The term Wallonia can mean slightly different things in different contexts. |
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Wallonia also home to a Jenever called Peket, and a May wine called Maitrank. |
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It touches France to the west near the coast, and borders the Netherlands to the north and east, and Wallonia to the south. |
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Flanders shares its borders with Wallonia in the south, Brussels being an enclave within the Flemish Region. |
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Germany, although bordering Wallonia and close to Voeren in Limburg, does not share a border with Flanders. |
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In Belgium, collaborators were organized into the VNV party and the DeVlag movement in Flanders, and into the Rexist movement in Wallonia. |
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It has bilingual status and it is one of the three federal regions of Belgium, along with Flanders and Wallonia. |
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An affirmative resolution concerning Brussels' place in the federal system passed in the parliaments of Wallonia and Brussels. |
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At the same time, Wallonia experienced a slow relative decline as the products of its mines and mills came to be less in demand. |
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The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. |
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This region was emblematic of the whole Sillon industriel in Wallonia and of the Belgian general strikes which often broke out in the Borinage. |
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In 1932, a great strike paralysed the coalmines of Wallonia and the response of employers and the police had been merciless. |
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It was to become an integral part of the sillon industriel, the industrial backbone of Wallonia. |
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Verviers was at the eastern end of the sillon industriel, the industrial backbone of Wallonia. |
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One of those killed was Geoffrey Dieudonne, a member of parliament in Belgium's Wallonia region. |
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This award was presented this Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at an awards ceremony for the Trends Tendances Business Tour 2013 Wallonia. |
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VerifAvia is also approved as an Aviation Verifier in Luxembourg and in Wallonia and is on schedule for approval by most EU Member States. |
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In Belgium, Wallonia uses Le Chant des Wallons and Flanders uses De Vlaamse Leeuw. |
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Unemployment in Wallonia is more than double that of Flanders, which boomed after the war. |
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Since then, Flanders has been prosperous, among the wealthiest regions in Europe, whereas Wallonia has been languishing. |
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As of 2007, the unemployment rate of Wallonia is over double that of Flanders. |
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This is particularly the case in eastern Wallonia and areas along the French border. |
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Wallonia now suffers from high unemployment and has a significantly lower GDP per capita than Flanders. |
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The capital of Wallonia is Namur but the city with the greatest population is Charleroi. |
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Wallonia borders Flanders and the Netherlands in the north, France to the south and west, and Germany and Luxembourg to the east. |
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The root of the word Wallonia, like the words Wales, Cornwall and Wallachia, is the Germanic word Walha, meaning the strangers. |
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Wallonia is named after the Walloons, the population of the Burgundian Netherlands speaking Romance languages. |
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After the Battle of Waterloo, Wallonia became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands under King William of Orange. |
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In the 19th century, the area began to industrialize, and Wallonia was the first fully industrialized area in continental Europe. |
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The rising of a Walloon identity led the Walloon Movement to choose different symbols representing Wallonia. |
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The loss of prosperity caused social unrest, and Wallonia sought greater autonomy in order to address its economic problems. |
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Wallonia is rich in iron and coal, and these resources and related industries have played an important role in its history. |
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In the Middle Ages, Wallonia became a center for brass working and bronze working, with Huy, Dinant and Chimay being important regional centers. |
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The sole industrial centre in Belgium outside the collieries and blast furnaces of Wallonia was the historic cloth making town of Ghent. |
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The two World Wars curbed the continuous expansion that Wallonia had enjoyed up till that time. |
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The factories of Wallonia were by then antiquated, the coal was running out and the cost of extracting coal was constantly rising. |
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It was the end of an era, and Wallonia has been making efforts to redefine itself. |
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The economy is improving, but Wallonia is not yet at the level of Flanders and is still suffering from difficulties. |
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One of these is the Walloon Region, which is governed by the Parliament of Wallonia and the executive Walloon Government. |
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Other regions of Wallonia also have characteristic accents, often linked to the regional language. |
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The regional languages of Wallonia are more important than in France, and they have been officially recognized by the government. |
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There is a link between the Jean Louvet's work and the social issues in Wallonia. |
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Wallonia is famous for a number of different foods and drinks, a great many of which are specialties of certain cities or regions. |
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By comparison, this proportion reached only 17 per cent in Wallonia, barely 10 per cent in most West European countries, 16 per cent in France and 25 per cent in Britain. |
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It is also the most important museum of Contemporary art in Wallonia. |
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The Sambre is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. |
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There is a large economic gap between Flanders and Wallonia. |
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Ryanair, the biggest airline operator in the southern Wallonia region, and the single biggest operator at Charleroi, also claimed the move would result in 1,000 job losses. |
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The Flag of Wallonia features the red rooster on a yellow background. |
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This brought the region great economic prosperity, which was not mirrored in poorer Flanders and the result was a large amount of Flemish immigration to Wallonia. |
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During the industrial revolution, Wallonia was second only to the United Kingdom in industrialization, capitalizing on its extensive deposits of coal and iron. |
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This brought the region wealth, and, from the beginning of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century, Wallonia was the more prosperous half of Belgium. |
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Since World War II the importance of heavy industry has greatly diminished, and the Flemish Region surpassed Wallonia in wealth as Wallonia declined economically. |
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By 1830 when iron and later steel became important in Wallonia the Belgian coal industry had long been established, and used steam engines for pumping. |
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The first Council had sat on 15 October 1980 and was composed of members of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the Belgian Senate elected in Wallonia. |
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Wallonia had rich coalfields over much of its area, and the highly folded nature of coal seams meant that it could be found at relatively shallow depths. |
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Wallonia exemplified the radical evolution of industrial expansion. |
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The company has long been looking for opportunities to reinforce its commercial presence in Wallonia, so a takeover of Walcom perfectly fits that growth strategy. |
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In this period plays were almost the only popular show in Wallonia. |
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