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</a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Fine_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fine_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Fine arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fine_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cuisine" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cuisine"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Cuisine</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuisine-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Related pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_websites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_websites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Other websites</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_websites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span 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href="https://kbd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8D" title="Белгиэ – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Белгиэ" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Белгие – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Белгие" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgi%C3%AB" title="België – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="België" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A4%E1%88%8D%E1%8C%85%E1%8C%8D" title="ቤልጅግ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ቤልጅግ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgice" title="Belgice – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Belgice" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B0" title="Бельгиа – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Бельгиа" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="بلجيكا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بلجيكا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belchica" title="Belchica – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Belchica" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%92%DC%A0%DC%93%DC%9D%DC%A9%DC%90" title="ܒܠܓܝܩܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܒܠܓܝܩܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B3%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%A1" title="Պելճիքա – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պելճիքա" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8lgica" title="Bèlgica – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Bèlgica" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lxica" title="Bélxica – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bélxica" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9yhika" title="Véyhika – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Véyhika" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Белген – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Белген" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilkiya" title="Bilkiya – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Bilkiya" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A7ika" title="Belçika – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Belçika" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="بلژیک – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بلژیک" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgia" title="Bélgia – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Bélgia" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bm mw-list-item"><a href="https://bm.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%9Bliziki" title="Bɛliziki – Bambara" lang="bm" hreflang="bm" data-title="Bɛliziki" data-language-autonym="Bamanankan" data-language-local-name="Bambara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bamanankan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE" title="বেলজিয়াম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বেলজিয়াম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dk-n%C3%AD-g%C4%AB" title="Pe̍k-ní-gī – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Pe̍k-ní-gī" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Бельгія – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бельгія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Бэльгія – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Бэльгія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belhika" title="Belhika – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Belhika" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljiom" title="Beljiom – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Beljiom" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Белгия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Белгия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bejgien" title="Bejgien – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Bejgien" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%94%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%85%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8D" title="པེར་ཅིན། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="པེར་ཅིན།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgija" title="Belgija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Belgija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8" title="Бельги – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Бельги" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8lgica" title="Bèlgica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bèlgica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8" title="Бельги – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Бельги" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belhika" title="Belhika – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Belhika" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgie" title="Belgie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Belgie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ch mw-list-item"><a href="https://ch.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgika" title="Belgika – Chamorro" lang="ch" hreflang="ch" data-title="Belgika" data-language-autonym="Chamoru" data-language-local-name="Chamorro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chamoru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgica" title="Bélgica – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bherujyamu" title="Bherujyamu – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Bherujyamu" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belghju" title="Belghju – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Belghju" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwlad_Belg" title="Gwlad Belg – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwlad Belg" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="بلجيكا – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="بلجيكا" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%AC%DE%8D%DE%B0%DE%96%DE%A8%DE%87%DE%A6%DE%89%DE%B0" title="ބެލްޖިއަމް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބެލްޖިއަމް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1b%C4%85%C4%85h_H%C3%B3teelnii_Bik%C3%A9yah" title="Tábąąh Hóteelnii Bikéyah – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tábąąh Hóteelnii Bikéyah" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgiska" title="Belgiska – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Belgiska" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dz mw-list-item"><a href="https://dz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%A3%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%87%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%A1%E0%BD%98" title="བེལ་ཇིཡམ – Dzongkha" lang="dz" hreflang="dz" data-title="བེལ་ཇིཡམ" data-language-autonym="ཇོང་ཁ" data-language-local-name="Dzongkha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ཇོང་ཁ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF" title="Βέλγιο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βέλγιο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgi" title="Bélgi – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Bélgi" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Бельгия Мастор – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Бельгия Мастор" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgica" title="Bélgica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgio" title="Belgio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Belgio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgica" title="Bélgica – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgika" title="Belgika – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Belgika" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ee mw-list-item"><a href="https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Ewe" lang="ee" hreflang="ee" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Eʋegbe" data-language-local-name="Ewe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eʋegbe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="بلژیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بلژیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgique" title="Belgique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Belgique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgje" title="Belgje – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Belgje" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljik" title="Beljik – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Beljik" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgjo" title="Belgjo – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Belgjo" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Bheilg" title="An Bheilg – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Bheilg" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Velg" title="Yn Velg – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Velg" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgiya" title="Belgiya – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Belgiya" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27_Bheilg" title="A' Bheilg – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="A' Bheilg" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lxica" title="Bélxica – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bélxica" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8" title="Бельги – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Бельги" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%D9%8A%DA%A9" title="بلژيک – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="بلژيک" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AC%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AF%E0%AA%AE" title="બેલ્જિયમ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="બેલ્જિયમ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B1%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8C%B2%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B3" title="𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AD-li-s%E1%B9%B3%CC%80" title="Pí-li-sṳ̀ – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Pí-li-sṳ̀" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xal mw-list-item"><a href="https://xal.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D2%97%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B3" title="Бельҗмудин Нутг – Kalmyk" lang="xal" hreflang="xal" data-title="Бельҗмудин Нутг" data-language-autonym="Хальмг" data-language-local-name="Kalmyk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Хальмг</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A8%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%90" title="벨기에 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="벨기에" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljik" title="Beljik – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Beljik" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-haw mw-list-item"><a href="https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelekiuma" title="Pelekiuma – Hawaiian" lang="haw" hreflang="haw" data-title="Pelekiuma" data-language-autonym="Hawaiʻi" data-language-local-name="Hawaiian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hawaiʻi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Բելգիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բելգիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgiska" title="Belgiska – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Belgiska" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgija" title="Belgija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Belgija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belhika" title="Belhika – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Belhika" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE" title="বেলজিয়াম – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="বেলজিয়াম" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgica" title="Belgica – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Belgica" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8" title="Бельги – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бельги" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bheljiyam" title="Bheljiyam – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Bheljiyam" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belg%C3%ADa" title="Belgía – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Belgía" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgio" title="Belgio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Belgio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94" title="בלגיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בלגיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8lgi" title="Bèlgi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Bèlgi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C9%9Bliziki" title="Pɛliziki – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="Pɛliziki" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%82" title="ಬೆಲ್ಜಿಯಂ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬೆಲ್ಜಿಯಂ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgika" title="Belgika – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Belgika" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ბელგია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბელგია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgijsk%C3%B4" title="Belgijskô – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Belgijskô" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow_Belg" title="Pow Belg – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Pow Belg" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ububiligi" title="Ububiligi – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Ububiligi" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rn mw-list-item"><a href="https://rn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ububirigi" title="Ububirigi – Rundi" lang="rn" hreflang="rn" data-title="Ububirigi" data-language-autonym="Ikirundi" data-language-local-name="Rundi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikirundi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubelgiji" title="Ubelgiji – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ubelgiji" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belezi" title="Belezi – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Belezi" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belga" title="Belga – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Belga" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8ljik" title="Bèljik – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Bèljik" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8ljik" title="Bèljik – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Bèljik" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A7%C3%AEka" title="Belçîka – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Belçîka" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belje" title="Belje – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Belje" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljika" title="Beljika – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Beljika" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9B%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%94%E0%BB%81%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%8A%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%81" title="ປະເທດແບນຊິກ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ປະເທດແບນຊິກ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C4%BCgeja" title="Beļgeja – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Beļgeja" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgica" title="Belgica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Belgica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be%C4%BC%C4%A3ija" title="Beļģija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Beļģija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsch" title="Belsch – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Belsch" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgija" title="Belgija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Belgija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgio" title="Belgio – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Belgio" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsj" title="Belsj – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Belsj" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%9B%CC%81ljika" title="Bɛ́ljika – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Bɛ́ljika" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljia" title="Beljia – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Beljia" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%27gii" title="Bel'gii – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Bel'gii" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/beldjym" title="beldjym – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="beldjym" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lg mw-list-item"><a href="https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubirigi" title="Bubirigi – Ganda" lang="lg" hreflang="lg" data-title="Bubirigi" data-language-autonym="Luganda" data-language-local-name="Ganda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Luganda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgi" title="Belgi – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Belgi" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Белгија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Белгија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belzika" title="Belzika – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Belzika" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="ബെൽജിയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബെൽജിയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C4%A1ju" title="Belġju – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Belġju" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehiamu" title="Pehiamu – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Pehiamu" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ბელგია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბელგია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="بلجيكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بلجيكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="بلجیک – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="بلجیک" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%9C%EA%AF%96%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%9D" title="ꯕꯦꯜꯖꯤꯌꯝ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯕꯦꯜꯖꯤꯌꯝ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C4%AB-l%C3%A9-s%C3%AC" title="Bī-lé-sì – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Bī-lé-sì" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgica" title="Bélgica – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бэльгия – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Бэльгия" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8" title="Бельги – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бельги" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BA%E1%80%82%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9A%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6" title="ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ်နိုင်ငံ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ်နိုင်ငံ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgi%C3%AB" title="België – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="België" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgi%C3%AB" title="België – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="België" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC" title="ベルギー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベルギー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belge" title="Belge – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Belge" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8" title="Бельги – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бельги" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien/fe" title="Belgien/fe – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Belgien/fe" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljum" title="Beljum – Norfuk / Pitkern" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Beljum" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Norfuk / Pitkern" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgique" title="Belgique – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Belgique" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgica" title="Belgica – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Belgica" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Бельгий – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Бельгий" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeljiyeem" title="Beeljiyeem – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Beeljiyeem" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgiya" title="Belgiya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Belgiya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AE" title="ਬੈਲਜੀਅਮ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੈਲਜੀਅਮ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE" title="बेल्जियम – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="बेल्जियम" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pfl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pfl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Palatine German" lang="pfl" hreflang="pfl" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Pälzisch" data-language-local-name="Palatine German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pälzisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belhika" title="Belhika – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Belhika" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belguim" title="Belguim – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Belguim" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85" title="بیلجیم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بیلجیم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%97%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9A%E1%80%B6%E1%80%81%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%91%E1%80%AE" title="ဗယ်စီယံခမ်းထီ – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ဗယ်စီယံခမ်းထီ" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgika" title="Bélgika – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Bélgika" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%90%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85" title="بېلجیم – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="بېلجیم" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljiom" title="Beljiom – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Beljiom" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi mw-list-item"><a href="https://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Белгия – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi" data-title="Белгия" data-language-autonym="Перем коми" data-language-local-name="Komi-Permyak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Перем коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%94%E1%9F%82%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%8A%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%80" title="បែលហ្ស៊ិក – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="បែលហ្ស៊ិក" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergike" title="Bergike – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Bergike" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgi" title="Belgi – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Belgi" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljiam" title="Beljiam – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Beljiam" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BD" title="Βέλγιον – Pontic" lang="pnt" hreflang="pnt" data-title="Βέλγιον" data-language-autonym="Ποντιακά" data-language-local-name="Pontic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ποντιακά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgica" title="Bélgica – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgiya" title="Belgiya – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Belgiya" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A7ika" title="Belçika – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Belçika" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljie" title="Beljie – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Beljie" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rmy mw-list-item"><a href="https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljiya" title="Beljiya – Vlax Romani" lang="rmy" hreflang="rmy" data-title="Beljiya" data-language-autonym="Romani čhib" data-language-local-name="Vlax Romani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Romani čhib</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhika" title="Wilhika – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Wilhika" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D2%91%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Белґія – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Белґія" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belguim" title="Belguim – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Belguim" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sm mw-list-item"><a href="https://sm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peleseuma" title="Peleseuma – Samoan" lang="sm" hreflang="sm" data-title="Peleseuma" data-language-autonym="Gagana Samoa" data-language-local-name="Samoan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagana Samoa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="बेल्जियम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="बेल्जियम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AAleze" title="Bêleze – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="Bêleze" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A2" title="ᱵᱮᱞᱡᱤᱭᱟᱢ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱮᱞᱡᱤᱭᱟᱢ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8lgiu" title="Bèlgiu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Bèlgiu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belguim" title="Belguim – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Belguim" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Belgium" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgjika" title="Belgjika – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Belgjika" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgiu" title="Belgiu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Belgiu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B8" title="බෙල්ජියම – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බෙල්ජියම" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85" title="بيلجيم – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="بيلجيم" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBhelijiyamu" title="IBhelijiyamu – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="IBhelijiyamu" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgicko" title="Belgicko – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Belgicko" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgija" title="Belgija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Belgija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%94%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%97%D1%A5" title="Бєлгїѥ – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Бєлгїѥ" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgij%C5%8F" title="Belgijŏ – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Belgijŏ" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beljim" title="Beljim – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Beljim" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="بەلجیکا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بەلجیکا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgikondre" title="Belgikondre – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="Belgikondre" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Белгија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Белгија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgija" title="Belgija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Belgija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lgia" title="Bélgia – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Bélgia" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgia" title="Belgia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Belgia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" title="Belgien – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Belgien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belhika" title="Belhika – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Belhika" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="பெல்ஜியம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பெல்ஜியம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shi mw-list-item"><a href="https://shi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bljika" title="Bljika – Tachelhit" lang="shi" hreflang="shi" data-title="Bljika" data-language-autonym="Taclḥit" data-language-local-name="Tachelhit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taclḥit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biljik" title="Biljik – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Biljik" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A8lge" title="Bèlge – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Bèlge" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бельгия – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Бельгия" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%82%84%E1%82%87%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AE%E1%82%87%E1%80%9A%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87" title="မိူင်းပႄႇၵျီႇယမ်ႇ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မိူင်းပႄႇၵျီႇယမ်ႇ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belguim" title="Belguim – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Belguim" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%82" title="బెల్జియం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బెల్జియం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ljika" title="Béljika – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="Béljika" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1" title="ประเทศเบลเยียม – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประเทศเบลเยียม" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Белгия – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Белгия" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-to mw-list-item"><a href="https://to.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelesiume" title="Pelesiume – Tongan" lang="to" hreflang="to" data-title="Pelesiume" data-language-autonym="Lea faka-Tonga" data-language-local-name="Tongan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lea faka-Tonga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%87%E1%8E%B5%E1%8F%A5%E1%8E%A5%E1%8E%BB" title="ᏇᎵᏥᎥᎻ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᏇᎵᏥᎥᎻ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A7ika" title="Belçika – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Belçika" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgi%C3%BDa" title="Belgiýa – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Belgiýa" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tw mw-list-item"><a href="https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C9%9Blgyiom" title="Bɛlgyiom – Twi" lang="tw" hreflang="tw" data-title="Bɛlgyiom" data-language-autonym="Twi" 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title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>)</span></li><li style="font-size:88%;"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Royaume de Belgique</i></span>  <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>)</span></li><li style="font-size:88%;"><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Königreich Belgien</i></span>  <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>)</span></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Belgium.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Belgium"><img alt="Flag of Belgium" 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normal;">"Einigkeit macht stark"</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%;font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>)</span><div>"Unity makes Strength"</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data anthem"><b>Anthem:</b> "<a href="/wiki/La_Braban%C3%A7onne" title="La Brabançonne">La Brabançonne</a>"<div style="padding-top:0.2em;height:10px;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="64" data-mwtitle="La_Brabançonne.oga" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/La_Braban%C3%A7onne.oga/La_Braban%C3%A7onne.oga.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source 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/></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:EU-Belgium.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/EU-Belgium.svg/250px-EU-Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/EU-Belgium.svg/375px-EU-Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/EU-Belgium.svg/500px-EU-Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="1720" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11px;line-height:1.15em;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Location of <span style="font-size:2px;"> </span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6670383">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">Belgium</span><span style="font-size:8px;"><span 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class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic groups</a> <div class="ib-country-ethnic"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">see <i><a href="#Demographics">Demographics</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"> (2015)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8662964"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="white-space:nowrap;">60.7% <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li><li style="white-space:nowrap;">32.0% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">Irreligion</a></li><li 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium" title="Monarchy of Belgium">Monarch</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Croo" title="Alexander De Croo">Alexander De Croo</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Federal_Parliament" title="Belgian Federal Parliament">Federal Parliament</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Senate_(Belgium)" title="Senate (Belgium)">Senate</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)">Chamber of Representatives</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Independence</a> <div class="ib-country-sovereignty">(from the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="United Kingdom of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Declared </div></th><td class="infobox-data">October 4, 1830</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_London,_1839" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of London, 1839">Recognised</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">April 19, 1839</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">30,689<sup id="cite_ref-area_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> km<sup>2</sup> (11,849 sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and dependencies by area">136th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.64 <sup id="cite_ref-area_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• January 1, 2022 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">11,584,008 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <sup id="cite_ref-pop_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population" title="List of countries and dependencies by population">75th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">377/km<sup>2</sup> (976.4/sq mi) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density" title="List of countries and dependencies by population density">36th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2016 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$508.598 billion<sup id="cite_ref-IMF_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP)">38th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$44,881<sup id="cite_ref-IMF_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita">20th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2016 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$470.179 billion<sup id="cite_ref-IMF_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal)">23rd</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$41,491<sup id="cite_ref-IMF_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" title="List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita">17th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gini_coefficient" title="Gini coefficient">Gini</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2011)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">26.3<sup id="cite_ref-eurogini_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurogini-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:forestgreen">low</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6670383"><span class="nobold">(2014)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.890<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:darkgreen">very high</span></span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">21st</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a> (<a href="/wiki/Euro_sign" title="Euro sign">€</a>) (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">EUR</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zone</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+1</span> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>+2</span> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="day">dd</abbr>/<abbr title="month">mm</abbr>/<abbr title="year">yyyy</abbr></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">right</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">Calling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Belgium" title="Telephone numbers in Belgium">+32</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:BE" title="ISO 3166-2:BE">BE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.be" class="mw-redirect" title=".be">.be</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-country-fn"><ol class="ib-country-fn-alpha"> <li value="1">The flag's official proportions of 13:15 are rarely seen; proportions of 2:3 or similar are more common.</li><li value="2">The <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> region is the <i>de facto</i> capital, but the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Brussels">City of Brussels</a> municipality is the <i>de jure</i> capital.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li value="3">The <a href="/wiki/.eu" class="mw-redirect" title=".eu">.eu</a> domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.</li> </ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Belgium</b> (officially the <b>Kingdom of Belgium</b>; <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Koninkrijk België</i>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Königreich Belgien</i>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Royaume de Belgique</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">country</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a>. Its capital, <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, is the home of many organizations including the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>. Belgium is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">The Netherlands</a> in the north, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> to the southeast and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> to the south. </p><p>Belgium has an area of 30,689 square kilometres (11,849 sq mi). Around 11.6 million people live in Belgium. It is a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and is home to its headquarters. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regions">Regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Regions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Regions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are three regions in Belgium. The regions are mainly based on language and culture. Flanders and Wallonia are both split up into five <a href="/wiki/Province" title="Province">provinces</a> each. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> is the name of the northern half of Belgium, just south of the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. Most of the people in this region, called the <i>Flemish people</i>, speak <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a> is the name of the southern half of Belgium, just north of <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. Here, most of the people, the <i>Walloons</i>, speak <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>. There is a small part of Wallonia next to the border with <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> where the people speak <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Brussels-Capital Region">Brussels-Capital Region</a>, where the capital of Brussels is found, is in the middle of the country, but surrounded by Flanders <a href="/wiki/Enclave" title="Enclave">on all sides</a>. It used to be Dutch-speaking, but today French is mostly spoken, with some Dutch.</li></ul> <p>The population is about 60% Dutch-speaking, 39% French-speaking, and 1% German-speaking (the so-called <i>Deutschbelgier</i>). To look after all these groups, Belgium has a complex system of <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> with highly <a href="/wiki/Autonomous" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous">autonomous</a> regions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png/220px-Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png/330px-Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png/440px-Map_Burgundian_Netherlands_1477-en.png 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="1249" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Seventeen_Provinces" title="Seventeen Provinces">Seventeen Provinces</a> (orange, brown and yellow areas) and the <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Liège">Bishopric of Liège</a> (green)</figcaption></figure> <p>The name 'Belgium' comes from <i><a href="/wiki/Gallia_Belgica" title="Gallia Belgica">Gallia Belgica</a></i>. This was a <a href="/wiki/Roman_province" title="Roman province">Roman province</a> in the northernmost part of <a href="/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul">Gaul</a>. Before Roman invasion in 100 BC, the <i><a href="/wiki/Belgae" title="Belgae">Belgae</a></i>, a mix of <a href="/wiki/Celts" title="Celts">Celtic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic peoples</a>, lived there.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Germanic <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Frankish</a> tribes during the 5th century brought the area under the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Merovingian" class="mw-redirect" title="Merovingian">Merovingian</a> kings. A slow shift of power during the 8th century led the kingdom of the Franks to change into the <a href="/wiki/Carolingian_Empire" title="Carolingian Empire">Carolingian Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CookP3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CookP3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun" title="Treaty of Verdun">Treaty of Verdun</a> in 843 divided the region into <a href="/wiki/Middle_Francia" title="Middle Francia">Middle</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Francia" title="West Francia">West Francia</a>. They were <a href="/wiki/Vassal" title="Vassal">vassals</a> either of the <a href="/wiki/King_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="King of France">King of France</a> or of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CookP3_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CookP3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Burgundian_and_Habsburg_acquisitions_in_the_Low_Countries" title="Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries">Many of these fiefdoms</a> were united in the <a href="/wiki/Burgundian_Netherlands" title="Burgundian Netherlands">Burgundian Netherlands</a> of the 14th and 15th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War" title="Eighty Years' War">Eighty Years' War</a> (1568–1648) divided the Low Countries into the northern <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">United Provinces</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Netherlands" title="Southern Netherlands">Southern Netherlands</a>. Southern Netherlands were ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain">Spanish</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austrian</a> <a href="/wiki/Habsburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Habsburg">Habsburgs</a>. This made up most of modern Belgium. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars:_Campaigns_of_1794" class="mw-redirect" title="French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1794">campaigns of 1794 in the French Revolutionary Wars</a>, the Low Countries were added into the <a href="/wiki/French_First_Republic" title="French First Republic">French First Republic</a>. This ended Austrian rule in the area. Adding back the Low Countries formed the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands" title="United Kingdom of the Netherlands">United Kingdom of the Netherlands</a>. This happened at the end of the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a> in 1815. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a> was in 1830.<sup id="cite_ref-Dobbelaere-VoyE_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dobbelaere-VoyE-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">Leopold</a> became king on <span class="nowrap">July 21</span> 1831. This is now celebrated as Belgium's <a href="/wiki/National_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="National Day">National Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG/220px-Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG/330px-Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG/440px-Wappers_-_Episodes_from_September_Days_1830_on_the_Place_de_l%E2%80%99H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_in_Brussels.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3348" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><i>Episode of the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Revolution" title="Belgian Revolution">Belgian Revolution</a> of 1830</i></span> (1834), <span style="white-space:nowrap;">by <a href="/wiki/Egide_Charles_Gustave_Wappers" title="Egide Charles Gustave Wappers">Egide Charles Gustave Wappers</a>,</span> <span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Museums_of_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium" title="Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium">Museum of Ancient Art, Brussels</a></span></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Conference" title="Berlin Conference">Berlin Conference</a> of 1885 gave control of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_Free_State" title="Congo Free State">Congo Free State</a> to <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium" title="Leopold II of Belgium">King Leopold II</a>. Millions of Congolese people were hurt or killed, mostly to make <a href="/wiki/Rubber" title="Rubber">rubber</a>, and Leopold became very wealthy. In 1908 the Belgian state took control of the colony after a <a href="/wiki/Scandal" title="Scandal">scandal</a> about the deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Germany invaded Belgium in 1914. This was part of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The opening months of the war were very bad in Belgium. During the war Belgium took over <a href="/wiki/Ruanda-Urundi" title="Ruanda-Urundi">Ruanda-Urundi</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a>). After the War, the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Prussia" title="Districts of Prussia">Prussian districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Eupen-Malmedy" title="Eupen-Malmedy">Eupen and Malmedy</a> were added into Belgium in 1925. <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">The country was again invaded by Germany in 1940</a> and under German control until 1944. After World War II, the people made king <a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">Leopold III</a> leave his throne in 1951. This is because they thought he helped the Germans. Belgium joined <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> as a founding member. </p><p>In 1960 the Belgian Congo stopped being under Belgian rule.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later Ruanda-Urundi also became free. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9671799">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Belgium" title="List of cities in Belgium">List of cities in Belgium</a></div> <p>Belgium is next to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. Its total area is 34,143 <a href="/wiki/Square_kilometers" class="mw-redirect" title="Square kilometers">square kilometers</a> (including sea area).<sup id="cite_ref-area_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The land area alone is 30,689 km², of which 195 km² or 0.64% are inland and coastal waters.<sup id="cite_ref-area_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belgium has three main geographical regions. The coastal plain is in the north-west. The central plateau are part of the Anglo-Belgian Basin. The <a href="/wiki/Ardennes_(forest)" title="Ardennes (forest)">Ardennes</a> uplands are in the south-east. The Paris Basin reaches a small fourth area at Belgium's southernmost tip, Belgian Lorraine. </p><p>The coastal plain is mostly <a href="/wiki/Sand_dune" class="mw-redirect" title="Sand dune">sand dunes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polder" title="Polder">polders</a>. Further inland is a smooth, slowly rising landscape. There are fertile <a href="/wiki/Valley" title="Valley">valleys</a>. The hills have many forests. The <a href="/wiki/Plateau" title="Plateau">plateaus</a> of the Ardennes are more rough and rocky. They have caves and small, narrow valleys. Signal de Botrange is the country's highest point at 694 metres (2,277 ft). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions_2">Regions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Regions" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Regions"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belgium is divided into three regions: <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> (Flanders), <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Walloon Region">Walloon Region</a> (Wallonia), and <a href="/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Brussels-Capital Region">Brussels-Capital Region</a> (Brussels Region or Brussels - also the name of the city): </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:110px;">Region </th> <th style="width:110px;">Dutch name </th> <th style="width:110px;">French name </th> <th style="width:115px;">Capital </th> <th style="width:115px;">Largest city </th> <th style="width:50px;">Area<br /> (km²) <sup id="cite_ref-areapop_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-areapop-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:70px;">Population<br /> (2022) <sup id="cite_ref-pop_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Brussels-Capital Region">Brussels-Capital Region</a></td> <td><b>Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest</b></td> <td><b>Région de Bruxelles-Capitale</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> <br />(Dutch: Brussel) <br />(French: Bruxelles) <br />(German: Brüssel)</td> <td>Brussels</td> <td>162</td> <td>1,222,637 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a></td> <td><b>Vlaanderen</b></td> <td>Flandre</td> <td>Brussels ¹</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwerp_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antwerp (city)">Antwerp</a> ¹<br />(Dutch/German: Antwerpen) <br />(French: Anvers)</td> <td>13,626</td> <td>6,698,876 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a> ²</td> <td>Wallonië</td> <td><b>Wallonie</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namur_(city)" title="Namur (city)">Namur</a> <br />(Dutch: Namen)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleroi" title="Charleroi">Charleroi</a></td> <td>16,901</td> <td>3,662,495 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>¹ The city of Brussels does not lie in Flanders Region and therefore cannot be the largest city of this region. </p><p>² German name: Wallonie(n): the very eastern part of the Walloon Region is officially German-speaking, the so-called <a href="/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium" title="German-speaking Community of Belgium">German-speaking Community of Belgium</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provinces">Provinces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Provinces" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Provinces"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flanders and Wallonia are divided into provinces. Brussels (Region) is not part of any province. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:110px;">Province </th> <th style="width:110px;">Region </th> <th style="width:110px;">Dutch name </th> <th style="width:110px;">French name </th> <th style="width:115px;">Capital </th> <th style="width:115px;">Largest city </th> <th style="width:50px;">Area<br /> (km²) <sup id="cite_ref-areapop_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-areapop-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:70px;">Population<br /> (2022) <sup id="cite_ref-pop_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwerp_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antwerp (province)">Antwerp</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a></td> <td><b>Antwerpen</b></td> <td>Anvers</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwerp_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antwerp (city)">Antwerp</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Antwerpen)<br />(French: </i>Anvers<i>)</i></td> <td>Antwerp</td> <td style="text-align:right">2,876</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,886,609 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a></td> <td>Flanders</td> <td><b>Oost-Vlaanderen</b></td> <td>Flandre-Orientale</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Gent</i>)<br />(French: <i>Gand</i>)</td> <td>Ghent</td> <td style="text-align:right">3,007</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,543,865 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Brabant" title="Flemish Brabant">Flemish Brabant</a></td> <td>Flanders</td> <td><b>Vlaams-Brabant</b></td> <td>Brabant flamand</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a><br />(French: <i>Louvain</i>)</td> <td>Leuven</td> <td style="text-align:right">2,118</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,173,440 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainaut (province)">Hainaut</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a></td> <td>Henegouwen</td> <td><b>Hainaut</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mons" title="Mons">Mons</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Bergen</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleroi" title="Charleroi">Charleroi</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">3,813</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,351,127 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_(province)" title="Liège (province)">Liège</a> ¹</td> <td>Wallonia</td> <td>Luik</td> <td><b>Liège</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liège (city)">Liège</a> ¹<br />(Dutch: <i>Luik</i>)</td> <td>Liège</td> <td style="text-align:right">3,857</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,110,989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Belgium)" title="Limburg (Belgium)">Limburg</a></td> <td>Flanders</td> <td><b>Limburg</b></td> <td>Limbourg</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hasselt,_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Hasselt, Belgium">Hasselt</a></td> <td>Hasselt</td> <td style="text-align:right">2,427</td> <td style="text-align:right">885,951 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(Belgium)" title="Luxembourg (Belgium)">Luxembourg</a></td> <td>Wallonia</td> <td>Luxemburg</td> <td><b>Luxembourg</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arlon" title="Arlon">Arlon</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Aarlen</i>)<br />(<a href="/wiki/Luxembourgish_language" title="Luxembourgish language">Luxembourgish</a>: <i>Arel</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bastogne" title="Bastogne">Bastogne</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Bastenaken</i>)</td> <td style="text-align:right">4,459</td> <td style="text-align:right">291,143 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Namur_(province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Namur (province)">Namur</a></td> <td>Wallonia</td> <td>Namen</td> <td><b>Namur</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Namur_(city)" title="Namur (city)">Namur</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Namen</i>)</td> <td>Namur</td> <td style="text-align:right">3,675</td> <td style="text-align:right">499,454 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a></td> <td>Wallonia</td> <td>Waals-Brabant</td> <td><b>Brabant wallon</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wavre" title="Wavre">Wavre</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Waver</i>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Braine-l%27Alleud" title="Braine-l'Alleud">Braine-l'Alleud</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Eigenbrakel</i>)</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,097</td> <td style="text-align:right">409,782 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a></td> <td>Flanders</td> <td><b>West-Vlaanderen</b></td> <td>Flandre-Occidentale</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a><br />(Dutch: <i>Brugge</i>)</td> <td>Bruges</td> <td style="text-align:right">3,197</td> <td style="text-align:right">1,209,011 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>¹ German name: Lüttich - the very eastern part of the province of Liège is officially German-speaking, the so-called <a href="/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium" title="German-speaking Community of Belgium">German-speaking Community of Belgium</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Change section: Climate" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Climate"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Belgium has a mostly <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a>, but the Belgian <a href="/wiki/Ardennes_(forest)" title="Ardennes (forest)">Ardennes</a> has a <a href="/wiki/Continental_climate" title="Continental climate">continental climate</a>. </p><p>The highest temperature ever recorded in Belgium was 41.8 °C (107.2 °F), on 25 July 2019 in <a href="/wiki/Begijnendijk" title="Begijnendijk">Begijnendijk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lowest temperature ever recorded in Belgium was −30.1 °C (−22.2 °F), on 20 January 1940 in <a href="/wiki/Lesse" title="Lesse">Lesse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Change section: Politics" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Politics"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg/150px-Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg/225px-Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg/299px-Koning_Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="790" data-file-height="1213" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe of Belgium</a>, current King.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since 1993, Belgium is a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal</a> state, divided into three regions and three communities. </p><p>Regions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Brussels-Capital Region">Brussels-Capital Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> (or Flanders)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Walloon Region">Walloon Region</a> (or Wallonia)</li></ul> <p>Communities: </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flemish_Community&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flemish Community (not yet started)">Flemish Community</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Community_of_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French Community of Belgium (not yet started)">French Community of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium" title="German-speaking Community of Belgium">German-speaking Community of Belgium</a></li></ul> <p>It has a system of <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> known as a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a>, meaning that it has a <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">monarch</a>, but that the monarch does not rule the country, and that a government is elected <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democratically</a>. </p><p>Belgium has had its own monarchy since 1831. King <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Albert II</a> left the throne on July 21, 2013 and the current king is <a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">Philippe</a>. </p><p>In Belgium, the government is elected. Between mid-2010 and late 2011, after no clear result in the <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">election</a>, Belgium had no official government, until <a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a> became <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister" title="Prime Minister">Prime Minister</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a> both also have their own regional governments, and there is a notable independence movement in Flanders. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Croo" title="Alexander De Croo">Alexander De Croo</a> is currently the Prime Minister. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military">Military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Change section: Military" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Military"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Belgian Armed Forces have about 46,000 active troops. In 2009 the yearly defence budget was $6 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are four parts: Belgian Land Component, or the Army; Belgian Air Component, or the Air Force; Belgian Naval Component, or the Navy; Belgian Medical Component. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Science_and_technology">Science and technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Change section: Science and technology" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Science and technology"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercator.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mercator.jpg/170px-Mercator.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mercator.jpg/255px-Mercator.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mercator.jpg/340px-Mercator.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="746" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator" title="Gerardus Mercator">Gerardus Mercator</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Adding to science and technology has happened throughout the country's history. <a href="/wiki/Cartography" title="Cartography">cartographer</a> <a href="/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator" title="Gerardus Mercator">Gerardus Mercator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anatomy" title="Anatomy">anatomist</a> <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Vesalius" title="Andreas Vesalius">Andreas Vesalius</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herbalist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbalist (not yet started)">herbalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Rembert_Dodoens" title="Rembert Dodoens">Rembert Dodoens</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematician</a> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Stevin" title="Simon Stevin">Simon Stevin</a> are among the most influential scientists.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chemist <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Solvay" title="Ernest Solvay">Ernest Solvay</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and engineer <a href="/wiki/Zenobe_Gramme" title="Zenobe Gramme">Zenobe Gramme</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gave their names to the <a href="/wiki/Solvay_process" title="Solvay process">Solvay process</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gramme_dynamo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gramme dynamo">Gramme dynamo</a> in the 1860s. <a href="/wiki/Bakelite" title="Bakelite">Bakelite</a> was formed in 1907–1909 by <a href="/wiki/Leo_Baekeland" title="Leo Baekeland">Leo Baekeland</a>. A major addition to science was also due to a Belgian, <a href="/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre" title="Georges Lemaître">Georges Lemaître</a>. He is the one who made the <a href="/wiki/Big_Bang" title="Big Bang">Big Bang</a> theory of the start of the universe in 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine</a> were awarded to Belgians: <a href="/wiki/Jules_Bordet" title="Jules Bordet">Jules Bordet</a> in 1919, <a href="/wiki/Corneille_Heymans" title="Corneille Heymans">Corneille Heymans</a> in 1938 and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Claude" title="Albert Claude">Albert Claude</a> together with <a href="/wiki/Christian_De_Duve" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian De Duve">Christian De Duve</a> in 1974. <a href="/wiki/Ilya_Prigogine" title="Ilya Prigogine">Ilya Prigogine</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two Belgian mathematicians have been awarded the <a href="/wiki/Fields_Medal" title="Fields Medal">Fields Medal</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Deligne" title="Pierre Deligne">Pierre Deligne</a> in 1978 and <a href="/wiki/Jean_Bourgain" title="Jean Bourgain">Jean Bourgain</a> in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2014, Belgium became the first country in the world to legalize <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">euthanasia</a> without any age limits.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Change section: Culture" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Culture"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fine_arts">Fine arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Change section: Fine arts" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Fine arts"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg/220px-Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg/330px-Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg/440px-Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1348" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><i>The <a href="/wiki/Ghent_Altarpiece" title="Ghent Altarpiece">Ghent Altarpiece</a>: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb</i> (inside view), painted 1432 by <a href="/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck" title="Jan van Eyck">van Eyck</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There have been many additions to painting and architecture. Several examples of major architectural places in Belgium belong to <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_List" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage List">World Heritage List</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 15th century the religious paintings of <a href="/wiki/Jan_van_Eyck" title="Jan van Eyck">Jan van Eyck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rogier_van_der_Weyden" title="Rogier van der Weyden">Rogier van der Weyden</a> were important. The 16th century had more styles such as <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Brueghel_the_Elder" title="Pieter Brueghel the Elder">Peter Breughel</a>'s landscape paintings and <a href="/wiki/Lambert_Lombard" title="Lambert Lombard">Lambert Lombard</a>'s showing of the antique.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The style of <a href="/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens" title="Peter Paul Rubens">Peter Paul Rubens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_van_Dyck" title="Anthony van Dyck">Anthony van Dyck</a> was strong in the early 17th century in the Southern Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 19th and 20th centuries many original <a href="/wiki/Romanticism" title="Romanticism">romantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Expressionism" title="Expressionism">expressionist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Surrealism" title="Surrealism">surrealist</a> Belgian painters started. These include <a href="/wiki/James_Ensor" title="James Ensor">James Ensor</a> and other artists in the <a href="/wiki/Les_XX" title="Les XX">Les XX</a> group, <a href="/wiki/Constant_Permeke" title="Constant Permeke">Constant Permeke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Delvaux" title="Paul Delvaux">Paul Delvaux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte" title="René Magritte">René Magritte</a>. The sculptor <a href="/wiki/Panamarenko" title="Panamarenko">Panamarenko</a> is still a remarkable figure in contemporary art.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The artist <a href="/wiki/Jan_Fabre" title="Jan Fabre">Jan Fabre</a> and the painter <a href="/wiki/Luc_Tuymans" title="Luc Tuymans">Luc Tuymans</a> are other internationally known figures in contemporary art. </p><p>Belgian contributions to architecture were also in the 19th and 20th centuries. <a href="/wiki/Victor_Horta" title="Victor Horta">Victor Horta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_van_de_Velde" title="Henry van de Velde">Henry van de Velde</a> were major starters of the <a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a> style.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 19th and 20th centuries, there were major violinists, such as <a href="/wiki/Henri_Vieuxtemps" title="Henri Vieuxtemps">Henri Vieuxtemps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ysa%C3%BFe" title="Eugène Ysaÿe">Eugène Ysaÿe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Grumiaux" title="Arthur Grumiaux">Arthur Grumiaux</a>. <a href="/wiki/Adolphe_Sax" title="Adolphe Sax">Adolphe Sax</a> invented the <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a> in 1846. The composer <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck" title="César Franck">César Franck</a> was born in Liège in 1822. Newer music in Belgium is also famous. Jazz musician <a href="/wiki/Toots_Thielemans" title="Toots Thielemans">Toots Thielemans</a> and singer <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Brel" title="Jacques Brel">Jacques Brel</a> have made global fame. In rock/pop music, <a href="/wiki/Telex_(band)" title="Telex (band)">Telex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a>, <a href="/wiki/K%27s_Choice" title="K's Choice">K's Choice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hooverphonic" title="Hooverphonic">Hooverphonic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zap_Mama" title="Zap Mama">Zap Mama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soulwax" title="Soulwax">Soulwax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deus_(band)" title="Deus (band)">dEUS</a> are well known. In the heavy metal scene, bands like <a href="/wiki/Machiavel" title="Machiavel">Machiavel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_Zero_(band)" title="Channel Zero (band)">Channel Zero</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enthroned" title="Enthroned">Enthroned</a> have a worldwide fan-base.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belgium has several well-known authors, including the poet <a href="/wiki/Emile_Verhaeren" title="Emile Verhaeren">Emile Verhaeren</a> and novelists <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Conscience" title="Hendrik Conscience">Hendrik Conscience</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georges_Simenon" title="Georges Simenon">Georges Simenon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Lilar" title="Suzanne Lilar">Suzanne Lilar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie_Nothomb" title="Amélie Nothomb">Amélie Nothomb</a>. The poet and playwright <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck" title="Maurice Maeterlinck">Maurice Maeterlinck</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize in literature">Nobel Prize in literature</a> in 1911. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin" title="The Adventures of Tintin">The Adventures of Tintin</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Herg%C3%A9" title="Hergé">Hergé</a> is the best known of <a href="/wiki/Franco-Belgian_comics" title="Franco-Belgian comics">Franco-Belgian comics</a>. Many other major authors, including <a href="/wiki/Peyo" title="Peyo">Peyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Franquin" title="André Franquin">André Franquin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edgar_P._Jacobs" title="Edgar P. Jacobs">Edgar P. Jacobs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willy_Vandersteen" title="Willy Vandersteen">Willy Vandersteen</a> brought the Belgian cartoon strip industry a worldwide fame.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Belgian cinema has brought a number of mainly Flemish novels to life on-screen. Belgian directors include <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Delvaux" title="André Delvaux">André Delvaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stijn_Coninx" title="Stijn Coninx">Stijn Coninx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luc_Dardenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Luc Dardenne">Luc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Dardenne" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Pierre Dardenne">Jean-Pierre Dardenne</a>. Well-known actors include <a href="/wiki/Jan_Decleir" title="Jan Decleir">Jan Decleir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marie_Gillain" title="Marie Gillain">Marie Gillain</a>. Successful films include <i><a href="/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Man Bites Dog (film)">Man Bites Dog</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Alzheimer_Affair" class="mw-redirect" title="The Alzheimer Affair">The Alzheimer Affair</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Change section: Cuisine" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Cuisine"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brussels_waffle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Brussels_waffle.jpg/170px-Brussels_waffle.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Brussels_waffle.jpg/255px-Brussels_waffle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Brussels_waffle.jpg/340px-Brussels_waffle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brussels_waffle" class="mw-redirect" title="Brussels waffle">Brussels waffles</a>, commonly known as <a href="/wiki/Belgian_waffle" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian waffle">Belgian waffles</a> outside of Belgium</figcaption></figure> <p>Belgium is famous for beer, chocolate, <a href="/wiki/Belgian_waffle" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian waffle">waffles</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_fries" title="French fries">french fries</a>. French fries were first made in Belgium. The national dishes are "steak and fries with salad", and "<a href="/wiki/Moules-frites" title="Moules-frites">mussels with fries</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other local fast food dishes include a <a href="/wiki/Mitraillette" title="Mitraillette">Mitraillette</a>. Brands of Belgian chocolate and <a href="/wiki/Pralines" class="mw-redirect" title="Pralines">pralines</a>, like <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Or_(brand)" title="Côte d'Or (brand)">Côte d'Or</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guylian" title="Guylian">Guylian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chocolatier_Neuhaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Chocolatier Neuhaus">Neuhaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leonidas_(chocolate_maker)" title="Leonidas (chocolate maker)">Leonidas</a>, Corné and Galler are famous.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belgium makes over 1100 varieties of beer.<sup id="cite_ref-BierbijbelNieuwsblad_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BierbijbelNieuwsblad-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BierbijbelKW_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BierbijbelKW-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Trappist_beer" title="Trappist beer">Trappist beer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Westvleteren_Brewery" title="Westvleteren Brewery">Abbey of Westvleteren</a> has repeatedly been rated the world's best beer.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The biggest brewer in the world by volume is <a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch_InBev" title="Anheuser-Busch InBev">Anheuser-Busch InBev</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Change section: Sports" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Sports"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg/220px-Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg/330px-Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg/440px-Kim_Clijsters_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="715" /></a><figcaption>Kim Clijsters was <a href="/wiki/WTA_Awards" title="WTA Awards">WTA Player of the Year</a> in 2005 and 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the 1970s, sports clubs are organised separately by each language community.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Association football is one of the most popular sports in both parts of Belgium, together with cycling, tennis, swimming and judo.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With five victories in the <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a> and many other cycling records, Belgian <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Merckx" title="Eddy Merckx">Eddy Merckx</a> is said to be one of the greatest cyclists of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Pfaff" title="Jean-Marie Pfaff">Jean-Marie Pfaff</a>, a former Belgian goalkeeper, is said to be one of the greatest in the history of football (soccer).<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Belgium and The Netherlands hosted the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Football_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA European Football Championship">UEFA European Football Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000" title="UEFA Euro 2000">2000</a>. Belgium hosted the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972" title="UEFA Euro 1972">1972 European Football Championships</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kim_Clijsters" title="Kim Clijsters">Kim Clijsters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justine_Henin" title="Justine Henin">Justine Henin</a> both were <a href="/wiki/WTA_Awards" title="WTA Awards">Player of the Year</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association" title="Women's Tennis Association">Women's Tennis Association</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Spa-Francorchamps" title="Spa-Francorchamps">Spa-Francorchamps</a> motor-racing circuit hosts the <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One World Championship">Formula One World Championship</a> <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="Belgian Grand Prix">Belgian Grand Prix</a>. The Belgian driver, <a href="/wiki/Jacky_Ickx" title="Jacky Ickx">Jacky Ickx</a>, won eight Grands Prix and six <a href="/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans" title="24 Hours of Le Mans">24 Hours of Le Mans</a>. Belgium also has a strong reputation in <a href="/wiki/Motocross" title="Motocross">motocross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sporting events held each year in Belgium include the <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Van_Damme" title="Memorial Van Damme">Memorial Van Damme</a> athletics competition, the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="Belgian Grand Prix">Belgian Grand Prix</a> Formula One, and a number of <a href="/wiki/Classic_cycle_races" class="mw-redirect" title="Classic cycle races">classic cycle races</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Tour_of_Flanders" title="Tour of Flanders">Tour of Flanders</a> and <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège–Bastogne–Liège">Liège–Bastogne–Liège</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics" title="1920 Summer Olympics">1920 Summer Olympics</a> were held in Antwerp. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_Olympics" title="Belgium at the Olympics">Belgium at the Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_national_football_team" title="Belgium national football team">Belgium national football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Belgium" title="List of rivers of Belgium">List of rivers of Belgium</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belgium&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 15,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=History+of+Holland&rft.atitle=Chapter+I%3A+The+Burgundian+Netherlands&rft.date=1922&rft.au=Edmundson%2C+George&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.authorama.com%2Fhistory-of-holland-3.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dobbelaere-VoyE-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Dobbelaere-VoyE_11-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFDobbelaere,_Karel_(Katholieke_Universiteit_Leuven);_Voyé,_Liliane_(Université_Catholique_de_Louvain)1990" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karel_Dobbelaere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karel Dobbelaere (not yet started)">Dobbelaere, Karel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Katholieke_Universiteit_Leuven" class="mw-redirect" title="Katholieke Universiteit Leuven">Katholieke Universiteit Leuven</a>); Voyé, Liliane (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Universit%C3%A9_Catholique_de_Louvain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Université Catholique de Louvain (not yet started)">Université Catholique de Louvain</a>) (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org/content/51/Special_Issue/S1.full.pdf">"From Pillar to Postmodernity: The Changing Situation of Religion in Belgium"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The Allen Review. Online at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford_Journals&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oxford Journals (not yet started)">Oxford Journals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>: S1<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Belgian Federal Government<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 20,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=National+Day+and+feast+days+of+Communities+and+Regions&rft.pub=Belgian+Federal+Government&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.belgium.be%2Fen%2Fabout_belgium%2Fcountry%2Fbelgium_in_nutshell%2Fsymbols%2Fnational_holiday%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMeredith,_Mark2005" class="citation book cs1">Meredith, Mark (June 6, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/stateofafricahis0000mere"><i>The State of Africa</i></a> (Hardcover 608pp ed.). Free Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/stateofafricahis0000mere/page/95">95</a>–96(?). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-3221-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7432-3221-6"><bdi>0-7432-3221-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+State+of+Africa&rft.pages=95-96%28%3F%29&rft.edition=Hardcover+608pp&rft.pub=Free+Press&rft.date=2005-06-06&rft.isbn=0-7432-3221-6&rft.au=Meredith%2C+Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstateofafricahis0000mere&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFNzongola-Ntalaja2002" class="citation book cs1">Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qqWIvIAe2h4C"><i>The Congo from Leopold to Kabila: A People's History</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 7,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%27A+Day+Without+Yesterday%27%3A+Georges+Lemaitre+%26+the+Big+Bang&rft.pages=18-19&rft.pub=Commonweal%2C+republished%3A+Catholic+Education+Resource+Center+%28%3Cspan+style%3D%22font-size%3A87%25%3B%22%3ECERC%3C%2Fspan%3E%29&rft.date=2000-03-24&rft.au=Midbon%2C+Mark%2C+University+of+Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholiceducation.org%2Farticles%2Fscience%2Fsc0022.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFPatricia_Carson1969" class="citation book cs1">Patricia Carson (1969). <i>The Fair Face of Flanders</i>. Lannoo Uitgeverij. p. 136. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-209-4385-5" title="Special:BookSources/90-209-4385-5"><bdi>90-209-4385-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Fair+Face+of+Flanders&rft.pages=136&rft.pub=Lannoo+Uitgeverij&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=90-209-4385-5&rft.au=Patricia+Carson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFLance_Day2003" class="citation book cs1">Lance Day (2003). Lance Day, Ian McNeil (ed.). <i>Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology</i>. Routledge. p. 1135. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-203-02829-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-203-02829-5"><bdi>0-203-02829-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biographical+Dictionary+of+the+History+of+Technology&rft.pages=1135&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-203-02829-5&rft.au=Lance+Day&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFGordon_Woodward2003" class="citation book cs1">Gordon Woodward (2003). Lance Day, Ian McNeil (ed.). <i>Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology</i>. Routledge. p. 523. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-203-02829-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-203-02829-5"><bdi>0-203-02829-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Biographical+Dictionary+of+the+History+of+Technology&rft.pages=523&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-203-02829-5&rft.au=Gordon+Woodward&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/p_lemaitre.html">"Georges Lemaître, Father of the Big Bang"</a>. <a href="/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="American Museum of Natural History">American Museum of Natural History</a>. 2000<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 9,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Georges+Lema%C3%AEtre%2C+Father+of+the+Big+Bang&rft.pub=American+Museum+of+Natural+History&rft.date=2000&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amnh.org%2Feducation%2Fresources%2Frfl%2Fweb%2Fessaybooks%2Fcosmic%2Fp_lemaitre.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1977/">"The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977"</a>. Nobel Foundation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 9,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Nobel+Prize+in+Chemistry+1977&rft.pub=Nobel+Foundation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnobelprize.org%2Fnobel_prizes%2Fchemistry%2Flaureates%2F1977%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_J._O%27Connor_(mathematician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John J. O'Connor (mathematician) (not yet started)">O'Connor, John J.</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmund_F._Robertson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edmund F. Robertson (not yet started)">Robertson, Edmund F.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Deligne.html">"Pierre Deligne"</a>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=MacTutor_History_of_Mathematics_archive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MacTutor History of Mathematics archive (not yet started)">MacTutor History of Mathematics archive</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Pierre+Deligne&rft.btitle=MacTutor+History+of+Mathematics+archive&rft.pub=University+of+St+Andrews&rft.aulast=O%27Connor&rft.aufirst=John+J.&rft.au=Robertson%2C+Edmund+F.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk%2FBiographies%2FDeligne.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span>. (Retrieved: November 10, 2011)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation cs2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_J._O%27Connor_(mathematician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John J. O'Connor (mathematician) (not yet started)">O'Connor, John J.</a>; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edmund_F._Robertson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edmund F. Robertson (not yet started)">Robertson, Edmund F.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bourgain.html">"Jean Bourgain"</a>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=MacTutor_History_of_Mathematics_archive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MacTutor History of Mathematics archive (not yet started)">MacTutor History of Mathematics archive</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Jean+Bourgain&rft.btitle=MacTutor+History+of+Mathematics+archive&rft.pub=University+of+St+Andrews&rft.aulast=O%27Connor&rft.aufirst=John+J.&rft.au=Robertson%2C+Edmund+F.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk%2FBiographies%2FBourgain.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span>. (Retrieved: November 10, 2011)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-31">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26181615">"Belgium's parliament votes through child euthanasia"</a>. BBC News. February 13, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Berghahn Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84545-588-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84545-588-0"><bdi>978-1-84545-588-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Comics+in+French%3A+the+European+bande+dessin%C3%A9e+in+context&rft.pub=Berghahn+Books&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-84545-588-0&rft.au=Laurence+Grove&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110914135756/http://www.filmbirth.com/belgium.html">"History of Cinema in Belgium"</a>. <i>Film Birth</i>. 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmbirth.com/belgium.html">the original</a> on September 14, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 26,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Film+Birth&rft.atitle=History+of+Cinema+in+Belgium&rft.date=2007&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmbirth.com%2Fbelgium.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070808152457/http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/40035">"Steak-frites"</a>. Epicurious. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/40035">the original</a> on August 8, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 12,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Steak-frites&rft.pub=Epicurious&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epicurious.com%2Frecipes%2Frecipe_views%2Fviews%2F40035&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMark_Elliott,_Geert_Cole2000" class="citation book cs1">Mark Elliott, Geert Cole (2000). <i>Belgium and Luxembourg</i>. Lonely Planet. p. 53.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Belgium+and+Luxembourg&rft.pages=53&rft.pub=Lonely+Planet&rft.date=2000&rft.au=Mark+Elliott%2C+Geert+Cole&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BierbijbelNieuwsblad-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-BierbijbelNieuwsblad_44-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFSnick2011" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Snick, Chris (October 18, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120605055509/http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=G2I3H7IVR">"Nieuwe bierbijbel bundelt alle 1.132 Belgische bieren"</a>. <i>Het Nieuwsblad</i> (in Dutch). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=G2I3H7IVR">the original</a> on June 5, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 24,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Het+Nieuwsblad&rft.atitle=Nieuwe+bierbijbel+bundelt+alle+1.132+Belgische+bieren&rft.date=2011-10-18&rft.aulast=Snick&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nieuwsblad.be%2Farticle%2Fdetail.aspx%3Farticleid%3DG2I3H7IVR&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BierbijbelKW-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-BierbijbelKW_45-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120531221549/http://kw.knack.be/west-vlaanderen/nieuws/algemeen/nieuwe-bierbijbel-met-1-132-belgische-bieren-voorgesteld-in-brugge/article-1195119387827.htm">"Nieuwe bierbijbel met 1.132 Belgische bieren voorgesteld in Brugge"</a>. <i>Krant van West-Vlaanderen</i> (in Dutch). October 18, 2011. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kw.be/nieuws/nieuwe-bierbijbel-met-1-132-belgische-bieren-voorgesteld-in-brugge/">the original</a> on May 31, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 24,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Krant+van+West-Vlaanderen&rft.atitle=Nieuwe+bierbijbel+met+1.132+Belgische+bieren+voorgesteld+in+Brugge&rft.date=2011-10-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkw.be%2Fnieuws%2Fnieuwe-bierbijbel-met-1-132-belgische-bieren-voorgesteld-in-brugge%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFAmes2009" class="citation news cs1">Ames, Paul (August 30, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/benelux/090828/st-sixtus-westvleteren-beer">"Buying the World's Best Beer"</a>. <i>Global Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 19,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Global+Post&rft.atitle=Buying+the+World%27s+Best+Beer&rft.date=2009-08-30&rft.aulast=Ames&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalpost.com%2Fdispatch%2Fbenelux%2F090828%2Fst-sixtus-westvleteren-beer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-47">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFGuthrie2010" class="citation news cs1">Guthrie, Tyler (August 11, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101204040743/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-11/travel/sc-trav-0810-strip-belgian-bike-trip-20100810_1_westvleteren-beer-day-trip">"Day trip to the best beer in the world"</a>. <i>Chicago Tribune</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-08-11/travel/sc-trav-0810-strip-belgian-bike-trip-20100810_1_westvleteren-beer-day-trip">the original</a> on December 4, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 19,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Chicago+Tribune&rft.atitle=Day+trip+to+the+best+beer+in+the+world&rft.date=2010-08-11&rft.aulast=Guthrie&rft.aufirst=Tyler&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.chicagotribune.com%2F2010-08-11%2Ftravel%2Fsc-trav-0810-strip-belgian-bike-trip-20100810_1_westvleteren-beer-day-trip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-48">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.inbev.com/press_releases/20070424.1.e.cfm">"InBev dividend 2006: 0.72 euro per share—infobox: About InBev"</a> (Press release). InBev. April 24, 200<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 31,</span> 2007</span>. <q>InBev is a publicly traded company (<a href="/wiki/Euronext" title="Euronext">Euronext</a>: INB) based in <a href="/wiki/Leuven" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, Belgium. The company's origins date back to 1366, and today it is the leading global brewer by volume.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=InBev+dividend+2006%3A+0.72+euro+per+share%E2%80%94infobox%3A+About+InBev&rft.pub=InBev&rft.date=200&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inbev.com%2Fpress_releases%2F20070424.1.e.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-49">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMarijke_TaskRoland_RensonBart_van_Reusel1999" class="citation book cs1">Marijke Task; Roland Renson; Bart van Reusel (1999). Klaus Heinemann (ed.). <i>Organised sport in transition: development, structures and trends of sports clubs in Belgium</i>. Schattauer Verlag. pp. 183–229. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-7945-2038-6" title="Special:BookSources/3-7945-2038-6"><bdi>3-7945-2038-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Organised+sport+in+transition%3A+development%2C+structures+and+trends+of+sports+clubs+in+Belgium&rft.pages=183-229&rft.pub=Schattauer+Verlag&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=3-7945-2038-6&rft.au=Marijke+Task&rft.au=Roland+Renson&rft.au=Bart+van+Reusel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-50">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Wingfield2008" class="citation book cs1">George Wingfield (2008). Charles F. Gritzner (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/belgium00wing"><i>Belgium</i></a>. Infobase Publishing. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/belgium00wing/page/94">94</a>–95. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7910-9670-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7910-9670-3"><bdi>978-0-7910-9670-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Belgium&rft.pages=94-95&rft.pub=Infobase+Publishing&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7910-9670-3&rft.au=George+Wingfield&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbelgium00wing&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-51">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFMajendie,_Matt2005" class="citation news cs1">Majendie, Matt (April 18, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/3925265.stm">"Great, but there are greater"</a>. BBC Sport<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 20,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Great%2C+but+there+are+greater&rft.date=2005-04-18&rft.au=Majendie%2C+Matt&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport1%2Fhi%2Fother_sports%2Fcycling%2F3925265.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-52">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keeper/goalkeeping_greats.htm">Goalkeeping Greats</a>" Goalkeepersaredifferent.com. Retrieved on <span class="nowrap">June 29</span> 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-53">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9724332"><cite id="CITEREFBob_Woods2008" class="citation book cs1">Bob Woods (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/motocrosshistory0000wood"><i>Motocross History: From Local Scrambling to World Championship MX to Freestyle</i></a>. Crabtree Publishing Company. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/motocrosshistory0000wood/page/19">19</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7787-3987-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7787-3987-6"><bdi>978-0-7787-3987-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Motocross+History%3A+From+Local+Scrambling+to+World+Championship+MX+to+Freestyle&rft.pages=19&rft.pub=Crabtree+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-7787-3987-6&rft.au=Bob+Woods&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmotocrosshistory0000wood&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%3ABelgium" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_websites">Other websites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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