Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and 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-speaking, mostly Flemish community, which constitutes about 59% of the population, and the French-speaking, mostly Walloon population, which comprises 41% of all Belgians. Additionally, there is a small group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area, and bordering Germany.

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Geographical values

• absolute in degrees, minutes and seconds:
  50° 51′ 5″ N • of northern latitude
  4° 21′ 6″ E • of eastern longitude
• in degrees with decimal fractions:
  50.851309°; 4.351718°

Length of Belgium from south to north is 225.349 kilometers, from west ot east – from 285.803 km on south to 273.785 km on north.