Full country name: Kingdom of Belgium
Area: Belgium 32.545 km² <-> Brazil 8.459.417 km²
Population: 10.984.468 (01-01-2011)
Density: 354.7 inhabitants/km²
Life Expectancy: 80,6 years (2009)
Religion: 75% Roman Catholic
1° - 5 ° The Romans
6° - 10° Germanic Franks and Merovingian
10° - 14° The French (11-07-1302)
1558-1715 The Spanish (80 years of war + occupation)
1715 – 1794 The Austrians
1794 – 1815 Again part of France
1815 Napoléon beaten at Waterloo
1815 – 1830 Belgium and the Netherlands: one kingdom
1830: the southern part revolts against King Willem I of
Holland and Belgium is born.
Leopold I VAN SAKSEN-COBURG-GOTHA becomes
the first king and swore allegiance to the constitution on
21/07/1831.
Antwerpen
GentBrugge
Leuven
Waver
Luik/Liège
Bergen/Mons
Namen/Namur
Aarlen/Arlon
Hasselt
Brussel
Limburg - HasseltLimburg - Hasselt
EastEast FlandersFlanders -- GhentGhent
West Flanders – Belgian coastWest Flanders – Belgian coast
FlemishFlemish BrabantBrabant -- LeuvenLeuven
WalloonWalloon BrabantBrabant -- WaterlooWaterloo
NamurNamur
LiegeLiege
HainautHainaut
LuxembourgLuxembourg
BrusselsBrusselsBrussels
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