* N2xx Provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant

:* Walloon Brabant, in the Wallonia region

In Flanders they voted in favour of his return ( Yes ), in Wallonia against ( No ) ( especially the provinces of Liège, Hainaut and the present-day Walloon Brabant ; Namur and Luxembourg being split about 60 ( Yes )/ 40 ( No )), 58 % of No in Wallonia, 70 % of Yes in Flanders, 51 % of No in Brussels.

Other major changes included the direct election of the parliaments of the Communities and the Regions, the splitting up of the Province of Brabant into Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant, and the reformation of the Federal Parliament's bicameral system and the relations between the Federal Parliament and the Federal Government.

the Bishopric of Liège, the Romance Flanders ( i. e. Cambrai, Lille, Tournai ), the French-speaking part of Brabant around Nivelles and, Namur, where Walloon is traditionally spoken ), the region is Germanic with Dutch and Luxembourgish being the dominant languages, although French has historically played an important role as it still does in Luxembourg.

* Walloon Brabant: 1, 091 km²

It borders on ( clockwise from the North ) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders.

Flemish Brabant was created in 1995 by the splitting of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant ; and the Brussels-Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province.

From 1332 on the council was extended by two more members, so that there were 16 Lords ; Antwerp got a second member and the Walloon Brabant town of Nivelles () also got a member.

Walloon Brabant (, Dutch:, ) is a province of Wallonia in Belgium.

Walloon Brabant was created in 1995 when the former Province of Brabant was split into three parts: two new provinces, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant ; and the Brussels Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province.

The road network in Belgium is managed by regional authorities, meaning that a road section in Flanders is managed by the Flemish Government, a road section in Brussels by the Brussels government and a road section in Wallonia by the Walloon Government.

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river ( Dutch: Maas ) in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border ( with both the Dutch-speaking Flemish and French-speaking Walloon region within easy reach from the city centre ) and near the German border.

The Maas (; ) or Meuse (; ; Walloon Mouze ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea.

The Francophone Walloon identity of Belgium is linguistically distinct and regionalist.

In the federal ( bicameral ) kingdom of Belgium, there is a curious asymmetrical constellation serving as directly elected legislatures for three " territorial " regions — Flanders ( Dutch ), Brussels ( bilingual, certain peculiarities of competence, also the only region not comprising any of the 10 provinces ) and Wallonia ( French )— and three cultural communities — Flemish ( Dutch, competent in Flanders and for the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Brussels ), Francophone ( French, for Wallonia and for Francophones in Brussels ) and German ( for speakers of that language in a few designated municipalities in the east of the Walloon Region, living alongside Francophones but under two different regimes )

In the alphabets of most modern Romance languages ( excepting far northern French and Walloon ), W is used mostly in foreign names and words recently borrowed ( le week-end, il watt, el kiwi ).

The term Walloon is derived from * walha, a Proto-Germanic term used to refer to Celtic and Latin speakers.

The words Walloon and Wallons can be seen in the book of Charles White, The Belgic revolution ( 1835 ): " The restless Wallons, with that adventurous daring which is their historical characteristic, abandoned their occupations, and eagerly seizing the pike and the musket marched towards the center of the commotion .".

In German it is however generally Wallonenland: Le païs de Valons, Belgolalia, Wallonenland, in " Le Grand Dictionnaire Royal " Augsbourg, 1767 ; The name of the churches ' consecration is in Touraine assemblées, in Bretagne pardons, in the North Departments sometimes kermesses, sometimes as in the Walloon country, ducasses ( from dedicatio ) In English, it is Walloon country ( see further James Shaw ).

In French ( and France ( Wand )), it is le Pays wallon: The Walloon country included the greatest part of to-day's Belgium, the Province of Flandre orientale, the Province of Flandre occidentale both named Flandre wallonne, the Province of Namur, the Hainaut, the Limbourg, the pays de Liège and even the Luxembourg For Félix Rousseau, Walloon country is, after le Roman pays the old name of the country of the Walloons and the nickname Romande was commonly used to describe Walloons until the late 19th century.

The heartland of Walloon culture is the Meuse and Sambre valleys, Charleroi, Dinant, Namur ( the regional capital ), Huy, Verviers, and Liège.

The Walloon language is an element of Walloon identity.

A conflicting explanation is that Wall Street was named after Walloons -- possibly a Dutch abbreviation for Walloon being Waal.

During these eighty years the number of municipalities with more than 5, 000 inhabitants increased from only 21 to more than one hundred, concentrating nearly half of the Walloon population in this region.

In one incident, reported in the program, the Queensland Gas Company ( QGC ) ' fracked ' its Myrtle 3 well connecting the Springbok aquifer to the coal seam below ( the Walloon Coal Measures ) in 2009, in the process releasing 130 litres of a potentially toxic chemical into the Great Artesian Basin.

The Prinsenhof is one of the 14 active Walloon churches of the Dutch Reformed Church.

In Rixensart, the company Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques ( changed to GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in 2000 ) is one of the world ’ s leading vaccine manufacturers, supplying around 25 % of the world ’ s vaccines: GSK Biologicals employs a little over 5, 300 persons on the Walloon sites of Rixensart, Wavre and Gembloux.

A discussion of Belgian culture requires discussing both those aspects of cultural life shared by the Belgians, regardless of what language they speak, and the differences between the main cultural communities: the Flemish people from Flanders and the French-speakers from Brussels and Wallonia — although the grouping of Brussels and Wallonia as one cultural community is sometimes rejected, for instance by the Manifesto for Walloon culture as well as certain regionalists from Brussels.

Zaventem () is a Belgian municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, one of the ten Belgian -, and hand in hand with the province of Walloon Brabant, also the richest province of Belgium.

28, one Sonata for Two Violins, eight Poèmes for various instruments ( one or two violins, violin and cello, string quartet ) and orchestra ( Poème élégiaque, Poème de l ' Extase, Chant d ' hiver, Poème nocturne, among others ), pieces for string orchestra without basses ( including Poème de l ' Exil ), two string trios, a quintet, and an opera, Peter the Miner, written near the end of his life in the Walloon dialect.

The Walloon language is still part of the Walloon heritage ; it is one component of Walloon identity.

The resignation of a Walloon green minister ( Isabelle Durant ), one week before the elections, probably didn't do them much good either.

The Walloon Parliament (), formerly the Walloon Regional Council ( Conseil régional wallon ), 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.

The Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, is one of the three federal Regions of Belgium, and its capital is Namur.

In 1912, the Walloon movement formed the Walloon Assembly, which was based on one representative per 40, 000 inhabitants.

Norman can be classified as one of the northern Oïl languages along with Picard and Walloon.

The Government of the Walloon Region, with one representative for the German-speaking Community in its Parliament, exercises regional matters over the territory.

It is the only fully Belgian service: On the one hand it combines all Belgian sources from the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels government, the police stations, a national Floating Car Datasystem based on Proximus and GPS vehicles, and the Touring Mobilis call center.

Vermuyden was to receive one third of the drained land, most of which had previously been common, as recompense for his investment, and to finance the draining he sold shares in this land to other investors, including some fellow Dutchmen ; some French and Walloon Protestant refugees also settled in the area as landowners or tenants.

Of mixed Flemish and Walloon ascent, Rudy Demotte is one of the few Walloon politicians to be perfectly bilingual in French and Dutch.