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{{Infobox country

| native_name =

| conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Belgium | common_name = Belgium | image_flag = Flag of Belgium.svg | image_coat = Greater Coat of Arms of Belgium.svg | symbol_type = Coat of arms | national_motto = Eendracht maakt macht  (Dutch)
L'union fait la force  (French)
Einigkeit macht Stark  (German)
"Strength through Unity" (lit. "Unity makes strength") | image_map = EU-Belgium.svg

| map_caption =

Location of Belgium (dark green)

–   –  [Legend]

| national_anthem = The "Brabançonne"
instrumental version:

| official_languages = Dutch
[[French[[
German | demonym = Belgian | ethnic_groups = see Demographics | capital = Brussels | latd = 50 | latm = 51 | latNS = N | longd = 4 | longm = 21 | longEW = E | largest_settlement_type = metropolitan area | largest_settlement = Brussels | government_type = Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | leader_title1 = King | leader_title2 = Prime Minister | leader_name1 = Albert II | leader_name2 = Elio Di Rupo | legislature = Federal Parliament | upper_house = Senate | lower_house = Chamber of Representatives | area_km2 = 30,528 | area_sq_mi = 11,787 | area_rank = 139th | area_magnitude = 1 E10 | percent_water = 6.4 | population_estimate = 11,007,020 | population_estimate_year = 2011 | population_estimate_rank = 76th | population_census = 10,296,350 | population_census_year = 2001 | population_density_km2 = 354.7 | population_density_rank = 33rd | population_density_sq_mi = 918.6 | GDP_PPP_year = 2011 | GDP_PPP = $405.470 billion | GDP_PPP_rank = 30th | GDP_PPP_per_capita = $36,834 | GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 20th | GDP_nominal_year = 2011 | GDP_nominal = $499.397 billion | GDP_nominal_rank = 21st | GDP_nominal_per_capita = $45,367 | GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = 16th | Gini = 28 | Gini_year = 2005 | Gini_category = low | HDI_year = 2011 | HDI = Increase 0.886 | HDI_rank = 18th | HDI_category = very high | sovereignty_type = Independence | established_event1 = Declared from the Netherlands | established_date1 = 4 October 1830 | established_event2 = Recognised | established_date2 = 19 April 1839 | accessionEUdate = 25 March 1957 | EUseats = 24 | currency = Euro (€) | currency_code = EUR | time_zone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | time_zone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | drives_on = right | cctld = .be | calling_code = 32 | footnote1 = Before 1999: Belgian franc (BEF). | footnote2 = The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states. }}

Belgium (/ˈbɛldʒəm/ BEL-jəm), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Dutch-speakers, mostly Flemish (about 60%), and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons (about 40%), plus a small group of German-speakers. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region.<ref 

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|title=Belgique • België • Belgien—Région de Bruxelles-Capitale • Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
|quote=C'est une région officiellement bilingue formant au centre du pays une enclave dans la province du Brabant flamand (Vlaams Brabant)
|work=L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
|language=French
|date=18 January 2007
|author=Leclerc, Jacques, , membre associé du TLFQ
|publisher=Host: Trésor de la langue française au Québec (TLFQ), [[Université La
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