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The capital of Wallonia is Namur, and the most populous city is Charleroi. Most of Wallonia's major cities and two-thirds of its population lie along the east–west aligned Sambre and Meuse valley, the former industrial backbone of Belgium.
Wallonia consists of the French-speaking provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur, and Walloon Brabant. Its elected government has broad authority over such areas as agriculture, transportation, and public works. Namur city is the capital of the region. (See also Fleming and Walloon.)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Liège (/ liˈɛʒ, liˈeɪʒ / lee-EZH, lee-AYZH; [2][3][4] French: [ljɛʒ] ⓘ; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ⓘ; ‹See Tfd› German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
Namur (French: ⓘ; [a] Walloon: Nameur; Dutch: Namen [ˈnaːmə(n)] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
The Walloon Region. The Walloon Region has a legislative assembly, the Walloon Parliament. It has 75 members who are directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term. The members of the Walloon Parliament vote on decrees. These are the laws of the Region.
Namur has been the capital of the Walloon region since 11 December 1986. It is the home of the government and the Walloon Parliament. Highest Point. The ‘ceiling’ of Wallonia is at Signal de Botrange, in the High Fens in the province of Liège, with an altitude of 694 metres.
Liège (/ l i ˈ ɛ ʒ, l i ˈ eɪ ʒ / lee-EZH, lee-AYZH, [2] [3] [4] French: , locally ; Walloon: Lidje; Dutch: Luik ; German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium) is a city in Belgium. It is the cultural centre of the Walloon region of Belgium and the capital of the province of Liège.
