor of the province of Antwerp. Cathy Berx is married to Johan Meeusen, vice-rector and professor of European Law at the University of Antwerp, and has 2 children....
- Beurre d'Ardenne
Beurre d'Ardenne
Beurre d'Ardenne is a type of cow's milk Butter made in the Ardennes of Belgium.As a traditional product of the area it received Belgian appellation d'origine by Royal decree in 1984, and received European PDO status in 1996.-Production:...
- Beveren
Beveren
Beveren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Beveren proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene....
- BIPIB
BIPIB
The Belgian Interdisciplinary Platform for Industrial Biotechnology or BIPIB is a Belgian organization which consists of three working groups which come together on biomass supply, bioprocesses and bioproducts, bio-energy. It was founded by Els Van Weert, Flemish secretary for sustainable...
- Bilzen
Bilzen
Bilzen is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006, Bilzen had a total population of 30,057...
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique
Biographie Nationale de Belgique
The Biographie Nationale de Belgique is the biographical dictionary of Belgium and its predecessor states....
- BioLiège
BioLiège
BioLiège is a Belgian association of academic groups of the University of Liège and several biotech companies comprising a biotechnopole...
- BioVallée
BioVallée
BioVallée is a Belgian association of research groups of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Université de Mons-Hainaut together with several biotech companies comprising a biotechnopole. It was founded in 2001 by the Walloon Region as an interface between academic research and industrial...
- Biographie de la faim
Biographie de la faim
The Life of Hunger is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 2004....
- Bishopric of Liège
Bishopric of Liège
The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries in present Belgium. It acquired its status as a prince-bishopric between 980 and 985 when Bishop Notger, who had been the bishop of Liege since 972, acquired the status of Prince-Bishop...
- Blankenberge
Blankenberge
Blankenberge is a town and a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke.On 1 January 2010 Blankenberge had a total population of 18,907...
- Bloso
Bloso
Bloso is the shortened name for the Belgian Flemish sports agency. Its official name is the Commissariaat-Generaal ter Bevordering van de Lichamelijke Ontwikkeling, de Sport en de Openluchtrecreatie. It is the flemish counterpart of French-speaking ADEPS...
- Bocholt, Belgium
Bocholt, Belgium
Bocholt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Bocholt had a total population of 12,355. The total area is 59.34 km² which gives a population density of 208 inhabitants per km². The Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland of the Trappistins is located in...
- Boël, Yves
Yves Boël
Yves Boël is a Belgian businessman. He is a son of count René Boël and Yvonne Solvay, granddaughter of Ernest Solvay and he married countess Yolande d'Oultremont on 12 September 1977....
- Boechout
Boechout
Boechout is a municipality of Belgium located in the Flemish province of Antwerp.The municipality comprises the towns of Boechout proper and Vremde. On January 1, 2006 Boechout had a total population of 12,090. The total area is 20.66 km² which gives a population density of 585 inhabitants per...
- Boelare Castle
Boelare Castle
Boelare Castle is a castle near the village Nederboelare, Geraardsbergen municipality, in the province of East-Flanders, Belgium. It used to be the seat of the feudal domain Land and Barony of Boelare. Oldest recording of the name Boelare dates back to the 11th century, but the domain is probably...
- Boerentoren
Boerentoren
The Boerentoren or KBC Tower is the tallest building and the second tallest structure in Antwerp, Belgium . The building was constructed between 1929 and 1932 and was originally high...
- Bois de la Cambre
Bois de la Cambre
Ter Kamerenbos or Bois de la Cambre is an urban public park on the edge of the Sonian Forest in Brussels, Belgium. It has an area of 1.23 square kilometres. The park lies in the south of the Brussels-Capital Region, and in the municipality of the City of Brussels...
- Bombardment of Brussels
Bombardment of Brussels
The bombardment of Brussels by French troops of King Louis XIV on August 13, 14 and 15, 1695 and the resulting fire were together the most destructive event in the entire history of Brussels. The Grand Place was destroyed, along with a third of the buildings in the city...
- Bonheiden
Bonheiden
Bonheiden is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Bonheiden proper and Rijmenam. On January 1, 2006 Bonheiden had a total population of 14,510...
- Boom, Antwerp
Boom, Antwerp
Boom is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Boom proper. On January 1, 2006 Boom had a total population of 16,096. The total area is 7.37 km² which gives a population density of...
- B Plus
B Plus
B Plus is a Belgian non profit organization which promotes tolerance and solidarity between the communities of Belgium. The organization supports federalism as a way to organize the Belgian state...
- Borgloon
Borgloon
Borgloon is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Borgloon had a total population of 10,152. The total area is 51.12 km² which gives a population density of 199 inhabitants per km². Borgloon gave its name to the former county of Loon.-External...
- Borinage
Borinage
The Borinage is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut. The provincial capital Mons is located in the east of the Borinage. In French the inhabitants are called Borains...
- Bornem
Bornem
Bornem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Bornem proper, Hingene, Wintam, Mariekerke and Weert. On January 1, 2006 Bornem had a total population of 20,064...
- Borsbeek
Borsbeek
Borsbeek is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Borsbeek proper. On January 1, 2006 Borsbeek had a total population of 10,257. The total area is 3.92 km² which gives a population...
- Bossemans et Coppenolle
Bossemans et Coppenolle
Bossemans et Coppenolle is a Belgian play by Joris d’Hanswyck and Paul Van Stalle. It was first published in 1938....
- Le Boulevard périphérique
Le Boulevard périphérique
Le Boulevard périphérique is a Belgian novel by Henry Bauchau. It was first published in 2008....
- Le Bourgmestre de Furnes
Le Bourgmestre de Furnes
Le Bourgmestre de Furnes is a Belgian novel by Georges Simenon. It was first published in 1939....
- Brabançonne - Braine-le-Comte
Braine-le-Comte
Braine-le-Comte is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.On January 1, 2006, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 20,305...
- Brakel
Brakel
Brakel is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek and the Flemish Ardennes. The name is derived from a Carolingian villa Braglo first mentioned in 866 and located in the center of Opbrakel. Since 1970, the municipality has comprised the villages of Nederbrakel,...
- Brasschaat
Brasschaat
Brasschaat is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 2006 for the most liveable municipality in the world....
- Brecht
Brecht
Brecht is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in't-Goor and Sint-Lenaarts. On January 1, 2006 Brecht had a total population of 26,464...
- Bredene
Bredene
Bredene is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Bredene proper. On January 1, 2006 Bredene had a total population of 15,118...
- Bree
Bree, Belgium
Bree is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Bree had a total population of 14,503. The total area is 64.96 km² which gives it a population density of 223 inhabitants per square km...
- Bree BBC - Brel, Jacques
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
- Brepols
Brepols
Brepols was once one of the largest printing companies of the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout . Besides its printing business, Brepols is also active as a publisher...
- Brepols, Philippus Jacobus
Philippus Jacobus Brepols
Philippus Jacobus Brepols was a Belgian businessman and founder of the Brepols printing family-business in Turnhout, Belgium.In 1795, Pieter Corbeels, a printer from Leuven moved together with his assistant Philippus Jacobus Brepols, to Turnhout, possibly to flee the French military which occupied...
- Brueghel, Pieter the Elder
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was a Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes . He is sometimes referred to as the "Peasant Bruegel" to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but he is also the one generally meant when the context does...
- Bruges
Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
- Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
- Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport is an international airport northeast of Brussels, Belgium. The airport is partially in Zaventem and partially in the Diegem area of Machelen, both located in the Flemish Region of Belgium.Brussels Airport currently consists of 54 contact gates, and a total of 109 gates...
- Brussels and the European Union
Brussels and the European Union
Brussels is considered to be the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting the institutions of the European Union within its European Quarter...
- Brussels-Capital Region - Brussels Coin Cabinet
Brussels Coin Cabinet
The history of the Brussels Coin Cabinet starts on 8 August 1835. At that time it was part of the "Musée d'armes anciennes, d'armures, d'objets d'art et de numismatique"...
- Brussels Conference Act of 1890
Brussels Conference Act of 1890
The Brussels Conference Act of 1890 was a collection of anti-slavery measures signed in Brussels on 2 July 1890 to, as the act itself puts it, "put an end to Negro Slave Trade by land as well as by sea, and...
- Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry
Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry
The Brussels Enterprises Commerce and Industry organization is a non profit organization representing companies of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. Its members, the different Brussels enterprises, represent companies in key industrial and service sectors...
- Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde
Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde
Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde is a Belgian electoral and judicial arrondissement in the center of the country, encompassing:* the officially bilingual Brussels-Capital Region, which coincides...
- Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium...
- Brussels International (1897)
Brussels International (1897)
The Brussels International Exposition of 1897 was a World's Fair held in Brussels, Belgium, from May 10, 1897 through November 8, 1897...
- Brussels International 1910
Brussels International 1910
Exposition Universelle et Internationale was a world's fair held in Brussels in 1910 from April 23 to November 1. This was just thirteen years after the previous Brussels world's fair....
- Brussels International Exposition (1935)
Brussels International Exposition (1935)
The Brussels International Exposition of 1935 was held in Heysel Park, Brussels, Belgium from April 27 through November 6, 1935....
- Brussels Metro
Brussels Metro
The Brussels Metro is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of a network with four metro line services with some shared sections. The metro has 49.9 km of network and 59 stations...
- Brussels Parliament
Brussels Parliament
The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region , is the governing body of the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium...
- Brussels Parliament building
Brussels Parliament building
The Brussels Parliament building largely dates back to the early twentieth century, although it has had modern renovations and some wings date back to the seventeenth century...
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport - Buckriders - Buggenhout
Buggenhout
Buggenhout is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Buggenhout proper, Briel, Opdorp, and Opstal. On January 1, 2006 Buggenhout had a total population of 13,840. The total area is 25.25 square kilometres, which gives a...
- Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas S.A. is a multinational company providing conformity assessment, certification and consulting services to industry, government and individuals. Originally formed in Antwerp in 1828 as Bureau de Renseignements pour les Assurances Maritimes , the Bureau Veritas name was adopted in 1829...
- Paul Buysse
Paul Buysse
Paul Henri Maria, Baron Buysse, CMG, CBE is a Belgian businessman. He is the main author of the Belgian Code for Corporate Governance and chairman of the board of directors of Flanders in Action.-Education:...
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CallebautCallebaut
Callebaut was a Belgian company and a major producer of chocolate for consumers and for professional chocolatiers. As of 1996 it is a part of the Swiss company Barry Callebaut...
- Callewaert, Jan
Jan Callewaert
Jan Callewaert is a Belgian businessman. He is the general manager of Option N.V. and the chairman of football club Oud-Heverlee Leuven...
- Campus Blairon
Campus Blairon
The Campus Blairon is a business incubator, education site, local government site, medical post and a seminar centre located in Turnhout in the campine region of the Antwerp province . The general services of the site are being managed by the DienstenCompagnie...
- Canadians in Belgium - Cantons of Belgium
Cantons of Belgium
-Judicial:A judicial canton is a group of municipalities in which there is one Justice of the Peace that has jurisdiction over those municipalities. A judicial arrondissement consists of all judicial cantons on its territory. There are 225 judicial cantons in Belgium. Most judicial cantons cover...
- La Capitale
La Capitale
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- Capital punishment in Belgium
Capital punishment in Belgium
Capital punishment in Belgium was formally abolished on August 1, 1996 for all crimes, in both peacetime and wartime. The last execution for crimes committed in peacetime took place in July 1863, when in Ypres a farmer was executed for murder...
- Carbonade flamande - Carine ou la jeune fille folle de son âme
Carine ou la jeune fille folle de son âme
Carine ou la jeune fille folle de son âme is a Belgian play by Fernand Crommelynck. It was first published in 1929....
- Casterman
Casterman
Casterman is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics, specializing in comic books and children's literature. The company is based in Tournai, Belgium.Founded in 1780, Casterman was originally a printing company and publishing house...
- Castle of the Valley of the Duchess
Castle of the Valley of the Duchess
The Castle of Val-Duchesse is a former priory situated in the municipality of Auderghem in the Brussels Capital Region of Belgium. The castle is owned by the Belgian Royal Trust....
- Catholic Party (Belgium)
Catholic Party (Belgium)
The first Catholic Party in Belgium was established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party .-History:In 1852 a Union Constitutionelle et Conservatrice was founded in Ghent, in Leuven , and in Antwerp and Brussels in 1858, which were active only during elections...
- Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
- Catholic University of Mechlin
Catholic University of Mechlin
The Catholic University of Mechlin was a university that was founded in Mechelen , Belgium, on November 8, 1834 by the bishops of Belgium.The bishops aimed to create a university "to accommodate any doctrine from the Holy Apostolic See and to repudiate anything that does not flow from this august...
- Les Catilinaires
Les Catilinaires
The Stranger Next Door is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1995....
- Cavell, Edith
Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and spy. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested...
- Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism
The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism , also referred to as Centre for Equal Opportunities and Fight against Racism or translated as Centre for Equal Opportunities and Struggle against Racism The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism (CEOOR), also referred...
- Centre Démocrate Humaniste
Humanist Democratic Centre
The Humanist Democratic Centre is a Francophone Christian democratic political party in Belgium. The cdH currently participates in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Government of the French Community and the Walloon Government.- History :...
- Cercle de Lorraine
Cercle de Lorraine
The Cercle de Lorraine or Club van Lotharingen is a Belgian business club, located in Uccle, Belgium. The club was founded in Brussels in 1998, and it wants to bring together, distinguished and representative personalities from the Belgian financial community, French speaking as well as Dutch...
- Cercle Gaulois
Cercle Gaulois
The Cercle Gaulois or Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire is a Belgian club. The club has the aim of constituting a friendly, intellectual, artistic and literary, meeting place, free of any political, cultural or philosophical tendency...
- Cercle Royal du Parc
Cercle Royal du Parc
The Cercle Royal du Parc is a Belgian club, located in Ixelles, with most members originating from nobility.-History:The Cercle Royal du Parc was founded in 1842 when a group of Belgicist noblemen left the Orangist Cercle de l'Union....
- César De Paepe
Cesar De Paepe
César De Paepe was a medical doctor and a prominent syndicalist whose work strongly influenced the Industrial Workers of the World and the syndicalist movement in general...
- Chamber of rhetoric
Chamber of rhetoric
Chambers of rhetoric were dramatic societies in the Low Countries. Their members are called Rederijkers , from the french word 'rhétoricien', and during the 15th and 16th centuries were mainly interested in dramas and lyrics...
- Chant des Wallons - Charter of Kortenberg
Charter of Kortenberg
On September 27, 1312, the Duke of Brabant signed a charter that should better be referred to as a constitution. It was valid for the entire duchy. From this charter originated a kind of "Parliament of Cortenbergh" or a "Council of Cortenberg" or what was called an assembly of "The Lords of...
- Charter of Quaregnon
Charter of Quaregnon
The Charter of Quaregnon was the doctrinary basis for the Belgian socialists from 1894 until 1979.In 1894, Belgian elections were for the first time held according to the scheme of the plural right to vote under the pressure of the violent Belgian general strike of 1893...
- Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne
Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne
The Château de Lavaux-Sainte-Anne is located in Belgium near Rochefort, in the province of Namur, Wallonia. In 1450, Jean II de Berlo commissioned the building of the castle....
- Château d'Enghien (Belgium)
Château d'Enghien (Belgium)
The Château d'Enghien is a château in Enghien, Belgium.The current château dates from 1913.Before that, there were two other structures in its place. One was razed due to disrepair. The Duke Louis-Engelbert built another building in its stead. It caught fire on his inauguration day. The current...
- Chenogne massacre
Chenogne massacre
The Chenogne massacre refers to the alleged war crime committed on New Year's Day, January 1, 1945 where several dozen German prisoners of war were allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne , Belgium, thought to be in retaliation for the Malmedy massacre.- Accounts of the...
- Chief of Defence (Belgium)
Chief of Defence (Belgium)
The Chief of Defence , abbreviated as CHOD, is the professional head and commander of the Belgian Armed Forces. He is the highest official within the Ministry of Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff. He reports directly to the Minister of Defence and is responsible for advising the Minister,...
- Chiro
Chiro
Chiro is a Flemish youth organisation, founded on Christian values, now only tenuously held, with 94,311 members . While mainly focusing on having fun, it also aims at developing youngsters' responsibility and skills....
- Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)
Christian Democratic and Flemish
The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party...
- Christene Volkspartij
Christene Volkspartij
The Christene Volkspartij was the first Belgian Christian democratic political party. The party was founded in 1891 by the Belgian priest Adolf Daens, who was inspired by the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII....
- Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)
Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)
The Christian Social Party was a Belgian Catholic political party, which existed from 1945 until 1968.-History:At the end of World War II, on 18–19 August 1945 the Christelijke Volkspartij-Parti Social Chrétien was founded under the presidency of August de Schryver as the successor to the...
- Christlich-Soziale Partei (CSP)
Christian Social Party (Belgium)
The Christian Social Party is a party operating in the German-speaking community of Belgium. Its President is Mathieu Grosch.In the 2004 European Parliament election, standing as Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei, the party gained the single seat allocated by Belgian law to the...
- CIA activities in Belgium
CIA activities in Belgium
-Clandestine intelligence collection:The CIA had been obtaining financial information from Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, searching for terrorist financial intelligence...
- Cinema of Belgium
Cinema of Belgium
Belgium is essentially a bi-lingual country divided into the Flemish north and the French-speaking south. There is also a small community of German speakers in the border region with Germany...
- Citrique Belge
Citrique Belge
Citrique Belge or Citric Belge, located in Tienen is a Belgian biotech company and one of the biggest producers of citric acid. The company produces about 100,000 tonne of citric acid per year.-History:...
- Circulaire
Circulaire
In France, Italy, Belgium, and some other civil law countries, a circulaire , circolare or omzendbrief consists of a text intended for the members of a service, of an enterprise, or of an administration....
- City of Brussels
City of Brussels
The City of Brussels is the largest municipality of the Brussels-Capital Region, and the official capital of Belgium by law....
- City rights in the Low Countries - City status in Belgium
City status in Belgium
City status in Belgium is granted to a select group of municipalities by a royal decree or by an act of law.-History:During the Middle Ages, towns had defined privileges over surrounding villages. As the nobility strengthened their power over regions in feudal Europe, they bestowed on towns the...
- Claeys Formula
Claeys Formula
The Claeys Formula is used in Belgium by the practitioners of social law to evaluate the notice period that has to be respected when an employee is dismissed...
- Classic 21
Classic 21
Classic 21 is a Belgian radio station based in Mons and it broadcasts across Wallonia and Brussels on the FM band....
- Clijsters, Kim
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian professional tennis player. As of 7 November 2011, Clijsters is ranked No. 13 in singles. Clijsters is a former World No. 1 in both singles and doubles....
- Cockerill, John - Cockerill, William
William Cockerill
William Cockerill was a British entrepreneur who created a textile machine manufacturing business in Verviers and Liege, Belgium ....
- Le Cocu magnifique - De Collega's
De Collega's
De Collega's is a classic Belgian comedy TV series about colleges working in an office of the Ministry of Finance. It originally aired for three seasons between 9 September 1978 and 21 February 1981 on the BRT. A total of 37 episodes was made. The series was written by Jan Matterne, who also...
- Colruyt
Colruyt
Etablissementen Franz Colruyt N.V. - Établissements Franz Colruyt S.A., usually known simply as Colruyt is a Belgian family company that is one of the major players in the country's retail network. Founded in 1925 by Franz Colruyt, the group today operates a number of retail brands, most...
- Colruyt, Jef
Jef Colruyt
Jef Colruyt is a Belgian businessman. In 1994 he succeeded his father Jo Colruyt as head of Colruyt, a company with more than 15,000 employees. With an estimated fortune of 2.521 billion euro, he is one of the wealthiest people of Belgium.-Source:* *...
- Les Combustibles
Les Combustibles
Les Combustibles is a Belgian play by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 1994. It is set in an eastern city under siege.The play has been adapted for stage and performed as an opera.-Characters:The play has only three characters:...
- Comics
Belgian comics
Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history, and played a major role in the development of European comics, alongside France with whom they share a long common history...
- Commercial Court (Belgium)
Commercial Court (Belgium)
The Commercial Court in Belgium is a court which deals with commercial litigation that exceeds the competence of the Justice of the Peace and hears appeals against the decisions of the Justice of the Peace in commercial cases. It is not a division of the Court of First Instance because commercial...
- Commission communautaire française - Communications in Belgium
Communications in Belgium
Communications in Belgium are extensive and advanced. Belgium possesses the infrastructure for both mobile and land-based telecom, as well as having significant television, radio and internet infrastructure. The country code for Belgium is BE.-Mail:...
- Committee for Another Policy
Committee for Another Policy
The Committee for Another Policy , abbreviated to CAP, is a Belgian left-wing political movement that was established in 2005, and became a political party since 2006.-Formation:...
- Committee P
Committee P
The Committee P, or the Permanent Oversight Committee on the Police Services , exercises external oversight over the Belgian police and all civil servants with police authority. It is responsible to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament, which...
- Common Community Commission
Common Community Commission
The Common Community Commission is responsible for community matters that are common to both the French Community and the Flemish Community and for institutions that fall within the competencies of the Communities but do not belong exclusively to either Community in the Brussels-Capital Region of...
- Communist Party (Flanders)
Communist Party (Flanders)
The Communist Party is a political party in Flanders, Belgium. It was founded in 1989 in the aftermath of the split of the Communist Party of Belgium along linguistic lines. The political secretary of the KP is Jaak Perquy.The KP publishes a newspaper, Agora...
- Communist Party (Wallonia)
Communist Party (Wallonia)
Communist Party is a political party in Wallonia, Belgium. PC was founded in 1989 as the Communist Party of Belgium was bifurcated along linguistic lines. The president of PC is Pierre Beauvois....
- Communist Struggle (Marxist–Leninist) - Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium - Compromise of Nobles
Compromise of Nobles
The Compromise'of Nobles was a covenant of members of the lesser nobility in the Habsburg Netherlands who came together to submit a petition to the Regent Margaret of Parma on 5 April 1566, with the objective of obtaining a moderation of the placards against heresy in the Netherlands...
- Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
-External links:* Official site....
- Confiserie Roodthooft
Confiserie Roodthooft
Confiserie Roodthooft is a family company producing Belgian sweets and toffees. The company was founded by Louis Roodthooft and Johanna Stoops in Antwerp, Belgium in 1925...
- Congo Crisis
Congo Crisis
The Congo Crisis was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu...
- Congo Free State
Congo Free State
The Congo Free State was a large area in Central Africa which was privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Its origins lay in Leopold's attracting scientific, and humanitarian backing for a non-governmental organization, the Association internationale africaine...
- Constitutional Court of Belgium - Copycat (song)
Copycat (song)
"Copycat" is a song by Belgian singer Patrick Ouchène and was the Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow, Russia. It failed to win a place in the Eurovision final, finishing second last in the first semi final with just one point....
- Corbeels, Pieter
Pieter Corbeels
Pieter Corbeels was a Belgian book printer and resistance leader. He commanded part of the Brabantine forces during a revolt against the French Revolutionary regime known as the Boerenkrijg ....
- Corsio
Corsio
Corsio is a Belgian joint-venture between B&M Consulting and Ikan Consulting.B&M Consulting is a management consultancy firm, specialised in management accounting, cost management, management control and strategy...
- Cosmétique de l'ennemi
Cosmétique de l'ennemi
Cosmétique de l'ennemi is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb. It was first published in 2001....
- Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals
Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals
Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals were two Flemings who were sentenced to death for murder in 1860 at a time Belgium was legally only French-speaking, though the majority of the citizens spoke Dutch, and only the official language was acknowledged by the Courts of Justice...
- Coudenberg group
Coudenberg group
The Coudenberg group was a Belgian federalist think-tank, it was named after the place where the members met, the Coudenberg, one of the seven hillocks on which the centre of Brussels has been built...
- Cougnou
Cougnou
The cougnou or bread of Jesus is a bread baked during Christmas time and is typical of the southern Low Countries.It has various names according to the location:* Coquille in Romance Flanders ,...
- Council of State (Belgium)
Council of State (Belgium)
Council of State , in Belgium, is an organ of the Belgian government: it is the Supreme Administrative Court of Belgium. Its functions include assisting the executive with legal advice and being the supreme court for administrative justice...
- Countess of Flanders
Countess of Flanders
- House of Flanders, 862-1119 :- House of Estridsen, 1119-1127 :- House of Normandy, 1127-1128 :- House of Metz, 1128-1194 :- House of Hainaut, 1194-1278 :- House of Dampierre, 1247-1405 :- House of Valois-Burgundy, 1405-1482 :...
- Count of Flanders
Count of Flanders
The Count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries in 1790....
- County of Flanders
County of Flanders
The County of Flanders was one of the territories constituting the Low Countries. The county existed from 862 to 1795. It was one of the original secular fiefs of France and for centuries was one of the most affluent regions in Europe....
- County of Loon
County of Loon
The County of Loon was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, lying west of the Meuse river in present-day Flemish-speaking Belgium, and east of the old Duchy of Brabant. The most important cities of the county were Beringen, Bilzen, Borgloon, Bree, Hamont, Hasselt, Herk-de-Stad, Maaseik, Peer and...
- Le Coup de lune
Le Coup de lune
Le Coup de lune is a Belgian novel by Georges Simenon. It was first published in 1933....
- Le Couronnement de Renart
Le Couronnement de Renart
Le Couronnement de Renart is a Belgian novel by Maurice Delbouille....
- Court of Appeal (Belgium)
Court of Appeal (Belgium)
The Court of Appeal in Belgium is a court which hears appeals against decisions of the Court of First Instance and the Commercial Court. Unlike the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal isn't divided into different divisions. There are five Courts of Appeal in Belgium...
- Court of Arbitration of Belgium
Court of Arbitration of Belgium
The Constitutional Court of Belgium plays a central role within the federal Belgian state. This is a judicial court founded in 1980. Its jurisdiction was augmented in 1988 and 2003.-History:...
- Court of Assize (Belgium)
Court of Assize (Belgium)
The Court of Assize, in Belgium is very similar to the French court of the same name. It has jurisdiction over all felonies that haven't been correctionalised, over political offences and press-related offences, except those inspired by racism or xenophobia, and over crimes of international law,...
- Court of Audit of Belgium
Court of Audit of Belgium
The Court of Audit of Belgium is a Belgian governmental institution established by article 180 of the Belgian Constitution...
- Court of Cassation (Belgium)
Court of Cassation (Belgium)
The Court of Cassation is the main court of last resort in Belgium.It was originally modelled after the French Cour de cassation. Its jurisdiction and powers are similar to those of its French counterpart....
- Court of Labour (Belgium)
Court of Labour (Belgium)
The Court of Labour in Belgium is a court which hears appeals against decisions of the Labour Court . There are five Courts of Labour in Belgium: in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Liège and Mons. Their territorial jurisdictions are the same as those of the Courts of Appeal....
- Covering of the Senne
Covering of the Senne
The covering of the Senne was one of the defining events in the history of Brussels. The Senne/Zenne was historically the main waterway of Brussels, but it became more polluted and less navigable as the city grew. By the second half of the 19th century, it had become a serious health hazard and...
- Crabbé, Ben
Ben Crabbé
Benjamin Bert Carl Crabbé is a famous Belgian quizmaster, talkshow host and musician.He became well-known as drummer in Belgian rockband De Kreuners. He is quizmaster at Belgium's longest running quiz-show Blokken, for 15 years. He was voted Belgium's Favorite TV Personality twice, in 2002 and...
- Crisis and Emergency Management Centre
Crisis and Emergency Management Centre
The Crisis and Emergency Management Centre is a Belgian center of excellence active in the domains of emergency planning, crisis management and crisis communications. Its activities include research and development, consulting, training and information management...
- CropDesign
CropDesign
CropDesign is a biotech company located in Ghent, Belgium. The company develops a portfolio of agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. It has developed a technology platform to discover genetic traits for the improvement of corn, rice and other plants...
- Cross of the Deported 1914-1918
Cross of the Deported 1914-1918
The Cross of the Deported 1914-1918 is a Belgian medal which was awarded to all Belgians who were deported to Germany as defaulters and were subjected to forced labour during the First World War. It was established on 27 November 1922 and was awarded approximately 55,000 times...
- Crown Council of Belgium
Crown Council of Belgium
The Crown Council of Belgium is composed of the King of the Belgians, the Ministers and the Ministers of State. The King chairs the Crown Council...
- Culture of Belgium
Culture of Belgium
A discussion of Belgian culture requires the language and what they eat discussing both those aspects of cultural life shared by 'all' or most of the Belgians, regardless of what language they speak, and also, the differences between the main cultural communities: the Flemish people from...
- Cumerio
Cumerio
On 17 December 2008, Cumerio and Norddeutsche Affinerie AG became Aurubis - Europe’s biggest copper producer.Cumerio is a copper refining company formed in 2005 by the division of the copper activity of Umicore...
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DammeDamme
Damme is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, six kilometres northeast of Brugge . The municipality comprises the city of Damme proper and the towns of Hoeke, Lapscheure, Moerkerke, Oostkerke, Sijsele, Vivenkapelle, and Sint-Rita. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had...
- Dardenne, Sabine
Sabine Dardenne
Sabine Dardenne is a Belgian woman who was kidnapped at the age of twelve by pedophile and serial killer Marc Dutroux. Dardenne was one of Dutroux's last two victims...
- David, Jean-Baptist
Jean-Baptist David
Jean-Baptist David was a canon and professor Dutch and history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.Jean-Baptist David was born in the Belgian city of Lier...
- Day of the Flemish Community
Day of the Flemish Community
The Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium, also known as the Flemish Community Day, is celebrated every year on 11 July in remembrance for the Battle of Golden Spurs or Guldensporenslag and is observed only by the Flemish Community of Belgium.- History :...
- de Clecq, Staf
Staf De Clercq
Staf De Clercq was a Flemish nationalist collaborator, co-founder and leader of the Flemish nationalist Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond .-Biography:...
- Decree (Belgium)
Decree (Belgium)
For other uses of the term decree, see: Decree.Decree in Belgium refers to legislation passed by community or regional parliaments, except by the Brussels Parliament...
- Declaration of Revision of the Constitution
Declaration of Revision of the Constitution
A Declaration of Revision of the Constitution in Belgium is a declaration that must be passed in order to amend the Belgian Constitution. In accordance with Title VIII of the Constitution, the federal legislative power, which consists of the King and the bicameral Federal Parliament, has the right...
- Deerlijk
Deerlijk
Deerlijk is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Deerlijk proper. On January 1, 2006 Deerlijk had a total population of 11,310. The total area is 16.82 km² which gives a population density of 673 inhabitants per km².-External...
- De Gordel
De Gordel
De Gordel is a partly political, partly family cycling and walking event around Brussels, Belgium. The event is organised by Bloso, each year since 1971 on the first Sunday of September. It is meant as a symbolic affirmation that the municipalities involved are part of Flanders...
- Degrelle, Léon
Léon Degrelle
Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle was a Walloon Belgian politician, who founded Rexism and later joined the Waffen SS which were front-line troops in the fight against the Soviet Union...
- De Haan
De Haan, Belgium
De Haan is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of De Haan proper, Klemskerke, Vlissegem and Wenduine. On January 1, 2006 De Haan had a total population of 11,925...
- Dehaene, Jean-Luc - de Haussy, François-Philippe
François-Philippe de Haussy
François Philippe Louis Hyacinthe Joseph de Haussy was a Belgian businessman, liberal politician and civil servant. He was Belgian minister of justice from 1847 until 1850....
- Deinze
Deinze
Deinze is a city and a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Deinze proper and the towns of Astene, Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Gottem, Grammene, Meigem, Petegem-aan-de-Leie, Sint-Martens-Leerne, Vinkt, Wontergem and Zeveren. On January 1,...
- Delahaye, Gilbert
Gilbert Delahaye
Gilbert Delahaye was a Belgian author. He is best known for the Martine books, a series of illustrated children's stories he prepared with artist Marcel Marlier.-In popular culture:...
- de Merode, Alexandre
Alexandre de Merode
Prince Alexandre of Mérode was a member of the Belgian princely House of Merode and was the head of drug testing policy for the International Olympic Committee until his death....
- Demographics of Belgium
Demographics of Belgium
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Belgium, including ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population...
- Dender
Dender
The Dendre or Dender is a 65 km long river in Belgium, right tributary of the river Scheldt. The confluence of both rivers is in the Belgian town Dendermonde....
- Denderleeuw
Denderleeuw
Denderleeuw is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Denderleeuw proper, Iddergem and Welle. On January 1, 2006 Denderleeuw had a total population of 17,357. The total area is 13.77 km² which gives a...
- Dendermonde
Dendermonde
Dendermonde is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde proper and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde...
- Dentergem
Dentergem
Dentergem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Dentergem proper, Markegem, Oeselgem and Wakken. On January 1, 2006 Dentergem had a total population of 8,188. The total area is 25.94 km² which gives a population density of 316...
- De Panne
De Panne
De Panne is a municipality located along the North Sea coast of the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Adinkerke and De Panne proper. On 1 January 2006 De Panne had a total population of 10,060. The total area is 23.90 km² which gives a population...
- De Pinte
De Pinte
De Pinte is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Before its existence as an independent municipality in 1868, De Pinte was a part of Nazareth. The municipality comprises the towns of De Pinte proper and Zevergem. On January 1, 2006 De Pinte had a total population of 10,235...
- Dessel
Dessel
Dessel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. On January 1, 2006 Dessel had a total population of 8,773 inhabitants...
- Destelbergen
Destelbergen
Destelbergen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Destelbergen proper and Heusden and was created on January 1, 1977 by the fusion of these two municipalities...
- Deux-Nèthes
Deux-Nèthes
Deux-Nèthes is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium and the Netherlands. It is named after two branches of the river Nete. The southern part of its territory corresponds more or less with the present Belgian province Antwerp....
- De Warande (Club)
De Warande (Club)
De Warande is a Flemish business club, located in Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in Brussels in 1988, by Flemish businesspeople and the Flemish government. The club wants to bring together distinguished and representative personalities from the Flemish business community...
- De Wever, Bart
Bart De Wever
Bart Albert Liliane De Wever is a Belgian politician and since 2004 has been the president of the New Flemish Alliance , a Flemish party that strives for an independent Flanders in a united Europe. He has also been a member of the Flemish parliament since 2004...
- Dexia
Dexia
Dexia N.V./S.A., also referred to as the Dexia Group, is a Belgian-French financial institution active in public finance, providing retail and commercial banking services to individuals and SMEs, asset management, and insurance...
- Diepenbeek
Diepenbeek
Diepenbeek is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Diepenbeek had a total population of 17,706. The total area is 41.19 km² which gives a population density of 430 inhabitants per km²....
- Diksmuide
Diksmuide
Diksmuide is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Diksmuide proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem, Lampernisse, Leke, Nieuwkapelle, Oostkerke, Oudekapelle, Pervijze, Sint-Jacobs-Kapelle,...
- Dilsen-Stokkem
Dilsen-Stokkem
Dilsen-Stokkem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Dilsen-Stokkem had a total population of 19,106. The total area is 65.61 km² which gives a population density of 291 inhabitants per km²....
- Dioxine affair
Dioxine affair
The Dioxin Affair was a political crisis that struck in Belgium during the spring of 1999.Contamination of feedstock with polychlorinated biphenyls was detected in animal food products, mainly eggs and chickens....
- Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival
Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival
The Festival de Jazz Django Reinhardt is held in Samois-sur-Seine, France since 1968. It has become a yearly event since 1984, and it takes place in the last full weekend in June. The Samois festival is seen amongst the Gypsy Jazz community as being the definitive Django festival with people...
- Di Rupo, Elio
Elio Di Rupo
Elio Di Rupo is a Belgian social-democratic politician and the Party Leader of the Socialist Party .-Biography:...
- Draining law - Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant was a historical region in the Low Countries. Its territory consisted essentially of the three modern-day Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp, the Brussels-Capital Region and most of the present-day Dutch province of North Brabant.The Flag of...
- Duchy of Limburg
Duchy of Limburg
The Duchy of Limburg, situated in the Low Countries between the river Meuse and the city of Aachen, was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory is now divided between the Belgian provinces of Liège and Limburg , the Dutch province of Limburg , and a small part of North Rhine-Westphalia in...
- Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867) - Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting
Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting
Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting represents the 16th century response to Italian Renaissance art in the Low Countries. These artists, who span from the Antwerp Mannerists and Hieronymus Bosch at the start of the century to the late Northern Mannerists such as Hendrik Goltzius and Joachim...
- Duffel
Duffel
Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On January 1, 2006 Duffel had a total population of 16,019...
- Dupuis, Jacques
Jacques Dupuis
Jacques Dupuis was a Belgian Jesuit priest.-Career:Jacques Dupuis became a Jesuit in 1941. After early religious and academic training in Belgium he left for India in 1948. A 3 year teaching experience at St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta, made him discover Hinduism through the way it...
- Dutroux, Marc
Marc Dutroux
Marc Dutroux is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 and 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein,...
- Dyle (department) - Jacqueline Dyris
Jacqueline Dyris
Jacqueline Dyris was a petite stage actress and silent film star, a native of Brussels, Belgium. Her father was of English and Dutch descent and her mother was Spanish and French. Jacqueline was educated in Europe and later Montreal, Canada, Chicago, Illinois, and New York, New York.-Career:She was...
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East FlandersEast Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
- East Flemish
East Flemish
East Flemish is a group of dialects of the Dutch language, which is a Low Franconian language. It is spoken in the province of East Flanders in Belgium, but also spoken in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands.-Brabantic Expansion:...
- Ecolo
Ecolo
Ecolo is a French-speaking Belgian green political party in Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium...
- Economy of Belgium
Economy of Belgium
The modern, private enterprise economy of Belgium has capitalised on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base...
- Edegem
Edegem
Edegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Edegem proper. On January 1, 2006 Edegem had a total population of 21,668. The total area is 8.65 km² which gives a population density of 2,504 inhabitants per km²...
- Education in Belgium
Education in Belgium
Education in Belgium is regulated and for the larger part financed by one of the three communities: Flemish, French and German-speaking. The national legislator only kept a very few, minimal competences for education as the age for mandatory schooling, and, indirectly, the financing of the...
- Eeklo
Eeklo
Eeklo is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality only comprises the city of Eeklo proper. The name Eeklo comes from the contraction of “eke” and “lo”, two Old German words meaning “oak” and “sparse woods”....
- Egmont pact
Egmont pact
The Egmont pact of 1977 is an agreement on the reform of Belgium into a federal state and on the relations between the linguistic communities in the country...
- Ekeren
Ekeren
Ekeren is a northern district of the municipality of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The suburb celebrated its 850th birthday in 2005; the name of the town was first mentioned in 1155, as "Hecerna"....
- Elmore D
Elmore D
Elmore D is a Belgian blues musician. His is also a professor at the University of Liège, where he gives lectures on the history and culture of Wallonia....
- Elsene / Ixelles - Erpe-Mere
Erpe-Mere
Erpe-Mere is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Aaigem, Bambrugge, Burst, Erondegem, Erpe, Mere, Ottergem and Vlekkem. There is also a hamlet in Bambrugge: Egem. On January 1, 2010 Erpe-Mere had a total...
- Escaut (department) - Essen
Essen, Belgium
Essen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Essen Centrum, Heikant, Horendonk, Wildert, Statie en Hoek. On January 1, 2007 Essen had a total population of 17,143. The total area is 47.48 km² which gives a population density of 358...
- Etterbeek
Etterbeek
Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....
- Eupen
Eupen
Eupen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border , from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve...
- Eupen-Malmedy
Eupen-Malmedy
Eupen-Malmedy, or the East Cantons , is a group of cantons in Belgium, composed of the former Prussian districts of Malmedy and Eupen, together with the Neutral Moresnet...
- European Movement Belgium
European Movement Belgium
The European Movement - Belgium is the Belgian branch of the International European Movement. As a non-profit association, open to all individuals and organisations supporting European integration, the EMB works for the promotion of a united Europe, closer to its citizens...
- Eurostar
Eurostar
Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between England and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel....
- Evere
Evere
Evere is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1, 2006 the municipality had a total population of 33,462...
- Evergem
Evergem
Evergem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Belzele, Doornzele, Ertvelde, Evergem proper, Kerkbrugge-Langerbrugge, Kluizen, Rieme, Sleidinge and Wippelgem. On January 1, 2006 Evergem had a total population of 32,244...
- Eyskens, Gaston
Gaston Eyskens
Gaston François Marie, Viscount Eyskens was a Belgian economist, Christian Democratic politician of the CVP-PSC, and statesman.He was a six-time Prime Minister of Belgium from 1949 to 1950, 1958 to 1961 and 1968 to 1973...
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Father DamienFather Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. , born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order...
- Flag of Belgium
Flag of Belgium
The national flag of Belgium contains three equal vertical bands of black , yellow, and red. The colours were taken from the colours of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France....
- Flamingant
Flamingant
The Dutch and French word flamingant refers to all activists of the Flemish movement and was initially used as a pejorative term by Belgicists to indicate nationalist Flemish people. It may be derived from Flamins, the Walloon word for Flemings. The word can be equally used as an adjective or...
- Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
- Flanders Investment and Trade
Flanders Investment and Trade
The Flanders Investment and Trade was founded by the Flemish government in 2005. The FIT agency helps both Flemish companies with expanding their business abroad as well as to assist foreign companies sourcing Flemish suppliers of quality goods and services. The FIT agency is headed by Christ’l...
- Flemish
Flemish
Flemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, an informal, though linguistically incorrect, name of any kind of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....
- Flemish Baroque painting
Flemish Baroque painting
Flemish Baroque painting is the art produced in the Southern Netherlands between about 1585, when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south by the recapturing of Antwerp by the Spanish, until about 1700, when Habsburg authority ended with the death of King Charles II...
- Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...
- Flemish Council for Science and Innovation - Flemish Community Commission
Flemish Community Commission
The Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie is the local representative of the Flemish authorities in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium...
- Flemish movement
Flemish movement
The Flemish Movement is a popular term used to describe the political movement for emancipation and greater autonomy of the Belgian region of Flanders, for protection of the Dutch language, and for the over-all protection of Flemish culture and history....
- Flemish National Union
Flemish National Union
The Flemish National Union was a Nationalist Flemish political party in Belgium, founded by Staf de Clercq on October 8, 1933. De Clercq became known as den Leider .-Creation:...
- Flemish Region
Flemish Region
The Flemish Region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. Colloquially, it is usually simply referred to as Flanders, of which it is the institutional iteration within the context of the Belgian political system...
- Flemish Secession hoax
Flemish Secession hoax
, also called "The Flemish Secession Hoax," was a hoax perpetrated by the French speaking Belgian public TV station RTBF on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, and created by Belgian journalist Philippe Dutilleul...
- Flemish Sign Language
Flemish Sign Language
Flemish Sign Language is the language used by signers in Flanders, which is the northern part of Belgium, a country in Western Europe...
- Florennes Air Base
Florennes Air Base
Florennes Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located in Florennes, a municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 2nd Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighting Falcons. It also used to be the home to the Tactical Leadership Programme , a joint training program formed by 10 NATO members...
- Folklore of the Low Countries
Folklore of the Low Countries
Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral traditions of the people of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium...
- Foreign relations of Belgium
Foreign relations of Belgium
-Initial neutrality:Because of its location at the crossroads of Western Europe, Belgium has historically been the route of invading armies from its larger neighbours. With virtually defenceless borders, Belgium has traditionally sought to avoid domination by the more powerful nations which...
- Forêts
Forêts
Forêts was a département of the French First Republic, and later the First French Empire, in present Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Its name, meaning 'forests', comes from the Ardennes forests. It was formed on 24 October 1795, after the Southern Netherlands had been annexed by France on 1...
- Fortifications of Brussels - Fortis (finance)
Fortis (finance)
Fortis N.V./S.A. was a company active in insurance, banking and investment management. In 2007 it was the 20th largest business in the world by revenue but after encountering severe problems in the financial crisis of 2008, most of the company was sold in parts, with only insurance activities...
- Fourniret, Michel - Franck, César - Franco-Belgian comics
Franco-Belgian comics
Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...
- France–Habsburg rivalry - Franco-Dutch War
Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War, often called simply the Dutch War was a war fought by France, Sweden, the Bishopric of Münster, the Archbishopric of Cologne and England against the United Netherlands, which were later joined by the Austrian Habsburg lands, Brandenburg and Spain to form a quadruple alliance...
- Francqui, Emile
Emile Francqui
Emile Francqui was a Belgian soldier, diplomat and business man. Being an orphan, he was sent to the military school when he was 15 years old...
- Free Belgian Forces
Free Belgian Forces
The Free Belgian Forces were members of the Belgian armed forces in World War II who continued fighting against the Axis after the surrender of Belgium and its subsequent occupation by the Germans...
- French Community Commission
French Community Commission
The Commission communautaire française is the local representative of the French-speaking authorities in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium....
- French Community of Belgium
French Community of Belgium
The French Community of Belgium is one of the three official communities in Belgium along with the Flemish Community and the German speaking Community. Although its name could suggest that it is a community of French citizens in Belgium, it is not...
- French fried potatoes - Frenchification of Brussels
Frenchification of Brussels
The Frenchification of Brussels is the transformation of Brussels, Belgium, from a Dutch-speaking city to one that is bilingual or even multilingual, with French as both the majority language and lingua franca...
- French Flanders
French Flanders
French Flanders is a part of the historical County of Flanders in present-day France. The region today lies in the modern-day region of Nord-Pas de Calais, the department of Nord, and roughly corresponds to the arrondissements of Lille, Douai and Dunkirk on the Belgian border.-Geography:French...
- Frère, Albert
Albert Frère
Albert, Baron Frère is a Belgian businessman and the richest man in Belgium....
- Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF)
Democratic Front of Francophones
The Francophone Democratic Federalists , is a Francophone political party based in Brussels, Belgium founded on 11 May 1964. Until 1982, the FDF dominated Brussels' municipal politics. It is led by Deputy Olivier Maingain....
- Frontpartij
Frontpartij
The Frontpartij was a Belgian political party that campaigned for increasing recognition for the Flemish people and their language. Originating from the earlier Frontbeweging, the Frontpartij was an early attempt to fully politicise the Flemish Movement...
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Gachot, BertrandBertrand Gachot
Bertrand Gachot is a French-Belgian former racing driver.-Career:Gachot is the son of a French European Commission official. He began karting at the age of 15. In 1983 he attended Winfield School, a well-known racing-driving school in France. After this, he focused on his racing career, competing...
- Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. The indigenous population of Gallia Belgica, the Belgae, consisted of a mixture of Celtic and Germanic tribes...
- Ganshoren
Ganshoren
Ganshoren is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1, 2006 the municipality had a total population of 20,970. The total area is 2.46 km² which gives a population density of 8,541 inhabitants per km².-Pronunciation:* French: * Dutch:...
- Gaume
Gaume
Gaume is a region in the far south of Belgium. Situated at a lower altitude than the Ardennes, it is delineated by borders with France, Luxembourg and the Belgian Ardennes. Gaume is the roman part of the Belgian Lorraine region...
- Gavere
Gavere
Gavere is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Asper, Baaigem, Dikkelvenne, Gavere, Semmerzake and Vurste. On January 1, 2006 Gavere had a total population of 12,004. The total area is 31.35 km² which gives a population...
- Geel
Geel
Geel is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp which acquired the status of a city in the 1980s.It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns : Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum...
- General Federation of Belgian Labour
General Federation of Belgian Labour
-External links:* Official site.*...
- General strike against Leopold III of Belgium
General strike against Leopold III of Belgium
The Royal Question refers to the 1950 political conflict surrounding the question whether King Leopold III should return to Belgium after World War II. A referendum was organised, in which the majority voted in favour of his return...
- Genk
Genk
Genk is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself...
- Geography of Belgium
Geography of Belgium
Belgium is a federal state located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea. Belgium shares borders with France , Germany , Luxembourg and the Netherlands...
- Geraardsbergen
Geraardsbergen
Geraardsbergen is a city and municipality located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Geraardsbergen proper and the following towns:...
- Gesell, Silvio
Silvio Gesell
Silvio Gesell was a German merchant, theoretical economist, social activist, anarchist and founder of Freiwirtschaft.-Life:...
- Gevaert, Lieven
Lieven Gevaert
Lieven Gevaert was a Flemish industrialist. His father died when he was only three years old. He started his career in the company he founded together with his mother in 1889, which produced photographic paper according to traditional methods...
- Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
- Gingelom
Gingelom
Gingelom is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Gingelom had a total population of 7,847. The total area is 56.49 km² which gives a population density of 139 inhabitants per km²....
- Gistel
Gistel
Gistel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Gistel proper and the towns of Moere, Snaaskerke and Zevekote. On January 1, 2006 Gistel had a total population of 11,125. The total area is 42.25 km² which gives a population...
- Goffin, Albert
Albert Goffin
Albert Goffin was a Belgian banker, civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 16 July until 27 November 1941.He started his career at the NBB in 1907...
- Gordel (De)
De Gordel
De Gordel is a partly political, partly family cycling and walking event around Brussels, Belgium. The event is organised by Bloso, each year since 1971 on the first Sunday of September. It is meant as a symbolic affirmation that the municipalities involved are part of Flanders...
- Governor of Brussels-Capital
Governor of Brussels-Capital
The Governor of the Administrative Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital has the responsibility to enforce laws concerned with public order in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. The governor's powers are actually quite limited...
- Gravensteengroep
Gravensteengroep
The Gravensteengroep is a group of flemish artists and intellectuals established to promote the Flemish demands for more autonomy. The group comprises persons of varying political views, who do share basic values such as democracy and human rights. Their main concern is that the Flemish demands for...
- Groen!
Green!
Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...
- Greater Netherlands - Group Joos
Group Joos
The Group Joos is a Belgian graphical company, located in Turnhout, Belgium. It is one of the companies of the printing valley of the Turnhout region.-History:In 1935 Jos Joos founds the printing company Joos as a family-business...
- Grétry, André Ernest Modeste
André Ernest Modeste Grétry
André Ernest Modeste Grétry was acomposer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège , who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. He is most famous for his opéras comiques....
- Grobbendonk
Grobbendonk
Grobbendonk is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp . The municipality comprises the towns of Bouwel and Grobbendonk proper. On January 1, 2006 Grobbendonk had a total population of 10,747. The total area is 28.36 km² which gives a population density of 379 inhabitants per...
- Grote Markt / Grand-Place
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HaaltertHaaltert
Haaltert is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Denderhoutem, Haaltert proper, Heldergem and Kerksken. On January 1, 2006 Haaltert had a total population of 17,255. The total area is 30.30 km² which gives...
- Hainaut - Halen
Halen
Halen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, to the east of Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Halen had a total population of 8,624. The total area is 36.29 km² which gives a population density of 238 inhabitants per km²....
- Halle
Halle, Belgium
Halle , is a Belgian city and municipality in the district Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant. The city is located on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia...
- Ham
Ham (municipality)
Ham is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Ham had a total population of 9,705. The total area is which gives a population density of 297 inhabitants per km².- Historical population :...
- Hamme
Hamme
Hamme is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hamme proper and Moerzeke, Zogge and St-Anna as parttowns. On January 1, 2006, Hamme had a total population of 23,232. The total area is 40.21 km² which gives a population density...
- Hamont-Achel
Hamont-Achel
Hamont-Achel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Hamont-Achel had a total population of 13,770. The total area is 43.66 km² which gives a population density of 315 inhabitants per km²...
- Harelbeke
Harelbeke
Harelbeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2006 Harelbeke had a total population of 26,172...
- Habsburg Netherlands
Habsburg Netherlands
The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo-political entity covering the whole of the Low Countries from 1482 to 1556/1581 and solely the Southern Netherlands from 1581 to 1794...
- Hasselt
Hasselt
Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg...
- Hechtel-Eksel
Hechtel-Eksel
Hechtel-Eksel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Hechtel-Eksel had a total population of 11,473. The total area is 76.70 km² which gives a population density of 150 inhabitants per km².-Events:...
- Heers
Heers
Heers is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Since 1971 it comprises the parishes Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven, and since 1977 also Mechelen-Bovelingen, Rukkelingen-Loon , Heks, Horpmaal, Vechmaal , and Klein-Gelmen Heers is a municipality located in...
- Heist-op-den-Berg
Heist-op-den-Berg
Heist-op-den-Berg is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the villages of Booischot , Hallaar, Heist-op-den-Berg proper , Itegem, Schriek and Wiekevorst.-History:The 48-meter-high hill on which Heist would...
- Hemiksem
Hemiksem
Hemiksem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Hemiksem proper. On January 1, 2010 Hemiksem had a total population of 10,166...
- Henin, Justine - Hepburn, Audrey
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Although modest about her acting ability, Hepburn remains one of the world's most famous actresses of all time, remembered as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century...
- Herentals
Herentals
Herentals is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. On January 1, 2006 Herentals had a total population of 26,071...
- Herenthout
Herenthout
Herenthout is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp in Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Herenthout proper. On January 1, 2006, Herenthout had a total population of 8,361...
- Hergé
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. His best known and most substantial work is the 23 completed comic books in The Adventures of Tintin series, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, although he was also...
- Herk-de-Stad
Herk-de-Stad
Herk-de-Stad is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Herk-de-Stad had a total population of 11,795. The total area is 42.83 km² which gives a population density of 275 inhabitants per km²....
- Heerlijkheid
Heerlijkheid
A heerlijkheid was the basic administrative and judicial unit in rural areas in Dutch-speaking lands before 1800. It originated in the feudal subdivision of government authority in the Middle Ages. The closest English equivalents of the word are "seigniory" and "manor"...
- Herselt
Herselt
Herselt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Herselt proper, Ramsel, Blauberg, Bergom and Varenwinkel. On January 1, 2006 Herselt had a total population of 13,836. The total area is 52.32 km² which gives a population density of 264...
- Herstappe
Herstappe
Herstappe is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2008 Herstappe had a total population of 84. The total area is 1.35 km² which gives a population density of 61 inhabitants per km². It is the least populous municipality in Belgium. Only Saint-Josse-ten-Noode...
- Herzele
Herzele
Herzele is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Borsbeke, Herzele proper, Hillegem, Ressegem, Sint-Antelinks, Sint-Lievens-Esse, Steenhuize-Wijnhuize and Woubrechtegem. On January 1, 2006 Herzele had a total...
- Heusden-Zolder
Heusden-Zolder
Heusden-Zolder is a municipality located in the Belgian province of province of Limburg near Hasselt. On 1 January 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769...
- Heuvelland
Heuvelland
Heuvelland is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Dranouter, Kemmel, De Klijte, Loker, Nieuwkerke, Westouter, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Heuvelland is a thinly populated rural municipality, located between the small urban centres...
- Heysel
Heysel
Heysel or Heizel , is an area in Brussels and may in particular refer to:* Heysel Park, a part of Brussels* Heysel Metro Station, one of the metro stations on line 6 of the Brussels Metro...
- Heysel Stadium - Heysel Stadium disaster
Heysel Stadium disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, as a result of rioting before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventus of Italy...
- High Council of Justice (Belgium)
High Council of Justice (Belgium)
The High Council of Justice plays a central role in the judicial system of Belgium. It was established by Article 151 of the Belgian Constitution and is responsible for exercising external oversight over the operation of the judicial system, handling complaints, submitting advice and opinions to...
- History of Belgium
History of Belgium
The history of Belgium, from pre-history to the present day, is intertwined with the histories of its European neighbours, in particular those of the Netherlands and Luxembourg...
- History of Belgium before 1830 - History of Flanders
History of Flanders
This article describes the history of Flanders. The definition of the territory called "Flanders" , however, has varied in history.The historical county of Flanders is now split into different countries. It roughly encompassed Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands, French Flanders in France, and...
- History of the Walloon movement
History of the Walloon Movement
The Walloon Movement traces its ancestry to 1856 when literary and folkloric movements based around the Society of Walloon Literature of Liège began forming. Despite the formation of the Society of Walloon Literature, it was not until around 1880 that a "Walloon and French-speaking defense...
- History of urban centers in the Dutch Low Countries
History of urban centers in the Dutch Low Countries
The development of urban centers in the Dutch Low Countries shows the process in which a region, the Dutch Low Countries, evolve from a highly rural outpost of the Roman Empire transforms into the largest urbanized area, above the Alps by the 15th century CE...
- History of Wallonia
History of Wallonia
The history of Wallonia, from pre-historic times to the present day, is that of a territory which, since 1970, has approximately coincided with the territory of the Walloon Region, a federated component which includes the smaller German-speaking Community of Belgium . Wallonia is the name...
- Hoeselt
Hoeselt
Hoeselt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Hoeselt had a total population of 9,265. The total area is 30.02 km² which gives a population density of 309 inhabitants per km²....
- Hooglede
Hooglede
Hooglede is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gits and Hooglede proper. On January 1, 2006 Hooglede had a total population of 9,831...
- Hoogstraten
Hoogstraten
Hoogstraten is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Hoogstraten proper and the towns of Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel,...
- Hoornaert, Paul
Paul Hoornaert
Paul Hoornaert was a Belgian far right political activist. Although a pioneer of fascism in the country he was an opponent of Nazism and died in a Nazi concentration camp....
- Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic are a Belgian rock/pop group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and mixture of others...
- Horebeke
Horebeke
Horebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke and Sint-Maria-Horebeke. On January 1, 2006 Horebeke had a total population of 2,004...
- Hoste, Geert
Geert Hoste
Geert Hoste is a Flemish cabaret performer.Since 1993 Geert Hoste is one of the most successful theatre authors and performers in Flanders. His entire works have been filmed and aired on television and radio. His books and DVDs are scoring high in the bestseller lists...
- Houthalen-Helchteren
Houthalen-Helchteren
Houthalen-Helchteren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Houthalen-Helchteren consists of: Houthalen-centrum, Houthalen-Oost, Laak, Meulenberg and Lillo. On January 1, 2006 Houthalen-Helchteren had a total population of 29,945...
- Houthulst
Houthulst
Houthulst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Houthulst proper, Jonkershove, Klerken and Merkem. On January 1, 2006 Houthulst had a total population of 9,051...
- Hove, Belgium
Hove, Belgium
Hove is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Hove proper. On January 1, 2006 Hove had a total population of 8,307. The total area is 5.99 km² which gives a population density of 1,388 inhabitants per km².A so called gemeente, it lies...
- Hulshout
Hulshout
Hulshout is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Houtvenne, Hulshout proper and Westmeerbeek. On January 1, 2006 Hulshout had a total population of 9,167. The total area is 17.35 km² which gives a population density of 528 inhabitants...
- Human Rights League (Belgium)
Human Rights League (Belgium)
The Human Rights League was founded in Belgium on 8 May 1901, after the in 1898 established Ligue des Droits de l'Homme in France. The Belgian initiative came from a professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Eugène Monseur.In the First World War, the organisation was dissolved...
- Human Rights League (Dutch-speaking Belgium)
Human Rights League (Dutch-speaking Belgium)
The Human Rights League for speakers of Dutch in Belgium is by them called Liga voor Mensenrechten.The in 1901 founded national organisation Ligue des Droits de l'Homme had been dissolved during World War I and its successor by World War II...
- Human Rights League (French-speaking Belgium)
Human Rights League (French-speaking Belgium)
The Human Rights League for speakers of French in Belgium is by them called Ligue des droits de l'homme.The in 1901 founded national organisation Ligue des Droits de l'Homme had been dissolved during World War I and its successor by World War II...
- Huppen, Hermann
Hermann Huppen
Hermann Huppen is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.-Biography:...
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IchtegemIchtegem
Ichtegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders 15 km southwest of Bruges. The municipality comprises the towns of Bekegem, Eernegem and Ichtegem proper. On January 1, 2006 Ichtegem had a total population of 13,423. The total area is 45.33 km² which gives a population...
- Ickx, Jacky
Jacky Ickx
Jacques Bernard "Jacky" Ickx is a Belgian former racing driver who achieved 25 podium finishes in Formula One and six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans.- Racing career :...
- Ingelmunster
Ingelmunster
Ingelmunster is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Ingelmunster proper. As of January 1, 2006, Ingelmunster had a total population of 10,617. Its total area is 16.16 km²...
- Innotek (Belgium)
Innotek (Belgium)
Innotek is a technology centre located in Geel, in the Campine region of Belgium. It is a public private partnership between the Antwerp province and several organisations located in the Campine region of the province.-History:...
- International association without lucrative purpose - International rankings of Belgium
International rankings of Belgium
- International rankings :...
- Iron Rhine - Ixelles - Izegem
Izegem
Izegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Izegem proper and the towns of Emelgem and Kachtem. Emelgem was added to Izegem in 1965, Kachtem in 1977. Izegem itself lies on the southern banks of the Mandel, Emelgem and Kachtem on...
- IJzerwake
IJzerwake
The IJzerwake is an organisation that split off from the IJzerbedevaart, and unites the more radical Flemish nationalists. Each year in August, they organise a commemoration of the victims of the two World Wars, combined with a rally for Flemish independence and a more conservative government policy...
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JabbekeJabbeke
Jabbeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Jabbeke proper, Snellegem, Stalhille, Varsenare and Zerkegem. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 13,572 inhabitants...
- Jamar, Alexandre
Alexandre Jamar
Alexandre Marie Auguste Jamar was a Belgian businessman, liberal politician and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1882 until 1888...
- Jansen, Georges
Georges Janssen
Georges Janssen was a Belgian lawyer, civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1938 until 1941.-Career:...
- Janson, Paul-Emile
Paul-Emile Janson
Paul-Emile Janson was a Belgian liberal politician.Born in Brussels, Janson was the son of liberal statesman Paul Janson . He studied law at the Free University of Brussels , practised as a lawyer, and also taught at the university...
- Jemmape (department) - Jenever
Jenever
Jenever , is the juniper-flavored and strongly alcoholic traditional liquor of the Netherlands and Belgium, from which gin evolved...
- Jette
Jette
Jette is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.The Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Dutch-speaking university of Brussels has built its hospital and medical campus in Jette, while its other buildings are in the so-called Etterbeek campus actually...
- La Jeune Belgique
La Jeune Belgique
La Jeune Belgique was a belgian literary society and movement that published a French-language literary review La Jeune Belgique between 1881 and 1897. The society was founded by the Belgian poet Max Waller...
- Jeune Europe
Jeune Europe
Jeune Europe was an Europeanist movement formed by Jean Thiriart in Belgium. Emile Lecerf, a later editor of the Nouvel Europe Magazine, was one of Thiriart's associates....
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KalmthoutKalmthout
Kalmthout is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the village of Kalmthout. On January 1, 2007 Kalmthout had a population of 17,508. The total area is...
- Kapellen - Kaprijke
Kaprijke
Kaprijke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Kaprijke proper and Lembeke. On January 1, 2006 Kaprijke had a total population of 6,128. The total area is 33.71 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per...
- Kasterlee
Kasterlee
Kasterlee is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Kasterlee proper, Lichtaart and Tielen. On January 1, 2006 Kasterlee had a total population of 17,908. The total area is 71.56 km² which gives a population density of 250 inhabitants per...
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium.It is located at the centre of the historic town of Leuven, and is a prominent part of the city, home to the university since 1425...
- KBC Bank
KBC Bank
KBC Bank N.V. is a Belgian universal multi-channel bank, focusing on private clients and small and medium-sized enterprises. Besides retail banking, insurance and asset management activities , KBC is active in European debt capital markets, domestic cash equity markets and in the field of corporate...
- Keytrade Bank
Keytrade Bank
Keytrade Bank, Belgium’s first online investment site, is a financial services company based in Belgium with a subsidiary in Luxembourg.- History :...
- Kinrooi
Kinrooi
Kinrooi is a village located in the Belgian province of Limburg, between Kessenich and Bree.-Municipality:Kinrooi is a municipality since September 18, 1971, when the four municipalities Kinrooi, Kessenich, Geistingen-Ophoven and Molenbeersel were fused. There have been three mayors. The current...
- Kinsbergen, Andries
Andries Kinsbergen
Andries Kinsbergen is a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was governor of the Belgian province Antwerp from 1 January 1967 until 1 October 1993.-Education:...
- Kluisbergen
Kluisbergen
Kluisbergen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Berchem, Kwaremont, Ruien and Zulzeke. On January 1, 2006 Kluisbergen had a total population of 6,161. The total area is 30.38 km² which gives a population density of 203...
- Knesselare
Knesselare
Knesselare is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Knesselare proper and Ursel. On January 1, 2006 Knesselare had a total population of 7,885...
- Knokke-Heist
Knokke-Heist
Knokke-Heist is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heist-aan-Zee, Knokke, Duinbergen, Ramskapelle and Westkapelle. On January 1, 2006 Knokke-Heist had a total population of 34,063. The total area is 56.44 km² which gives a...
- Koekelare
Koekelare
Koekelare is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Bovekerke, Koekelare proper and Zande. On January 1, 2006 Koekelare had a total population of 8,291...
- Koekelberg
Koekelberg
Koekelberg is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. On January 1, 2006 the municipality had a total population of 18,157...
- Koksijde
Koksijde
Koksijde is a municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders on the North Sea coast, at the southwest side. It comprises the towns of Koksijde proper, Oostduinkerke, St-Idesbald and Wulpen.-Statistics:...
- Kontich
Kontich
Kontich is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Kontich proper and Waarloos. On December 31, 2010 Kontich had a total population of 20,584...
- Kortemark
Kortemark
Kortemark is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Handzame, Kortemark Werken and Zarren. On January 1, 2006 Kortemark had a total population of 11,976...
- Kortessem
Kortessem
Kortessem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Kortessem had a total population of 8,074. The total area is 33.90 km² which gives a population density of 238 inhabitants per km².-External links:**...
- Kortrijk
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ; , ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province West Flanders...
- Kriek
Kriek
Kriek is a style of Belgian beer, made by fermenting lambic with sour Morello cherries. The name is derived from the Dutch word for this type of cherry . Traditionally "Schaarbeekse krieken" from the area around Brussels are used...
- Kruibeke
Kruibeke
Kruibeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Bazel, Kruibeke proper and Rupelmonde. On January 1, 2006 Kruibeke had a total population of 15,216...
- Kruishoutem
Kruishoutem
Kruishoutem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Kruishoutem proper, Nokere and Wannegem-Lede. On January 1, 2006 Kruishoutem had a total population of 8,130. The total area is 46.76 km² which gives a population density of...
- Kuurne
Kuurne
Kuurne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Kuurne proper. On January 1, 2006 Kuurne had a total population of 12,591. The total area is 10.01 km² which gives a population density of 1258 inhabitants per km².Inhabitants...
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LaakdalLaakdal
Laakdal is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Eindhout, Veerle, Vorst and Vorst-Meerlaar . On January 1, 2006 Laakdal had a total population of 14,951. The total area is 42.48 km² which gives a population density of 352 inhabitants per...
- Laarne
Laarne
Laarne is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Kalken and Laarne proper. On January 1, 2006 Laarne had a total population of 11,736. The total area is 32.07 km² which gives a population density of 366 inhabitants per km²...
- Labour Court (Belgium)
Labour Court (Belgium)
The Labour Court in Belgium is a court which deals in first instance with disputes between employers and employees and disputes regarding social security. There is a Labour Court in each Judicial Arrondissement of Belgium. It is not a division of the Court of First Instance. The decisions of the...
- Lamoral, Count of Egmont
Lamoral, Count of Egmont
Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere was a general and statesman in the Habsburg Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands.The Count of Egmont headed one of the...
- Lanaken
Lanaken
Lanaken is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2007 Lanaken had a total population of 24,724. The total area is 59.00 km² which gives a population density of 415 inhabitants per km²....
- Land of Herve
Land of Herve
The Land of Herve is a 420 km² natural region of Wallonia located between the Vesdre and Meuse rivers and the borders separating Belgium from the Netherlands and Germany....
- Langemark-Poelkapelle
Langemark-Poelkapelle
Langemark-Poelkapelle is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Bikschote, Langemark, and Poelkapelle. On January 1, 2006 Langemark-Poelkapelle had a total population of 7,780. The total area is 52.53 km² which gives a population...
- Language legislation in Belgium
Language legislation in Belgium
-1830: freedom of languages and linguistic coercion:One of the causes of the Belgian Revolution of the 1830s was the growing ascendancy of the Dutch language in the administration of the Southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
- Larock, Victor
Victor Larock
Victor Larock was a Belgian socialist politician. At the time of the liberation from Nazi German occupation he was editor of Le Peuple. By 1954 he was Minister of Foreign Trade...
- Law Courts of Brussels
Law Courts of Brussels
The Law Courts of Brussels or Brussels Palace of Justice is the most important Court building in Belgium, and is a notable landmark of Brussels. It was built between 1866 and 1883 in the eclectic style by architect Joseph Poelaert...
- Law of Belgium
Law of Belgium
The law of Belgium is very similar to that of neighboring France, with Belgium having adopted the Napoleonic code which governs French society. Belgian law also derives from the Constitution of Belgium and the European Convention on Human Rights....
- Lebbeke
Lebbeke
Lebbeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Denderbelle, Lebbeke proper and Wieze. On January 1, 2006 Lebbeke had a total population of 17,608...
- Lede - Ledegem
Ledegem
Ledegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ledegem proper, Rollegem-Kapelle and Sint-Eloois-Winkel. On January 1, 2006 Ledegem had a total population of 9,306. The total area is 24.76 km² which gives a population density of...
- Leffe
Leffe
Leffe is a beer brand owned by InBev Belgium, the European operating arm of the global Anheuser–Busch InBev brewery giant. There are several beers in the range, and they are marketed as Abbey beers. They are brewed in large quantities and are widely distributed.-History:The abbey was founded in...
- Legislative Order (Belgium)
Legislative Order (Belgium)
Legislative Order in Belgium refers to laws adopted by the Belgian Government during the First and the Second World War, when the Belgian Parliament was unable to meet....
- Leie - Lendelede
Lendelede
Lendelede is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Lendelede proper. On January 1, 2006 Lendelede had a total population of 5,399. The total area is 13.15 km² which gives a population density of 411 inhabitants per km².-...
- Leo Belgicus
Leo Belgicus
The Dutch Lion or Leo Belgicus, Latin for Netherlandic Lion , is a map of the Low Countries drawn in the shape of a lion....
- Léopold I of Belgium
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
- Léopold II of Belgium
Leopold II of Belgium
Leopold II was the second king of the Belgians. Born in Brussels the second son of Leopold I and Louise-Marie of Orléans, he succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865 and remained king until his death.Leopold is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free...
- Léopold III of Belgium
Leopold III of Belgium
Leopold III reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent,...
- Leopoldsburg
Leopoldsburg
Leopoldsburg is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Leopoldsburg had a total population of 14,403. The total area is 22.49 km² which gives a population density of 640 inhabitants per km².-External links:*...
- Lernout & Hauspie
Lernout & Hauspie
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, or L&H, was a leading Belgium-based speech recognition technology company, founded by Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie, that went bankrupt in 2001...
- Le Soir
Le Soir
Le Soir is a Berliner Format Belgian newspaper. Le Soir was founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel. It is the most popular Francophone newspaper in Belgium, and considered a newspaper of record.-Editorial stance:...
- Leterme, Yves
Yves Leterme
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme is a Flemish Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party , and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium.Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008...
- Leterme I Government
Leterme I Government
The Leterme I Government was the federal government of Belgium from 20 March 2008 to 22 December 2008. It took office when the Flemish Christian democrat Yves Leterme was sworn in as Prime Minister...
- Leterme II Government
Leterme II Government
The Leterme II Government was the federal government of Belgium from 24 November 2009 to 26 April 2010. it is still the caretaker government. It took office when the Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme was sworn in as Prime Minister. It followed the Van Rompuy I Government which ended...
- Les XX
Les XX
Les XX was a group of twenty Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, formed in 1883 by the Brussels lawyer, publisher, and entrepreneur Octave Maus. For ten years 'Les Vingt' , as they called themselves, held an annual exhibition of their art; each year twenty international artists were also...
- Leysen, André
André Leysen
André Leysen is a Belgian businessman. In 1951, he married Anne Ahlers, daughter of a shipping family from Bremen, Germany. Together they have four children: Bettina, Christian, Thomas, and Sabina...
- Leysen, Christian
Christian Leysen
Christian Leysen is a Belgian businessman. He obtained a Commercial engineer - Masters degree in Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1976. There he was president of the fraternity "$olvay" in 1974-1975 . Christian Leysen developed several Belgian ventures to large international companies...
- Leysen, Thomas
Thomas Leysen
Thomas Leysen is a Belgian businessman. He obtained a law degree at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Thomas Leysen became Chairman of Umicore in November 2008 after having served as Chief Executive Officer of Umicore since 2000. Since April 2011 he is a member of the board of KBC Group, a...
- LGBT rights in Belgium - Liberales
Liberales
Liberales is an independent liberal thinktank , located in Ghent, Flanders, Belgium. The organization promotes progressive liberalism and supports individual freedom, justice, a certain degree of self-government and human rights. It also supports responsibility, civil liberties, and solidarity...
- Liberalism in Belgium
Liberalism in Belgium
This article gives an overview of liberalism in Belgium. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme...
- Lichtervelde
Lichtervelde
Lichtervelde is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Lichtervelde proper. On January 1, 2006 Lichtervelde had a total population of 8,400. The total area is 25.93 km² which gives a population density of 324 inhabitants per km²....
- Liège Airport
Liège Airport
Liège Airport , also called Liège-Bierset, is an important cargo airport in Belgium. It was at the end of 2009 the 8th biggest cargo airport in Europe...
- Liège Cathedral
Liège Cathedral
Liège Cathedral, otherwise St. Paul's Cathedral, Liège, in Liège, Belgium, is the seat of the Bishopric of Liège.-St. Paul's Cathedral:...
- Liège (city) - Liège (province)
Liège (province)
Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its...
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège - Lier
Lier, Belgium
Lier is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Lier proper and the village of Koningshooikt. On January 1, 2010 Lier had a total population of 33,930. The total area is 49.70 km² which gives a population density of 669 inhabitants per...
- Lierde
Lierde
Lierde is a municipality located in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the towns of Deftinge, Hemelveerdegem, Sint-Maria-Lierde and Sint-Martens-Lierde. On January 1, 2006 Lierde had a total...
- Lighthouses and lightvessels in Belgium
Lighthouses and lightvessels in Belgium
This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Belgium.Lighthouses:* Blankenberge* Nieuwpoort* Oostende* Zeebrugge* Heist Lightvessels:* Westhinder I* Westhinder II* Westhinder III...
- Lille, Belgium
Lille, Belgium
Lille is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Gierle, Lille proper, Poederlee and Wechelderzande. On January 1, 2006 Lille had a total population of 15,509. The total area is 59.40 km² which gives a population density of 261 inhabitants...
- Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...
- Limburger cheese
Limburger cheese
Limburger is a cheese that originated during the 19th century in the historical Duchy of Limburg, which is now divided among modern-day Belgium, Germany, and Netherlands. The cheese is especially known for its pungent odor commonly compared to body odor....
- Limburgish language
Limburgish language
Limburgish, also called Limburgian or Limburgic is a group of East Low Franconian language varieties spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, near the common Dutch / Belgian / German border...
- Lint
Lint
Lint may mean:* Fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant* Lint , an accumulation of fluffy fibers that collect on fabric** Navel lint, an accumulation of fluffy fibres in one's navelLint may also refer to:...
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Lochristi
Lochristi is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Beervelde, Lochristi proper, Zaffelare and Zeveneken. On January 1, 2010 Lochristi had a total population of 21,386. The total area is 60.34 km² which gives a population density of...
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Lommel
Lommel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Lommel had a total population of 31,898. The total area is 102.37 km² which gives a population density of 312 inhabitants per km².-Lutlommel:...
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Lorrain language
Lorrain is a language spoken by a minority of people in Lorraine in France and in Gaume in Belgium. It is one of the Langues d'oïl. It is classified as a regional language of France, and has the recognised status of a regional language of Wallonia...
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Lo-Reninge
Lo-Reninge is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Lo, Noordschote, Pollinkhove and Reninge. On January 1, 2006 Lo-Reninge had a total population of 3,306...
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Lotharingia
Lotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...
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Lovendegem
Lovendegem is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Lovendegem proper and Vinderhoute. On January 1, 2006 Lovendegem had a total population of 9,358...
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Low Countries
The Low Countries are the historical lands around the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse rivers, including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany....
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Lower Lorraine
The Duchy of Lower Lorraine or Lower Lotharingia , established in 959 was a stem duchy of the medieval German kingdom, which encompassed part of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands, the northern part of the German Rhineland and a part of northern France east of the Schelde river.It was created out...
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Lummen
Lummen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Lummen had a total population of 13,691. The total area is 53.38 km² which gives a population density of 256 inhabitants per km²....
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Luxembourgish language
Luxembourgish is a High German language spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 320,000 people worldwide speak Luxembourgish.-Language family:...
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MaarkedalMaarkedal
Maarkedal is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Etikhove, Maarke-Kerkem, Nukerke and Schorisse, and part of the hamlet of Louise-Marie. On January 1, 2006 Maarkedal had a total population of 6,468. The total area is...
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Maaseik
Maaseik is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. The city is located on the river Meuse , bordering the Netherlands. The Maaseik municipality includes the town of Maaseik and the villages of Neeroeteren and Opoeteren...
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Maasmechelen
Maasmechelen is a municipality located on the Meuse river in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Maasmechelen municipality comprises the former communes of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem...
- Maddens Doctrine
Maddens Doctrine
The Maddens Doctrine or Strategy refers, in Belgian politics, to a strategy suggested by Bart Maddens to achieve progress in the state reform....
- Maeterlinck, Maurice
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also called Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life...
- Magritte, René
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...
- Maingain, Olivier
Olivier Maingain
Olivier D.A.Gh. Maingain is a Belgian francophone politician and president of the Front Démocratique des Francophones , a wing of the French-speaking liberal party Reformist Movement .-Biography:...
- Maldegem
Maldegem
Maldegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Maldegem, Adegem and Middelburg. Kleit and Donk have always been separate hamlets of Maldegem. On January 1, 2006 Maldegem had a total population of 22,289. The total area is...
- Malle
Malle
Malle is a municipality located in the Campine region of the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostmalle and Westmalle. On 1 January 2006 Malle had a total population of 14,083...
- Malmedy massacre
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a war crime in which 84 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors during World War II. The massacre was committed on December 17, 1944, by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper , a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge.The massacre, as well as...
- Malmedy massacre trial
Malmedy massacre trial
The Malmedy massacre trial was held in May–July 1946 in the Dachau concentration camp to try the German Waffen-SS soldiers accused of the Malmedy massacre of December 17, 1944. The highest-ranking defendant was the former SS general, Sepp Dietrich...
- Man Bites Dog
Man Bites Dog (film)
Man Bites Dog is a darkly comedic crime Belgian mockumentary starring Benoît Poelvoorde. In the film, a crew of filmmakers follow a serial killer, recording his crimes for a documentary they are producing...
- Manifesto for Walloon culture
Manifesto for Walloon culture
The Manifesto for Walloon Culture , was published in Liège on 15 September 1983 and signed ‘by seventy-five key figures in artistic, journalistic and university circles’ of Wallonia....
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Manneken Pis
, is a famous Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. It was designed by Jerome Duquesnoy and put in place in 1618 or 1619...
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Marollen
Marolles or Marollen is an ancient district of Brussels, situated between the Law Courts of Brussels and the Brussels-South railway station. In the heart of Marollen can be found the Église de la Chapelle/Kapellekerk and the Place du Jeu de balle/Vossenplein...
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Marols
Marols or Marollien was a dialect spoken in Brussels. Essentially it is a Dutch dialect incorporating many words of French origin as well as a sprinkling of Spanish dating back to the rule of the Low Countries by the Habsburgs...
- Martens, Wilfried
Wilfried Martens
Wilfried Martens is a Belgian politician. He was born in Sleidinge . Martens was the 44th Prime Minister of Belgium from 3 April 1979 to 6 April 1981 and 17 December 1981 to 7 March 1992....
- Matsys, Quentin
Quentin Matsys
Quentin Matsys was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where legend states he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter...
- Mariage, Benoît
Benoît Mariage
Benoît Mariage is a Belgian film director.-External links:...
- Marlier, Marcel
Marcel Marlier
Marcel Marlier was a Belgian artist and illustrator. He was born in Herseaux, Belgium. When he was 16, he enroled in decorative art at Saint-Luc de Tournai. He finished his studies in 1951 with the greatest distinction. He returned as a teacher two years later.The Belgian publisher La Procure à...
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Mechelen
Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
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Meerhout
Meerhout is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Meerhout proper. As of January 1, 2008 Meerhout had a total population of 9,578. The total area is 36.29 km² which gives a population density of 264 inhabitants per km²...
- Meetjesland
Meetjesland
The Meetjesland is a historical region in the north-west of the province East Flanders in Belgium.-Etymology:There are many legends surrounding the origin of the name. The most known is the one of Emperor Charles V who was known for his sexual appetite...
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Meeuwen-Gruitrode
Meeuwen-Gruitrode is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Meeuwen-Gruitrode had a total population of 12,583. The total area is 91.26 km² which gives a population density of 138 inhabitants per km²....
- Melle
Melle, Belgium
Melle is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Gontrode and Melle proper. On January 1, 2006 Melle had a total population of 10,585...
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Menen
Menen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on the French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413...
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Gerardus Mercator
thumb|right|200px|Gerardus MercatorGerardus Mercator was a cartographer, born in Rupelmonde in the Hapsburg County of Flanders, part of the Holy Roman Empire. He is remembered for the Mercator projection world map, which is named after him...
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Eddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
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Merelbeke
Merelbeke is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Bottelare, Lemberge, Melsen, Merelbeke proper, Munte and Schelderode. On January 1, 2006, Merelbeke had a total population of 22,353. The total area is 36.65 km²...
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Merksplas
Merksplas is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Merksplas proper. On January 1, 2006 Merksplas had a total population of 8,173. The total area is 44.56 km² which gives a population density of 183 inhabitants per km².-External...
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Pierre Mertens
Pierre Mertens is a Belgian French-speaking writer and lawyer who specializes in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and literary critic with the newspaper Le Soir.Influenced by Franz Kafka, Mertens started to publish...
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Mesen
Mesen is a city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Mesen proper. On January 1, 2006, Mesen had a total population of 988. The total area is 3.58 km² which gives a population density of 276 inhabitants per km².Mesen is the smallest city in...
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Meulebeke
Meulebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Meulebeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Meulebeke had a total population of 10,980...
- Meuse-Inférieure
Meuse-Inférieure
Meuse-Inférieure is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. It is named after the river Meuse. Its capital was Maastricht....
- Meuse-Rhenish
Meuse-Rhenish
Meuse-Rhenish or Rheinmaasländisch is a modern term that geographically refers to the literature written in mediæval times in the greater Meuse-Rhine area. This area stretches in the northern triangle roughly between the rivers Meuse and Rhine...
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Middelkerke
Middelkerke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend. The municipality comprises the towns of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle, Slijpe, Westende and Wilskerke. On January 1, 2006...
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Military of Belgium
The Belgian Army is the national military of Belgium. The Belgian Army was established after Belgium became independent in October 1830...
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Minimum legal ages in Belgium
The following legal minimum ages apply in Belgium:* Legal age to drink beer and wine: 16* Legal age to drink spirits: 18* Legal age to buy tobacco products: 16 * Legal age to enter a dance without PG: 16 * Legal age to fly an airplane: 16...
- Ministerial Order
Ministerial Order
In Belgium, a Ministerial Order is a decision of a minister of the Federal Government. The Belgian Constitution stipulates that the King, in practice the Federal Government as a whole, is responsible for the execution of laws adopted by the Federal Parliament. This is done by Royal Order. For more...
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Moerbeke
Moerbeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Moerbeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Moerbeke had a total population of 5,844...
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Monarchy of Belgium
Monarchy in Belgium is constitutional and popular in nature. The hereditary monarch, at present Albert II, is the head of state and is officially called King of the Belgians .-Origins:...
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Moules-frites
Moules-frites is a popular dish consisting of mussels and French fries that is primarily served in Belgium and northern France."Moules" means mussels and "frites" means fries in French....
- Moorslede
Moorslede
Moorslede is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Dadizele and Moorslede proper. On 1 January 2006, Moorslede had a total population of 10,618...
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Mortsel
Mortsel is a city and municipality close to the city of Antwerp located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the city of Mortsel proper. On January 1, 2006 Mortsel had a total population of 24,427 people. The total area is 7.78 km² which gives a population density of...
- Mosan art
Mosan art
Mosan art is a regional style of art from the valley of the Meuse in present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Although the term applies to art from this region from all periods, it generally refers to Romanesque art, with Mosan Romanesque architecture, stone carving, metalwork, enamelling...
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Mosan Renaissance
Mosan Renaissance, also known as Maasland Renaissance, is a regional architectural style dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. The style is only remotely related to Renaissance architecture...
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Motoring regulations in Belgium
In Belgium, you drive on the right side of the road; with a few specific exceptions, seatbelts are required for all passengers; cars 4 years of age and older are required to be checked every year to make sure they are roadworthy; number plates are insurance and driver specific...
- Mouvement Réformateur
Reformist Movement
The Reformist Movement is a French-speaking liberal political party in Belgium. The party was in coalition as part of the Leterme II Government, and was also part of the governing coalition in the Walloon Region and Brussels-Capital Region until the 2004 regional elections...
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Municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region
The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region...
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Mythology of the Low Countries
The folklore of the Low Countries has its roots in the mythologies of pre-Christian Gaulish and Germanic cultures, predating the region's Christianization by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages....
- Murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck
Joe Van Holsbeeck
Joe Van Holsbeeck was a 17-year-old Belgian teenager who was murdered on April 12, 2006 at Brussels Central train station. This murder, following the attempted theft of an MP3 player, took place at approximately 4:30 in the afternoon, during rush hour...
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Namur (city)Namur (city)
Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
- Namur (province)
Namur (province)
Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur...
- National Bank of Belgium
National Bank of Belgium
The National Bank of Belgium has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850...
- Nazareth, Belgium
Nazareth, Belgium
- General information:Nazareth is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Eke and Nazareth proper. On January 1, 2006 Nazareth had a total population of 10,947...
- Neerpelt
Neerpelt
Neerpelt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Neerpelt had a total population of 16,117. The total area is 42.78 km² which gives a population density of 377 inhabitants per km².-Famous inhabitants:...
- Nevele
Nevele
Nevele is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Hansbeke, Landegem, Merendree, Nevele proper, Poesele and Vosselare. On January 1, 2006 Nevele had a total population of 11,217...
- Niel
Niel
Niel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Niel proper. On January 1, 2006 Niel had a total population of 8,798. The total area is 5.27 km² which gives a population density of 1,669 inhabitants per km².-Famous inhabitants:* Jan...
- Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)
New-Flemish Alliance
' is a Flemish right-wing political party, founded in the autumn of 2001. It is a conservative and liberal movement that promotes civic nationalism...
- Nieuwerkerken
Nieuwerkerken
Nieuwerkerken is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Nieuwerkerken had a total population of 6,606. The total area is 22.46 km² which gives a population density of 294 inhabitants per km². It consists of 4 villages: Binderveld, Wijer, Kozen and...
- Nieuwpoort, Belgium
Nieuwpoort, Belgium
Nieuwpoort is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Nieuwpoort proper and the towns of Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris. On January 1, 2008 Nieuwpoort had a total population of 11,062....
- Nijlen - Nine Years' War - Ninove
Ninove
Ninove is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. It is situated on the river Dender...
- North Sea Fisheries Convention
North Sea Fisheries Convention
The North Sea Fishers Convention is the result of a conference which was held for the purpose of regulating the policy of the fisheries in the North Sea. It was entered into by United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and France for a period of five years...
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Official Journal (Belgium)Belgian Official Journal
The Belgian Official Journal is the official journal of the Kingdom of Belgium....
- Old University of Leuven
Old University of Leuven
The Old University of Leuven is the name historians give to the university, or studium generale, founded in Leuven, Brabant , in 1425, and closed in 1797, a week after the cession to the French Republic of the Austrian Netherlands and the principality of Liège by the Treaty of Campo Formio.When...
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Luis Oliveira
Luis Airton Barroso Oliveira is a former Brazilian-Belgian football player and currently coach of the Nuorese.He spent most of his playing career in Italy.-Career:...
- Oosterzele
Oosterzele
Oosterzele is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Balegem, Gijzenzele, Landskouter, Moortsele, Oosterzele proper and Scheldewindeke. On January 1, 2006 Oosterzele had a total population of 13,172...
- Oostkamp
Oostkamp
Oostkamp is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Hertsberge, Oostkamp proper, Ruddervoorde and Waardamme. On January 1, 2006 Oostkamp had a total population of 21,796...
- Oostrozebeke
Oostrozebeke
Oostrozebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Oostrozebeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Oostrozebeke had a total population of 7,449. The total area is 16.62 km² which gives a population density of 448 inhabitants per...
- Opglabbeek
Opglabbeek
Opglabbeek is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Opglabbeek had a total population of 9,607. The total area is 24.98 km² which gives a population density of 385 inhabitants per km².-External links:*...
- Orangism (Belgium)
Orangism (Belgium)
Orangism was a political current in what is now Belgium that supported its inclusion in the short-lived United Kingdom of the Netherlands . After the secession of Belgium in 1830, Orangist sentiment in Flanders for a time sought a restoration of the United Kingdom. Some of the most prominent...
- Order of Flemish Militants - Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium
Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium
The Order of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium was a campaign medal created by Queen Elisabeth of Belgium for humanitarian service in World War I.It was created on 15 September, 1915 and finalized by Royal Decree of 14 May, 1919...
- Ordinance (Belgium)
Ordinance (Belgium)
For other uses of the term ordinance, see: Ordinance.Ordinance in Belgium refers to legislation passed by the Brussels Parliament in exercise of its regional competences and by the United Assembly of the Common Community Commission...
- Ortelius, Abraham
Abraham Ortelius
thumb|250px|Abraham Ortelius by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]Abraham Ortelius thumb|250px|Abraham Ortelius by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) thumb|250px|Abraham Ortelius by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) (April 14, 1527 – June 28,exile in England to take...
- Ostend
Ostend
Ostend is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke , Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast....
- Ostend Company
Ostend Company
The Imperial Ostend Company was an Austrian private trading company established in 1717 to trade with the East and West Indies. For a few years it provided strong competition to the traditional colonial trading companies...
- Oudenaarde
Oudenaarde
Oudenaarde is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, Heurne, Leupegem, Mater, Melden, Mullem, Nederename, Welden, Volkegem and a part of Ooike.From the 15th to the 18th...
- Oudenburg
Oudenburg
Oudenburg Latin: Aldenburgensis is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenburg itself and the towns of Ettelgem, Roksem and Westkerke. On January 1, 2006 Oudenburg had a total population of 8,929...
- Oudergem / Auderghem - Oud-Turnhout
Oud-Turnhout
Oud-Turnhout is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Oud-Turnhout proper. On January 1, 2006 Oud-Turnhout had a total population of 12,653. The total area is 38.80 km² which gives a population density of 326 inhabitants per...
- Ourthe (department) - Outline of Belgium
Outline of Belgium
The Kingdom of Belgium is a sovereign country located in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
- Overpelt
Overpelt
Overpelt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Overpelt had a total population of 13,435. The total area is 40.85 km² which gives a population density of 329 inhabitants per km².The current mayor is Jaak Fransen....
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Pajottenland - Paris embassy terrorist attack plot - Parliamentary inquiries by the Belgian Federal ParliamentParliamentary inquiries by the Belgian Federal Parliament
Both Chambers of the Federal Parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives, have the right to conduct parliamentary inquiries pursuant to article 56 of the Belgian Constitution, which provides that "Each Chamber has the right of inquiry"...
- Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region - Partei der deutschsprachigen Belgier (PDB)
Party of German-speaking Belgians
ProDG , is a political party active in the German-speaking community of Belgium. The party groups politicians from the previous PDB and PJU parties. The party was formed in 2008 and figured on the voting bulletins at first in 2009...
- Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF)
Party for Freedom and Progress
The Party for Freedom and Progress was a liberal party in Belgium which existed from 1961 until 1992 and was the successor of the Liberal Party, which had roots dating back to 1846. It was succeeded in Flanders by the Flemish Liberals and Democrats and in Wallonia by the Parti Réformateur...
- Parti du Travail de Belgique (PTB) - Partij van de Arbeid van België (PvdA)
Workers Party of Belgium
The Workers' Party of Belgium is a Marxist political party in Belgium. It is one of the few parties that operates as a single Belgian party...
- Parti Socialiste
Socialist Party (francophone Belgium)
The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party...
- Partition of Belgium
Partition of Belgium
The partition of Belgium, or the dissolution of the Belgian state through the separation of the Dutch-speaking people of the Flanders region and Brussels from the French-speaking people of the Walloon region and Brussels, granting them either independence or respective accession to the Netherlands...
- Partitions of Luxembourg
Partitions of Luxembourg
There have been three Partitions of Luxembourg since 1659. Together, the three partitions reduced the territory of Luxembourg from 10,700 km² to the present-day area of 2,586 km² over a period of 240 years...
- Paulus, Camille
Camille Paulus
Camille Paulus is a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was governor of the Belgian province of Antwerp from 1 October 1993 until 30 April 2008.-Education:...
- Peasants' War (1798)
Peasants' War (1798)
The Peasants' War was a peasant revolt in 1798 against the French occupation of the Southern Netherlands, including modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Germany, during the French Revolutionary Wars.-Luxembourg:...
- Peer
Peer, Belgium
Peer is a municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. On January 1, 2006 Peer had a total population of 15,810. The total area is 86.95 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per km²....
- Peeters directive
Peeters directive
The Peeters directive , officially Circular BA 97/22 of 16 December 1997 concerning the use of languages in municipal councils of the Dutch language area, is a circulaire of the Flemish government regulating the use of languages in municipal councils in the Flemish Region , where the sole official...
- Pfaff Jean-Marie
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jean-Marie Pfaff is a Belgian former football goalkeeper.-Biography:At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title and a Belgian Cup . The same year, he received the Belgian Golden Shoe...
- Picard language
Picard language
Picard is a language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. It is spoken in two regions in the far north of France – Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy – and in parts of the Belgian region of Wallonia, the district of Tournai and a part of...
- Picqué, Charles
Charles Picqué
Charles Picqué is a Belgian, French-speaking politician. He is currently serving his second term as Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region....
- Pirson, André-Eugène
André-Eugène Pirson
André-Eugène Pirson was a Belgian liberal politician, civil servant, and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1877 until 1881...
- Pittem
Pittem
Pittem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Egem and Pittem proper. On January 1, 2006 Pittem had a total population of 6,599. The total area is 34.42 km² which gives a population density of 192 inhabitants per km².-External...
- Poirot, Hercule
Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.Poirot has been portrayed on...
- Polder Model
Polder Model
The polder model is a term with uncertain origin that was first used to describe the internationally acclaimed Dutch version of consensus policy in economics, specifically in the 1980s and 1990s. However, the term was quickly adopted for a much wider meaning, for similar cases of consensus...
- Political parties in Belgium - Politics and Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
Politics and Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
The government of the Brussels-Capital Region is the political administration of the Brussels region of Belgium. An election is held every five years...
- Politics of Belgium
Politics of Belgium
Politics of Belgium takes place in a framework of a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic, constitutional monarchy, whereby the King of the Belgians is the Head of State and the Prime Minister of Belgium is the head of government in a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by...
- Politics of Flanders
Politics of Flanders
Flanders is both a cultural community and an economic region within the Belgian state, and has significant autonomy.Historically, the contemporary Flemish community grew out of the Catholic southern part of the medieval XVII provinces of the Low Countries. The contemporary Belgian Flanders area...
- Poperinge
Poperinge
Poperinge is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, and has a history going back to mediaeval times. The municipality comprises the town of Poperinge proper and surrounding villages. The area is famous for its hops and lace.-The town:Poperinge is situated...
- Prévinaire, Eugène
Eugène Prévinaire
Eugène Marie Ignace Prévinaire was a Belgian businessman, liberal politician, civil servant, and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1870 until 1877....
- Princes Park, Retie
Princes Park, Retie
The Princes Park in Retie is located in the Campine region of the Antwerp province in Flanders, Belgium. It is a popular park for walking, jogging, cycling and sightseeing.-History:...
- Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy
Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy
The Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Princely power was exercised by the Benedictine abbot of the imperial double monastery of Stavelot and Malmedy, founded in 651. At , it was the second-smallest territory in the Empire, after the Duchy of Bouillon at...
- Progressive Party (Belgium)
Progressive Party (Belgium)
The Progressive Party of Belgium was a progressive Liberal party which existed from 1887 until 1900.-History:After the defeat of the Liberal party in the general elections of 1884 the doctrinarian faction continued to dominate the Belgian Liberal party. However, the progressistes or radicals no...
- Provoost, Anne
Anne Provoost
Anne Provoost Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964 in the Belgian town of Poperinge, is a Flemish author who now lives in Antwerp with her husband and three children.-Career:...
- Proost (company)
Proost (company)
Proost International Book Production is a Belgian manufacturer and supplier for the book publishing industry. It is one of the companies of the printing valley around Turnhout, Belgium...
- Province of Antwerp - Province of Brabant
Province of Brabant
Brabant was a province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 until 1830 and a province of Belgium from 1830 until 1995, when it was split into the Dutch-speaking Flemish Brabant, the French-speaking Walloon Brabant and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region.-United Kingdom of the...
- Province of East Flanders
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...
- Province of Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...
- Province of Hainaut - Province of Liège - Province of Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...
- Province of Luxembourg - Province of Namur - Province of Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut . Its capital is Wavre...
- Province of West Flanders - Provinces of regions in Belgium - Purple (government)
Purple (government)
Purple is a common term in politics for governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours...
- Putte
Putte
Putte is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Putte, Beerzel, Grasheide and Peulis. The town of Putte is around east of Mechelen. On January 1, 2006 Putte had a total population of 15,690...
- Puurs
Puurs
Puurs is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is located in the Flemish Region. The municipality comprises the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, Kalfort, Ruisbroek and Puurs proper. On January 1, 2006 Puurs had a total population of 16,029...
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Rail transport in BelgiumRail transport in Belgium
Belgium has an extensive rail network. It is a member of the International Union of Railways . The UIC Country Code for Belgium is 88.-History:...
- Ranst
Ranst
Ranst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Broechem, Emblem, Oelegem and Ranst proper. On January 1, 2006 Ranst had a total population of 17,827. The total area is 43.58 km² which gives a population density of 409 inhabitants per km²....
- Rape of Belgium
Rape of Belgium
The Rape of Belgium is a wartime propaganda term describing the 1914 German invasion of Belgium. The term initially had a figurative meaning, referring to the violation of Belgian neutrality, but embellished reports of German atrocities soon gave it a literal significance...
- Rassemblement Wallonie France - Rattachism
Rattachism
Rattachisme is a part of the Walloon movement that advocates the unification of Wallonia with France....
- Ravels
Ravels
Ravels is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Poppel, Ravels proper and Weelde. On January 1, 2006 Ravels had a total population of 13,762. The total area is 94.99 km² which gives a population density of 145 inhabitants per km²...
- Regulation (Brussels)
Regulation (Brussels)
For other uses of the term regulation, see: Regulation.Regulation in Belgium refers to legislation passed by the Brussels Parliament in exercise of its agglomeration competences and by the Common Community Commission in certain cases....
- Reinhardt, Django
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
- Renaissance in the Low Countries - Renardism
Renardism
Renardism is a theory specific to the socialism based on the thought of André Renard, combining Syndicalism and Walloon militancy.In a speech on November 17, 1960 at Charleroi, in front of a large gathering of syndicalists, André Renard partly explained the tactical aspects of his theory as...
- Republic of Bouillon
Republic of Bouillon
The Republic of Bouillon was a short-lived French client republic, around the city of Bouillon in present-day Belgium, based on the duchy of Bouillon, which had existed between France and the Austrian Netherlands since the 15th century...
- Retie
Retie
Retie is a municipality located in the Campine region of the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Retie proper. On 1 January 2006 Retie had a total population of 10,321...
- Rexism
Rexism
Rexism was a fascist political movement in the first half of the 20th century in Belgium.It was the ideology of the Rexist Party , officially called Rex, founded in 1930 by Léon Degrelle, a Walloon...
- Riemst
Riemst
Riemst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Riemst had a total population of 15,963. The total area is 57.88 km² which gives a population density of 276 inhabitants per km²....
- Rijkevorsel
Rijkevorsel
Rijkevorsel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the town of Rijkevorsel, Achtel, Sint-Jozef-Rijkevorsel and Gammel. On January 1, 2006 Rijkevorsel had a total population of 10,674. The total area is 46.79 km² which gives a population density of...
- Rivers of Belgium - Roeselare
Roeselare
Roeselare is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke....
- Rogge, Jacques
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge , is a Belgian sports bureaucrat. He is the eighth and current President of the International Olympic Committee .-Life and career:...
- Rogier, Charles
Charles Rogier
Charles Latour Rogier was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He became Prime Minister of Belgium on two separate occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to 1868....
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cambrai - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels - Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège
Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Belgium. The diocese was erected in the 4th century, and has a long and complicated history...
- Roman/Red
Roman/Red
Roman/Red is a the nickname of coalitions of catholic and social-democratic parties in the Netherlands and Belgium. Roman refers to Roman Catholic and Red to the colour of social democrats...
- Ronse
Ronse
Ronse is a Belgian city and a municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality only comprises the city of Ronse proper.- Early settlements to 14th century :...
- Rotselaar
Rotselaar
Rotselaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish-Brabant, near the convergence of the Demer and the Dijle. Since January 1, 1977 the municipality comprises the towns of Rotselaar proper, Werchter and Wezemaal. On January 1, 2006 Rotselaar had a total population of 15,068...
- Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
The Royal Military Academy is the military university of Belgium. The school is responsible for the education of the officers of the four components of the Belgian defence . The school is located in Brussels in a building construct by the architects Henri Maquet and Henri Van Dievoet...
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium , is one of the most famous museums in Belgium.-The museum:...
- Royal Order - RTBF
RTBF
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone is the public broadcasting organization of the French Community of Belgium, the southern, French-speaking part of Belgium...
- Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi
Ruanda-Urundi was a Belgian suzerainty from 1916 to 1924, a League of Nations Class B Mandate from 1924 to 1945 and then a United Nations trust territory until 1962, when it became the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.- Overview :...
- Ruiselede
Ruiselede
Ruiselede is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. This town only comprises the town of Ruiselede proper. On January 1, 2006 Ruiselede had a total population of 5,113. The total area is 30.20 km² which gives a population density of 169 inhabitants per km².Ruiselede was...
- Rumst
Rumst
Rumst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Since 1976 the municipality not only comprises Rumst proper but also the towns of Reet and Terhagen, which were independent municipalities before that year.Industry in Rumst, like Boom, was heavily focused around the production...
- Rupelmonde
Rupelmonde
Rupelmonde is a town in the municipality of Kruibeke, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. It stands on the bank of the river Schelde opposite the confluence of the eponymous Rupel, and is famed for its sundials as well as having what is probably Belgium's only tidemill...
S
SABAMSABAM
SABAM is the Belgian association of authors, composers and publishers. The acronym stands for "Société d’Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij"....
- St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège
St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège
St. Lambert's Cathedral, Liège was the cathedral of Liège, Belgium, until 1794, when its destruction began...
- Sambre-et-Meuse
Sambre-et-Meuse
Sambre-et-Meuse was the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium. It was named after the rivers Sambre and Meuse. Its capital was Namur....
- Same-sex marriage in Belgium
Same-sex marriage in Belgium
On June 1, 2003, Belgium became the second country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage, with some restrictions. Originally, Belgium allowed the marriages of foreign same-sex couples only if their country of origin also allowed these unions...
- Sarre (department) - Sax, Adolphe
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
- Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek - Scheldt
Scheldt
The Scheldt is a 350 km long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands...
- Schelle
Schelle
Schelle is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Schelle proper. On January 1, 2006 Schelle had a total population of 7,806. The total area is 7.80 km² which gives a population density of 1,001 inhabitants per km²....
- Schilde
Schilde
Schilde is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Schilde proper and 's Gravenwezel. On January 1, 2006 Schilde had a total population of 19,575. The total area is 35.99 km² which gives a population density of 544 inhabitants per km². It...
- Schoten
Schoten
Schoten is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Schoten proper. On January 1, 2006 Schoten had a total population of 33,160. The total area is which gives a population density of 1,122 inhabitants per km². Schoten abuts the...
- Schuiten, François
François Schuiten
Baron François Schuiten is a Belgian comic book artist. He is best known for drawing the series Les Cités Obscures.-Biography:François Schuiten was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1956....
- Scifo, Enzo - Science and technology in Brussels
Science and technology in Brussels
Science and technology in Brussels, the central region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.- Technology institutes :...
- Science and technology in Flanders
Science and technology in Flanders
Science and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...
- Science and technology in Wallonia
Science and technology in Wallonia
Science and technology in Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.-Technology institutes:Wallonia is home to several science and technology organizations....
- Second walls of Brussels
Second walls of Brussels
There were two stages of fortifications of Brussels, the first walls, built in the early 13th century, and the second walls, built in the late 14th century and later upgraded. Today, only a few sections of either remain.-First walls:...
- Senne
Senné
Senné is a village and municipality in the Veľký Krtíš District of the Banská Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia.-External links:*http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html...
- Seventeen Provinces
Seventeen Provinces
The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 15th century and 16th century, roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France , and a small part of Western Germany.The Seventeen Provinces were originally held by...
- Siege of Hulst
Siege of Hulst
The Siege of Hulst was the last major siege of the Eighty Years' War. The heavily fortified town of Hulst was conquered by Dutch troops commanded by Frederick Henry after only 28 days. The Spanish were informed of the siege only two days before it started. The Spanish army compromised 2,500...
- Siege of Leuven
Siege of Leuven
The Siege of Leuven was an important siege in the Thirty Years' War in which a Franco-Dutch army under Frederick Henry of Orange and the French Marshals Urbain de Maillé-Brezé and Gaspard III de Coligny, who had invaded the Spanish Netherlands from two sides, laid siege to the Spanish city of...
- Siege of Namur (1695)
Siege of Namur (1695)
The Siege of Namur, 2 July–1 September 1695, was the second siege of the city of Namur in the Nine Years' War. The Allied forces of the Grand Alliance retook the city from the French, who had captured it in the first siege in 1692...
- Siege of Ostend
Siege of Ostend
The Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege of the city of Ostend during the Eighty Years' War and one of the longest sieges in history. It is remembered as the bloodiest battle of the war, and culminated in a Spanish victory...
- Signal de Botrange
Signal de Botrange
The Signal de Botrange is the highest point in Belgium, located in the High Fens , at . It is the top of a broad plateau, and a road crosses the summit, passing an adjacent café. In 1923, the six-metre-high Baltia tower was built on the summit to allow visitors to reach an altitude of 700 m...
- Sillon industriel
Sillon industriel
The sillon industriel is the former industrial backbone of Wallonia and thus of Belgium. It runs across Wallonia, passing from Dour, in Borinage, in the west, to Verviers in the east, through Mons, La Louvière, Charleroi, Namur, Huy, and Liège, following the valleys of the rivers Haine, Sambre,...
- Singing Nun, The
The Singing Nun
Jeanine Deckers , known in English as The Singing Nun, was a Belgian nun, and a member of the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium. She became internationally famous in 1963 as Sœur Sourire when she scored a hit with the song "Dominique"...
- Sint-Agatha-Berchem / Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Amands
Sint-Amands
Sint-Amands is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Lippelo, Oppuurs and Sint-Amands proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Amands had a total population of 7,781...
- Sint-Gillis / Saint-Gilles - Sint-Gillis-Waas
Sint-Gillis-Waas
Sint-Gillis-Waas is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of De Klinge, Meerdonk, Sint-Gillis-Waas proper and Sint-Pauwels. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Gillis-Waas had a total population of 17,908. The total area is 54.98 km² which gives a...
- Sint-Jans-Molenbeek / Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Joost-ten-Node / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode - Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Sint-Katelijne-Waver
Sint-Katelijne-Waver is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver and Sint-Katelijne-Waver proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Katelijne-Waver had a total population of 19,577...
- Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe / Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Laureins
Sint-Laureins
Sint-Laureins is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Sint-Jan-in-Eremo, Sint-Laureins proper, Sint-Margriete, Waterland-Oudeman and Watervliet. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Laureins had a total population of 6,582...
- Sint-Lievens-Houtem
Sint-Lievens-Houtem
Sint-Lievens-Houtem is a Dutch-speaking municipality of Belgium. It is located in the in the Denderstreek and at the edge of the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders .It is named after Saint Livinus , a Christian saint believed to have been buried...
- Sint-Martens-Latem
Sint-Martens-Latem
Sint-Martens-Latem is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Deurle and Sint-Martens-Latem proper. On January 1, 2006 Sint-Martens-Latem had a total population of 8,280...
- Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
- Sint-Pieters-Woluwe / Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, near the towns of Hasselt and Tongeren. The municipality includes the old communes of Aalst, Brustem, Duras, Engelmanshoven, Gelinden, Gorsem, Groot-Gelmen, Halmaal, Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden,...
- Sioen Industries
Sioen Industries
Sioen Industries is a Belgian textile manufacturer. The company comprises three divisions; the Coating Division, Apparel Division and the Industrial Applications Division. The company head office is located in Ardooie.-History:...
- Small ring (Brussels)
Small ring (Brussels)
The Brussels small ring or inner ring road is a series of roadways in central Brussels, Belgium, surrounding the historic city centre. It was built on the site of the Second walls of Brussels, built in the 16th century, after they were torn down....
- Socialistische Partij - Anders (sp.a)
Socialist Party - Different
' is a Flemish social-democratic party in Belgium. It was formerly known as the Socialistische Partij , which in turn had branched off from the Belgian Socialist Party, itself formed by former members of the Belgian Labour Party.-1978-now:The party was the big winner in the 2003 election, running...
- Sonian Forest
Sonian Forest
The Sonian Forest is a forest that lies across the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.The forest lies in the Flemish municipalities of Sint-Genesius-Rode, Hoeilaart, Overijse and Tervuren, in Uccle, Watermael-Boitsfort, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in the Brussels-Capital Region and in...
- Southeast Limburgish dialect - South Tower (Brussels)
South Tower (Brussels)
The South Tower in Brussels is the tallest building in Belgium. It is 150 metres high and has 38 floors and also 3 basement floors, with 11 lifts. It stands next to the Brussels South Railway Station. It was built between 1962 and 1967...
- Spaak, Paul-Henri
Paul-Henri Spaak
Paul Henri Charles Spaak was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman.-Early life:Paul-Henri Spaak was born on 25 January 1899 in Schaerbeek, Belgium, to a distinguished Belgian family. His grandfather, Paul Janson was an important member of the Liberal Party...
- Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
The Speaker of the Flemish Parliament is the speaker of the Flemish Parliament. The Speaker is elected at the beginning of each parliamentary year, on the fourth Monday in September. The Speaker chairs the plenary sessions of the Flemish Parliament and acts as its official representative...
- Special law
Special law
A special law or qualified majority law is a type of legislation in Belgium which requires a qualified majority in both chambers of the bicameral Belgian Federal Parliament to be adopted, amended or repealed. The Belgian Constitution determines which laws require a qualified or special majority...
- Spiere-Helkijn
Spiere-Helkijn
Spiere-Helkijn is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Helkijn and Spiere. On January 1, 2006 Spiere-Helkijn had a total population of 2,030. The total area is 10.78 km² which gives a population density of 188 inhabitants per...
- Spirit
Spirit (Belgium)
' was a Belgian Flemish political party formed after dissolution of the moderate nationalist People's Union party. Prior to 19 April 2008 it was known as Spirit, and intermediately as Flemish Progressives...
- Stabroek
Stabroek
Stabroek is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Hoevenen and Stabroek proper. On December 31, 2006 Stabroek had a total population of 17,618. The total area is 21.51 km² which gives a population density of 818 inhabitants per km². In...
- Staden
Staden
Staden is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostnieuwkerke, Staden proper and Westrozebeke. On January 1, 2006 Staden had a total population of 10,969. The total area is 46.24 km² which gives a population density of 237...
- State reform in Belgium
State reform in Belgium
The term State reform in the Belgian context indicates a process towards finding constitutional and legal solutions for the problems and tensions between the different segments of the Belgian population, mostly Dutch-speakers of Flanders and French-speakers of Wallonia...
- State University of Leuven
State University of Leuven
The State University of Leuven a liberal, neutral and non-confessional university founded in 1817 in Leuven, Belgium, which was then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was not a continuation of the former Old University of Leuven, however, a dozen of professors of the Old University...
- Stekene
Stekene
Stekene is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. Since 1976 the municipality has comprised the towns of Kemzeke, Klein-Sinaai and Stekene proper. It also includes the villages of Hellestraat and Koewacht. On July 1, 2007 Stekene had a total population of 17,040...
- Stella Artois
Stella Artois
Stella Artois is a 5% ABV lager brewed in Leuven, Belgium since 1926. In the UK, Canada and New Zealand a 4% ABV version is also available.-Production:...
- Stevin, Simon
Simon Stevin
Simon Stevin was a Flemish mathematician and military engineer. He was active in a great many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical...
- Stouthuysen, Bob
Bob Stouthuysen
Baron Robert "Bob" Stouthuysen is a Belgian businessman. He is honorary president of the Vlaams Economisch Verbond and of Janssen Pharmaceutica. He lives in Kasterlee in the Campine region of Flanders.-Education:...
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe is the central command of NATO military forces. It is located at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons...
T
Talleyrand partition plan for BelgiumTalleyrand partition plan for Belgium
The Talleyrand partition plan for Belgium was a proposal developed in 1830 by the then-French ambassador to the United Kingdom, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, to partition Belgium on ethnic and regional lines...
- Tambuyzer, Erik
Erik Tambuyzer
Erik Tambuyzer is a Belgian bio-engineer and businessman. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Flemish Center for Medical Innovation .-Education:...
- Temse
Temse
Temse is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Elversele, Steendorp, Temse proper and Tielrode. On January 1, 2006 Temse had a total population of 26,287...
- Tessenderlo
Tessenderlo
Tessenderlo is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and Antwerp meet at the front gate of the Averbode Abbey. The municipality Tessenderlo encompasses the villages of Tessenderlo proper, Schoot, Engsbergen,...
- Thalys
Thalys
Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys reaches...
- Theunis, Georges
Georges Theunis
Georges Emile Léonard Theunis was the 24th Prime Minister of Belgium from 16 December 1921 to 13 May 1925 and again from 20 November 1934 to 25 March 1935. He was governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1941 until 1944.He received a military training and was also trained as an engineer...
- Tielt
Tielt
Tielt is a Belgian municipality in the province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Tielt proper and the towns of Aarsele, Kanegem, and Schuiferskapelle.-History:Some traces of Gallo-Roman occupation have been found in this area...
- Tienen - Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries
Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries
Around the 13th and early 14th century, various Dutch cities became so important that they started playing a major role in the political and economical affairs of their respective fiefs....
- Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
- Tongeren - Torhout
Torhout
Torhout is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality only comprises the city of Torhout proper. On January 1, 2008 Torhout had a total population of 19,755...
- Tourism in Belgium
Tourism in Belgium
Tourism in Belgium is one of Belgium's industries, and its accessibility from elsewhere in Europe still makes it a popular tourist destination. The tourist industry generates 2.8% of Belgium's Gross Domestic Product and employs 3.3% of the working population . 6.7 million people travelled to...
- Transportation in Belgium - Treaty of London (1839) - Tremeloo - Turnhout
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Ukkel / Uccle - Unionism in BelgiumUnionism in Belgium
In the politics of Belgium, Unionism or Union of Opposites is a Belgian political movement which existed from the 1820s to 1846...
- Union Wallonne des Entreprises
Union Wallonne des Entreprises
The Walloon Union of Companies or Union Wallonne des Entreprises is the Walloon employers organization.-History:About 1965, when in Belgium economic decentralization was becoming more pronounced, the Walloon business leaders felt the need for more organisation...
- United States of Belgium
United States of Belgium
The United States of Belgium, part of Brabant.In October, he invaded Brabant and captured Turnhout, defeating the Austrians in the Battle of Turnhout on October 27. Ghent was taken on November 13, and on November 17 the imperial regents Albert of Saxony and Archduchess Maria Christina fled Brussels...
- Université catholique de Louvain
Université catholique de Louvain
The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
- University of Douai
University of Douai
The University of Douai is a former university in Douai, France. With a Middle Ages heritage of scholar activities in Douai, the university was established in 1559 and lectures started in 1562. It closed from 1795 to 1808...
- University of Ghent -University of Liège
University of Liège
The University of Liège , in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French.-History:...
- UNIZO
UNIZO
UNIZO is a Belgian organization of Self-Employed and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises ; it is mainly situated in the Flemish region of the Kingdom of Belgium. UNIZO wants to give SMEs a voice from the local up to the European level...
- Urbanus
Urbanus
Urbain Servranckx , also known as Urbain and Urbanus van Anus, is a Belgian stand-up comedian, actor, singer and comic book writer.-Career:...
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Valois TapestriesValois Tapestries
The Valois Tapestries are a series of eight tapestries depicting festivities or "magnificences" at the Court of France in the second half of the 16th century. The tapestries were worked in the Spanish Netherlands, probably in Brussels or Antwerp, shortly after 1580.Scholars have not firmly...
- Van Damme, Jean Claude - Van den Bergh, Frans
Frans Van den Bergh
Baron Frans Van den Bergh was a Belgian business man, who founded the cigar factory Alto in Turnhout, Belgium and who would become one of the leading managers of Janssen Pharmaceutica. In addition to his success with Alto, he was by the marriage of his daughter Lea related to Margriet...
- Vandenbroucke, Frank (cyclist)
Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)
Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...
- Van der Rest, Leon
Leon Van der Rest
Léon Van der Rest was a Belgian lawyer, businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1918 until 1923.-Career:...
- van Rysselberghe, Théo
Théo van Rysselberghe
Théo van Rysselberghe was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the century.-Early years:...
- van Eyck, Jan
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
- Van Genechten Packaging
Van Genechten Packaging
Van Genechten Packaging is a Belgian printing company, located in Turnhout. It is one of the companies of the printing valley located around Turnhout, Belgium.-History:...
- Van Hoegaerden, Victor
Victor Van Hoegaerden
Victor Van Hoegaerden was a Belgian businessman and governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1891 until 1905.-Career:...
- Van Rompuy, Herman
Herman Van Rompuy
Herman Achille Van Rompuy is the first long-term and full-time President of the European Council...
- Van Rompuy I Government
Van Rompuy I Government
The Van Rompuy I Government was the federal government of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until 15 November 2009. Herman Van Rompuy was nominated as the first President of the European Council and resigned shortly after as Premier...
- Van Zeeland, Paul
Paul van Zeeland
Paul Guillaume van Zeeland was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman born in Soignies....
- Verdinaso
Verdinaso
The Verdinaso was an authoritarian and fascist-inspired political party in Belgium and the Netherlands during the 1930s...
- Emile Verhaeren
Emile Verhaeren
Emile Verhaeren was a Belgian poet who wrote in the French language, and one of the chief founders of the school of Symbolism....
- Verhofstadt, Dirk
Dirk Verhofstadt
Dirk Verhofstadt is a Belgian social liberal theorist and brother of former Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt. He has a keen interest in political philosophy, and his philosophical outlook is influenced by Karl Popper, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Paine, Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum...
- Verhofstadt, Guy
Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the 47th Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.- Early career :...
- Verhofstadt III Government
Verhofstadt III Government
The Verhofstadt III government was an interim Belgian government inaugurated on December 21, 2007 and lasting until 23 March 2008. It was led by Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt government and contained representatives from the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats , Flemish Christian Democrats...
- Verlooy, Jan-Baptist
Jan-Baptist Verlooy
Jan-Baptist Chrysostomus Verlooy was a jurist and politician from the Southern Netherlands.-Childhood and descent:...
- Vesalius, Andreas - Veurne
Veurne
Veurne is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Veurne proper and the settlements of Avekapelle, Booitshoeke, Bulskamp, De Moeren, Eggewaartskapelle, Houtem, Steenkerke, Vinkem, Wulveringem, and Zoutenaaie.-Origins in the 15th...
- Vieille Montagne
Vieille Montagne
Vieille Montagne is the name of a former zinc mine in Kelmis , a town in Belgium between Liège and Aachen. The mine's name is French for "the old mountain", and this is also reflected in its German name, Altenberg...
- Vink, Karel
Karel Vinck
Karel Vinck is a Belgian businessman. In 1994 the readers of the weekly business magazine Trends chose him to be the Manager of the year. He graduated as a Master in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and got an MBA from Cornell University .-Career:He...
- Visa requirements for Belgian citizens
Visa requirements for Belgian citizens
The following countries allow visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to holders of ordinary Belgian passports :-Europe:-Africa:-Americas:-Asia:-Oceania:...
- Vlaams Belang
Vlaams Belang
Vlaams Belang is a Belgian far-right political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels that advocates the independence of Flanders and strict limits on immigration, whereby immigrants would be obliged to adopt Flemish culture and language...
- Vlaams Blok
Vlaams Blok
The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...
- Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie - Vlaamse Volksbeweging
Vlaamse Volksbeweging
The or VVB is a Flemish nationalist thinktank and pressure group located in Berchem, Belgium.The VVB claims to be completely independent, although several politicians can be found among the members....
- Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD)
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...
- Vlerick, André
André Vlerick
André, Baron Vlerick was a Belgian politician, businessman, professor and founder of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He graduated in economy at the University of Ghent and became a professor at the university...
- Vleteren
Vleteren
Vleteren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostvleteren, Westvleteren and Woesten. On January 1, 2006 Vleteren had a total population of 3,636. The total area is 38.15 km² which gives a population density of 95 inhabitants...
- VLOTT
VLOTT
VLOTT is a Belgian right-wing liberal or fortuynist political party. The acronym VLOTT stands for Flemish Liberal Independent Tolerant and Transparent . It was founded on November 23, 2005 by ex-Flemish Liberals and Democrats member Hugo Coveliers...
- Voeren - Vorselaar
Vorselaar
Vorselaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the town of Vorselaar proper. On January 1, 2006 Vorselaar had a total population of 7,359. The total area is 27.62 km² which gives a population density of 266 inhabitants per km².-Famous...
- Vorst (Forest) - Vosselaar
Vosselaar
Vosselaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Vosselaar proper. On January 1, 2006 Vosselaar had a total population of 10,142. The total area is 11.85 km² which gives a population density of 856 inhabitants per km².There are 3...
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WaarschootWaarschoot
Waarschoot is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Waarschoot proper. On January 1, 2006 Waarschoot had a total population of 7,805. The total area is 21.91 km² which gives a population density of 356 inhabitants...
- Waasland
Waasland
The Waasland is a region in Flanders, Belgium, although without any administrative functions. It is also called the Land van Waas ; Waas most likely refers to the soggy soil of the region even though the exact etymology is unknown - one possibility is a connection to the English word 'wasteland'...
- Waasmunster
Waasmunster
Waasmunster is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Waasmunster proper. On January 1, 2010 Waasmunster had a total population of 10,412. The total area is 31.93 km² which gives a population density of 323...
- Wachtebeke
Wachtebeke
Wachtebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Wachtebeke proper, and a smaller town: Overslag. On January 1, 2006 Wachtebeke had a total population of 6,881...
- Walibi Belgium
Walibi Belgium
Walibi Belgium, formerly Walibi Wavre and then Six Flags Belgium, is a Belgian theme park located in Wavre, close to Brussels. During the 1998 to 2004 period, it was owned by Six Flags, Inc, an American theme park operator. It was later sold to Palamon Capital Partners...
- Wallonia - Wallonie Libre
Wallonie Libre
Wallonie Libre or Free Wallonia is a small political movement in Belgium. It is believed to have been founded on June 18, 1940 on the battlegrounds of Waterloo in the Brabant province, the place where Napoleon was defeated in 1815 by the British, Prussian and Russian armies...
- Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut . Its capital is Wavre...
- Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency
Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency
The Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency is a public interest organisation in in charge of the promotion of foreign trade and the attraction of foreign investments for Wallonia in Belgium...
- Walloon Jacquerie of 1886
Walloon Jacquerie of 1886
The Walloon jacquerie of 1886 was a working class jacquerie of a bloody spring as many Walloon scholars are calling it This violent upheaval of the Belgian, especially Walloon proletariat, caused a profound psychological shock in an atmosphere of fear of an inevitable and explosive social...
- Walloon language
Walloon language
Walloon is a Romance language which was spoken as a primary language in large portions of the Walloon Region of Belgium and some villages of Northern France until the middle of the 20th century. It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language...
- Walloon Parliament
Walloon Parliament
The Walloon Parliament , formerly the Walloon Regional Council , is the Parliament of the Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, one of the self-governing Regions of Belgium with Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region...
- Walloons
Walloons
Walloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within Belgium, important historical and anthropological criteria bind Walloons to the French people. More generally, the term also refers to the inhabitants of the Walloon...
- Walloon SME finance and guarantee company - War Crimes Law (Belgium)
War Crimes Law (Belgium)
Belgium's War Crimes Law invokes the concept of universal jurisdiction to allow anyone to bring war crime charges in Belgian courts, regardless of where the alleged crimes have taken place....
- War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession – including King George's War in North America, the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear, and two of the three Silesian wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg.The...
- War of Devolution
War of Devolution
The War of Devolution saw Louis XIV's French armies overrun the Habsburg-controlled Spanish Netherlands and the Franche-Comté, but forced to give most of it back by a Triple Alliance of England, Sweden, and the Dutch Republic in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.-Background:Louis's claims to the...
- War of the Reunions
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict between France and Spain and its allies. It was fueled by the long-running desire of Louis XIV to conquer new lands, many of them comprising part of the Spanish Netherlands, along France's northern and eastern borders...
- War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was fought among several European powers, including a divided Spain, over the possible unification of the Kingdoms of Spain and France under one Bourbon monarch. As France and Spain were among the most powerful states of Europe, such a unification would have...
- War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault
War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault
The War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault was a series of feudal conflicts in the mid-thirteenth century between the children of Margaret II, Countess of Flanders...
- Waregem
Waregem
Waregem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the Leie River, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondissement of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On...
- Warocqué, Raoul
Raoul Warocqué
Raoul Warocqué , was a Belgian industrialist of Wallonia. Raoul was the great-grandson of Nicolas Warocqué, the founder of the Warocqué-dynasty...
- Watermaal-Bosvoorde / Watermael-Boitsfort - Wellen
Wellen
Wellen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2008 Wellen had a total population of 7,102. The total area is 26.72 km², giving a population density of 266 inhabitants per km²....
- Wervik
Wervik
Wervik is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Wervik and the town of Geluwe. On January 1, 2006 Wervik had a total population of 17,607. The total area is 43.61 km² which gives a population density of 404 inhabitants per km²....
- Westerlo
Westerlo
Westerlo is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises seven towns:- Westerlo centrum - Oevel - Tongerlo - Heultje...
- West Flanders - West Flemish
West Flemish
West Flemish , , , Fransch vlaemsch in French Flemish) is a group of dialects or regional language related to Dutch spoken in parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France....
- Western Hainaut
Western Hainaut
Western Hainaut is the name of the North-West part of the Province of Hainaut . Since the creation of an autonomous Wallonia, it is also called Wallonie Picarde, in light of the regional use of the Picard language....
- Wetteren
Wetteren
Wetteren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Massemen, Westrem and Wetteren proper. On January 1, 2006 Wetteren had a total population of 23,209. The total area is 36.68 km² which gives a population density of 633 inhabitants...
- Wevelgem
Wevelgem
Wevelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gullegem, Moorsele and Wevelgem proper. On January 1, 2006 Wevelgem had a total population of 31,020...
- Walthéry, François
François Walthéry
François Walthéry is a Belgian comics artist, best known for his series featuring an adventurous flight attendant, Natacha.-Biography:...
- Westhoek (region)
Westhoek (region)
Westhoek or Maritime Flanders is a region in Belgium and France and includes the following areas:#Belgian Westhoek including the West Flanders arrondissements of Diksmuide, Ypres, and Veurne including the cities of Veurne, Poperinge, Wervik, Ypres, De Panne, Langemark-Poelkapelle, and Diksmuide...
- Wichelen
Wichelen
Wichelen is a municipality located in the Denderstreek in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Schellebelle, Serskamp and Wichelen proper. On January 1, 2006 Wichelen had a total population of 11,145. The total area is 22.87 km² which gives a population...
- Wielsbeke
Wielsbeke
Wielsbeke is a city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ooigem, Sint-Baafs-Vijve and Wielsbeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Wielsbeke had a total population of 8,906. The total area is 21.76 km² which gives a population density of 409 inhabitants...
- Wijnegem
Wijnegem
Wijnegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Wijnegem proper. WIjnegem is one of the most expensive municipality of the Flanders. On January 1, 2006 Wijnegem had a total population of 8,816. The total area is 7.86 km² which gives...
- Willebroek
Willebroek
Willebroek is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Blaasveld, Heindonk, Tisselt, Klein Willebroek and Willebroek proper. On January 1, 2006 Willebroek had a total population of 23,044...
- Willems, Jan Frans
Jan Frans Willems
Jan Frans Willems , Flemish writer and father of the Flemish movement.Willems was born in the Belgian city of Boechout, while that was under French occupation. He started his career in the office of a notary in Antwerp....
- Wingene
Wingene
Wingene is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Wingene proper and Zwevezele. On January 1, 2006 Wingene had a total population of 13,136. The total area is 68.42 km² which gives a population density of 192 inhabitants per...
- Witte, Els
Els Witte
Els Witte is a Belgian historian. She was professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and honorary rector of the university. Els Witte was the first female rector of a Belgian university. She was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist think tank....
- Woluwe-Saint-Etienne - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert or Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium...
- Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Wommelgem
Wommelgem
Wommelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Wommelgem proper. On January 1, 2006 Wommelgem had a total population of 12,126...
- Wortegem-Petegem
Wortegem-Petegem
Wortegem-Petegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Elsegem, Moregem, Ooike, Petegem, and Wortegem. On January 1, 2006 Wortegem-Petegem had a total population of 5,977. The total area is 41.96 km² which gives a population...
- Wuustwezel
Wuustwezel
Wuustwezel is a municipality located in the north of the Belgian province of Antwerp, at the Dutch border.The municipality as it is now originated in 1977, when Wuustwezel merged with the municipality of Loenhout...
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ZandhovenZandhoven
Zandhoven is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Massenhoven, Pulderbos, Pulle, Viersel and Zandhoven proper. On January 1, 2006, Zandhoven had a population of 12,286...
- Zedelgem
Zedelgem
Zedelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Aartrijke, Loppem, Veldegem and Zedelgem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zedelgem had a total population of 21,835...
- Zele
Zele
Zele is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Zele proper. On January 1, 2006 Zele had a total population of 20,371...
- Zelzate
Zelzate
Zelzate is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality only comprises the town of Zelzate proper. On January 1, 2006 Zelzate had a total population of 12,176. The total area is 13.71 km² which gives a population density of 888 inhabitants per km².Zelzate is...
- Zemst
Zemst
Zemst is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the villages of Elewijt, Eppegem, Hofstade, Weerde, Laar and Zemst proper. On January 1, 2006 Zemst had a total population of 21,327...
- Zingem
Zingem
Zingem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Huise, Ouwegem and Zingem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zingem had a total population of 6,793. The total area is 23.93 km² which gives a population density of 284 inhabitants per...
- Zoersel
Zoersel
Zoersel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Halle, St. Antonius and Zoersel proper. On January 1, 2010 Zoersel had a total population of 21,308...
- Zomergem
Zomergem
Zomergem is a municipality located in the Flanders and in the province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Oostwinkel, Ronsele and Zomergem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zomergem had a total population of 8,011. The total area is 38.78 km² which gives a population...
- Zonhoven
Zonhoven
Zonhoven is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2007 Zonhoven had a total population of 20,060...
- Zonnebeke
Zonnebeke
Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare, Geluveld, Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper. On January 1, 2006 Zonnebeke had a total population of 11,758...
- Zottegem
Zottegem
Zottegem is a municipality located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem proper and the villages of Elene, Erwetegem, Godveerdegem, Grotenberge, Leeuwergem, Oombergen, Sint-Goriks-Oudenhove,...
- Zuienkerke
Zuienkerke
Zuienkerke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Houtave, Meetkerke, Nieuwmunster and Zuienkerke proper. On January 1, 2006 Zuienkerke had a total population of 2,776. The total area is 48.86 km² which gives a population density...
- Zulte
Zulte
Zulte is a Belgian municipality located in Flanders and in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Machelen, Olsene and Zulte proper. On January 1, 2006 Zulte had a total population of 14,611...
- Zutendaal
Zutendaal
Zutendaal is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2008 Zutendaal had a total population of 6,985. The total area is 32.07 km², giving a population density of 218 inhabitants per km².-External links:...
- Zwalm
Zwalm
Zwalm is a municipality located in Flanders and in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Beerlegem, Dikkele, Hermelgem, Hundelgem, Meilegem, Munkzwalm, Nederzwalm, Paulatem, Roborst, Rozebeke, Sint-Blasius-Boekel, Sint-Denijs-Boekel and...
- Zwevegem
Zwevegem
Zwevegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heestert, Moen, Otegem, Sint-Denijs and Zwevegem proper. On January 1, 2006 Zwevegem had a total population of 23,674...
- Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Zwijndrecht, Belgium
Zwijndrecht is both a village and a municipality located in the Flemish province of Antwerp, in Belgium. As well as Zwijndrecht proper, the municipality includes the villages of Burcht. As of January 1, 2006, Zwijndrecht had a total population of 18,231....
- Zwin
Zwin
The Zwin is a nature reserve at the North Sea coast, on the Belgian-Dutch border. It consists of the entrace area of a former tidal inlet which during the Middle Ages connected the North Sea with the ports of Sluis and Bruges inland....