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N° 03.00 the Territory of the Federal State of Belgium 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. For more information: 01.08.2019 Belgian House of Representatives - Department for Public and International Relations, 1008 Brussels tel.: (32)(2)549 81 77 — e-mail: info@lachambre — www.lachambre.be.
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