| Capital: Brussels Population: about 10174900 people Language: The official languages - French, Dutch (Flemish) and German Currency: C 1 January 2002 in 12 member countries of the European Union introduced a common currency - the euro Location: Belgium - a small European state - borders the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Throughout the country there are three natural regions: the coastal plain, central plateau and mountain ... More Climate: temperate maritime, rather bland. The average annual temperature is about 12 C, in January - from +3 C on the coast to -1 C in the Ardennes, in July - 14-18 C. It is often there are periods when the weather is "knocked out" ... More Political system: Federal constitutional monarchy. Head of state - the king. Legislative - bicameral parliament (House of Representatives and Senate), legislation formed jointly by the Parliament ... More Economy: Belgium - industrial country with intensive agriculture and extensive external economic ties (about 50% of industrial output goes to foreign markets). GNP per capita of 15,440 dollars ... More Religion: The majority of believers in the country - Catholics (70%), about 2% of the population are Muslims, as many Protestants and iudeev.
History & Culture: City Celtic and Germanic tribes, Belgium was conquered by Caesar in 57 BC. er. Effect of CHF on the territory of modern Belgium beginning to grow from 5 to. The role of this region has increased ... More Kitchen: Belgian cuisine has many components, standards-based German and French culinary traditions - is actively used by the meat, seafood, vegetables, potatoes, butter, cream, cheese, beer and wine, ... More Transport: The country has a modern and well-developed transportation network. In view of the small size of the country's domestic airlines rather short, but the number of flights connecting both Belgian and other European ... More Regions, cities, resorts of the country: North Sea Coast - the most urbanized, and at the same time - the most popular area of the country. A whole series of resorts stretching from De Panne to Knokke - Blankenberge, Knokke-le-Zyut, Knokke-Heist, ... More real estate market situation: Now for the acquisition of real estate developed an unusually favorable situation in the housing market in Belgium: the rise in prices for while still a fairly low cost of individual houses and flats ... More Business in the country: Belgium, located in Western Europe, a country with a characteristically high standard of living, which is based on political and social stability, and linguistic diversity and multi-ethnic population ...More Useful Information: There is a huge number of restaurants for every taste and every budget. At the same time the number of bistros and cheap eateries quite small. The most inexpensive way to "bite" - cafes ... more detailed description of the country: Most of the territory of Belgium - a vast plain, rising from the lowlands of Flanders and Campina on the south-east - to the wooded hills of the Ardennes.
In the west the country is limited to a strip of dunes of the North ... more |
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