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The information on this page is taken from the Belgian Federal Portal web site www.belgium.be. The only purpose of this page is to demonstrate some of the possibilities of webphlex.

Why Belgium? Only because the Belgians have three official languages, and the Belgian Federal Portal site was a convenient source of texts in those three languages plus English.

Each article corresponds with an element. The articles are displayed as a summary on the main pages, with their full contents placed in detail pages.


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history
geography
Economy and employment
statistics

Geographical description of Belgium

Belgium is situated in the west of Europe, bordered to the north by the Netherlands, to the east by Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and to the south and the west by France. Although its surface area of 32,545 km2 makes it a small country, its location has made it the economic and urban nerve centre of Europe. Belgium spans 2 degrees in latitude, from 51 degrees 30 minutes N at Meerle (northernmost point) to 49 degrees 30 minutes N at Torgny (southernmost point). In longitude, it ...

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Maps of Belgium

Belgium, a federal State

Map of Belgium with its provinces

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Surface area per province

Surface area of Belgium according to province Antwerp : 2,867 km2 East-Flanders : 2,982 km2 Flemish Brabant : 2,106 km2 Hainaut : 3,786 km2 Liège : 3,862 km2 Limburg : 2,422 km2 Luxembourg : 4,440 km2 Namur : 3,666 km2 Walloon Brabant : 1,091 km2 West-Flanders : 3,144 km2 Nota bene : to get the total area of Belgium (32,545 km2), the surface of the Region of Brussels-Capital (162 km2) and 2,017 km2 of sea territories in the North Sea (July 1999) shou...

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