E S AT I V E N T R E S E P F R O S E N° 03.00 O U H A N G I E L B
The Territory of the Federal State of Belgium Communities and regions
Belgium consists of four language regions
The Dutch-speaking Region (= Flanders)
The French-speaking Region (= Wallonia)
The bilingual Region of Brussels-Capital
The German-speaking Region
Belgium consists of 3 communities
1. The Flemish Community (= the Region of Flanders plus the Dutch-speaking institutions in the Brussels-Capital Region)
2. The French Community (= the Region of Wallonia, without the German-speaking region, but with the French- speaking institutions in the Brussels-Capital Region)
3. The German-speaking Community (= the German- speaking Region : the communes of Amel, Büllingen, Burg-Reuland, Bütgenbach, Eupen, Kelmis, Lontzen, Raeren and Sankt-Vith) Belgium consists of 3 regions
1. The Flemish Region (= the Dutch-speaking Region) (Art. 5 of the Constitution : “...the Flemish Region is made up of the following provinces : Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, West Flanders, East Flanders and Limburg...”) Population: 6.582.788
2. The Walloon Region (= the French-speaking region and the German-speaking region) (Art. 5 of the Constitution : “...the Walloon Region is made up of the following provinces : Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, Luxemburg and Namur...”) Population: 3.630.093
3. The Brussels Region (= the bilingual Region of Brussels-Capital) Population: 1.200.322
Belgium consists of 10 provinces and 581 communes 300 in Flanders, 262 in Wallonia and 19 in the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region*
Antwerp
Limbourg West Flanders East Flanders Flemish Brabant
Walloon Brabant Hainaut Liège
Namur
Luxembourg
* The 19 communes of the Brussels-Capital Region fall outside the scope of the division of the country into provinces.
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