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The German-speaking community is composed of the German-speaking parts of the lands that were annexed in 1920 from
Germany. In addition, in contemporary Belgium there are also some other German-speaking areas that belonged to Belgium even before 1920, but they are not currently considered officially
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Belgium had a population of 10,839,905 people on 1 January 2010, an increase of 601,000 in comparison to 2000 (10,239,085 inhabitants). Between 1990 (9,947,782 inhabitants) and 2000 the increase was only 291,000. The population of
Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels on 1 January 2010 was 6,251,983
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Encyclopedia of the Peoples of the World, A Henri Holt Reference Book, page 645 : « Culturally there is continuity between the French and the Walloons, Wallon culture consisting mainly of dialect literary productions. While historically most Wallons came within France's cultural
1162:, depending on the constitutional realm of the topic, a complex and uniquely Belgian political construct. Since many Belgians are at least bilingual, or even trilingual, it is common for business, social and family networks to include members of the various ethnic groups composing Belgium.
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Flemish Region. Since the founding of the Kingdom of Belgium in 1830, the city of
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Flemish, about 60% of the population, form a clearly distinguishable group, set apart by their language and customs. However, when compared to the
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Inquiry by 'Vepec', 'Vereniging voor Promotie en Communicatie' (Organisation for Promotion and Communication), published in
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was only about 4 to 8% (9% for Flanders only). A 2006 inquiry in
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Barbarians on the Greek Periphery?—Origins of Celtic Art
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1604:"Relations bilatérales entre la Belgique et la France"
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Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook
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1800:Germans with an immigrant background
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1315:German-speaking Community of Belgium
111:Regions with significant populations
2158:. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. p.
1955:Belgium and the February Revolution
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1630:"Les Belges à l'étranger"
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1128:Belgians are primarily a
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1993:Bunson, Matthew (1994).
1908:; Voyé, Liliane (1990).
1666:Migrationinformation.org
1195:Flemish (Dutch-speaking)
1160:"regions or communities"
1093:which was created after
19:Not to be confused with
2548:Long nineteenth century
2117:Lumbee Indian Histories
1921:Oxford University Press
1529:Bestat.economie.fgov.be
1505:Belgian nationality law
1438:Demographics of Belgium
1167:Brussels-Capital Region
2822:Science and technology
2518:Burgundian Netherlands
2031:University of Virginia
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864:Related ethnic groups
2998:World Heritage Sites
2533:Austrian Netherlands
2523:Southern Netherlands
2453:at Wikimedia Commons
2195:Raymond Fusilier in
2087:8 April 2010 at the
1777:. 10 February 2014.
1662:"Migration Data Hub"
1559:12 February 2020 at
1209:Map of the medieval
1124:Languages of Belgium
2528:Spanish Netherlands
2391:European Commission
2140:Smith 1987 pp.21–22
2093:merriam-webster.com
1870:24 May 2008 at the
1775:migrationpolicy.org
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1930:on 2 November 2013
1805:4 May 2009 at the
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2427:sense or in some
2006:978-0-8160-4562-4
1906:Dobbelaere, Karel
1490:Belgian Canadians
1485:Belgian Brazilian
1410:church attendance
1406:Roman Catholicism
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1272:, principally in
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1608:Archived
1582:Archived
1557:Archived
1533:Archived
1500:Walloons
1458:See also
1422:Wallonia
1418:Brussels
1414:Flanders
1395:Religion
1361:Bleiberg
1333:Wallonia
1325:province
1274:Wallonia
1244:Walloons
1156:Walloons
1154:(mostly
1135:jus soli
1028:Wallonia
1024:Walloons
1008:Flanders
1004:Flemings
994:(Dutch:
909:Belgians
890:Frisians
871:Germanic
846:Religion
808:Colombia
748:Slovakia
548:Bulgaria
448:Portugal
32:Belgians
3017:Outline
2946:Cuisine
2918:Culture
2873:Honours
2836:Society
2807:Tourism
2785:Banking
2768:Economy
2634:Climate
2500:History
2488:Belgium
2385:, 383,
2334:Gfbv.it
2312:11 June
2067:28 June
1850:22 July
1426:Belgium
1345:Germany
1321:Belgium
1299:Gaumais
1287:Walloon
1270:Belgium
1219:Belgium
1217:Within
1187:is the
1148:Flemish
1036:Walloon
980:federal
959:Belgier
899:Germans
877:peoples
875:Romance
688:Morocco
668:Ireland
628:Denmark
588:Hungary
568:Austria
508:Romania
268:Germany
213:117,495
193:139,962
173:176,615
153:352,630
126:Belgium
68:Belgier
3038:Portal
2961:waffle
2941:Comics
2936:Cinema
2898:People
2802:Energy
2654:Rivers
2563:Empire
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1293:Picard
1290:(with
1266:French
1106:" or "
1080:Celtic
1075:Belgae
1054:and a
1032:French
1022:; and
955:German
938:Belges
934:French
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428:Poland
425:
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393:10,000
385:
373:12,000
368:Turkey
365:
353:17,000
333:22,000
325:
313:25,000
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293:31,000
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21:Belgae
3024:Index
2988:Sport
2978:Music
2893:Media
2853:Crime
2644:Lakes
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2291:orbit
1928:(PDF)
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1844:(PDF)
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1353:Eupen
1329:Liège
1228:Dutch
1012:Dutch
913:Dutch
886:Dutch
824:Dutch
813:1,000
793:1,000
773:1,000
768:Malta
753:1,000
733:1,000
713:1,050
708:Japan
693:2,000
673:2,000
653:2,000
633:2,000
613:3,000
593:3,000
573:3,000
553:3,000
533:5,000
513:5,000
493:6,000
473:6,000
433:7,000
413:8,000
248:Italy
228:Spain
47:Dutch
2968:Flag
2956:wine
2951:Beer
2710:LGBT
2406:2013
2360:link
2346:2017
2314:2014
2275:ISBN
2255:ISBN
2227:ISBN
2164:ISBN
2069:2013
2043:2007
2001:ISBN
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1936:2011
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1787:2021
1708:2017
1678:2017
1648:2017
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1064:, a
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