Country information
Country information
- Area: 30, 528 km² (earthly area).
- Population: 11, 000, 000 (2012), include 1,000,000 foreigners.
- Capital: Brussels
- Largest cities and number of inhabitants: Brussels - Capital (1,089,000), Antwerp (483,505), Ghent (243,366), Charleroi (202,598), Liege (192,504).
- Official languages: Dutch, French, German.
- Regions: Belgium is a federal State divided into communities and regions. Today, Belgium is made up of three communities (the Flemish community, the French-speaking community and the German-speaking community), three regions (the Flemish region, Brussels-Capital Region and Wallonia), 10 provinces (Antwerp, West Flanders, East Flanders, Liège, Namur, Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Limburg, Luxembourg ; the Brussels-Capital Region is not divided into a province) and 589 municipalities.
Belgium has six recognised religions (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Judaism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism and Islam); secularism is also recognised. Other religions are also present, including Buddhism and Jehovah’s Witness.
12 July 2012