Federation Maps and Fact Sheets for Belgium

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• A federation since 1993
• Federal Portal : Understanding the Federal State

Label	Data
Official name	Kingdom of Belgium
Population	10,213,752 (1999 est.)
Capital	Brussels

Constituent units

• 3 Regions, territorially defined: Flemish Region; Brussels-Capital Region; Wallon (French) Region.
  
  • Websites of the Regions
• 3 Communities, based on language: Flemish Community, French Community, German-Speaking Community.
  • Websites of the Communities
• Map of Communities and Regions

Constitutional distribution of powers

• Constitution of Belgium, in particular:
  • Federal Legislation, Competencies (Articles 74 and 77)
  • Communities : Responsibilities (Articles 127 to 130)
  • Regions : Responsibilities (Articles 39 and 134)
• Fact sheets on the distribution of powers
• Powers of the Federal Government
• Powers of the Regions
• Powers of the Communities

Legislative institutions

• Federal: Bicameral Parliament composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. The Senate represents the Communities.
  • Official Website of the Senate
  • Official Website of the Chamber of Representatives (French)
• Communities and Regions: One legislature (Conseil) for each Community and each Region, except only one assembly (Conseil flamand) for both the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region.
  • Official Websites of the legislatures (Conseils) of Communities and Regions

Official languages

• French, Dutch and German are official languages at the Federal level. Communities/Regions have one of these languages as their official language.

Other links of interest

• Country Overview ( Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)