Short general data on Belgium

Belgium - the two-uniform country. It switches on Flanders being in the north (5,8 million the inhabitants speaking in the Netherlands tongue) and had to south from almost million bilingual Bruxelles Valloniju (3,2 million frankofonov). The country population - nearby 10 million inhabitants. The differentiating line between the Latin and German world has a little variated for 15 centuries. State capital - Bruxelles. As Official languages of Belgium are considered Netherlands and French.

The Kingdom Belgium is divided on 9 the provinces consisting from 598 municipalities-communes. Here there are three community councils, Flemings prosecuting by welfare subjects, frankofonov and the Germans, three executive controls (Flanders, Vallonija and Bruxelles), cenobitic and federal parliaments. The king of Belgium - II. 9 at joint meeting of a parliament of two houses Albert II has taken of August, 1993 the oath in the capacity of the new head of the state.

Belgium - one of those small states which are known under a name of workshops of Europe. Belgians consider the country as heart of Europe, and actually, still for a long time this terrain was a trading crossroads of which many next masters dreamt to take possession.

The Country has accepted about 850 international organisations, including main political organisations of EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and NATO. Bruxelles has turned in a city-cosmopolitan where 30 % of inhabitants are compounded by natives of other countries (all across Belgium of 10 %). On population density (on 1 km ²) Belgium concedes 326 persons in Europe only to the Netherlands.

Overtopping religion in Belgium is roman catholic.