Geography
The territory of the Walloon Region is defined by the Belgian constitution as follows:
Art 5. The Walloon region is made up of the following provinces: Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur."
In terms of area, the biggest province is Luxembourg with 4,440 km2 (1,710 sq mi), that is also the least populated with 264,084 inhabitants, and the smallest province is Walloon Brabant. The most populated province is Hainaut with 1,300,097 inhabitants.
This territory of 16,844 km² (55.18% of Belgium) occupying the southern part of Belgium is also divided into 20 administrative arrondissements and 262 municipalities.
Read more about this topic: Walloon Region (federal Region)
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