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World Gazetteer Results for Brunehaut:
NameBrunehaut
Geographical TypeLocality
Population7592
Latitude
Longitude
CountryBelgium
Administrative DivisionHennegau
Dictionary Results for Belgium:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Belgium
    n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the
         European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty
         Organization [syn: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium,
         Belgique]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Belgium

   Introduction Belgium
   --------------------
                            Background: Belgium became independent from the
                                        Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied
                                        by Germany during World Wars I and
                                        II. It has prospered in the past
                                        half century as a modern,
                                        technologically advanced European
                                        state and member of NATO and the EU.
                                        Tensions between the Dutch-speaking
                                        Flemings of the north and the
                                        French-speaking Walloons of the
                                        south have led in recent years to
                                        constitutional amendments granting
                                        these regions formal recognition and
                                        autonomy.
  
   Geography Belgium
   -----------------
                              Location: Western Europe, bordering the North
                                        Sea, between France and the
                                        Netherlands
                Geographic coordinates: 50 50 N, 4 00 E
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 30,510 sq km
                                        land: 30,230 sq km
                                        water: 280 sq km
                    Area - comparative: about the size of Maryland
                       Land boundaries: total: 1,385 km
                                        border countries: France 620 km,
                                        Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km,
                                        Netherlands 450 km
                             Coastline: 66 km
                       Maritime claims: continental shelf: median line with
                                        neighbors
                                        territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        exclusive fishing zone: median line
                                        with neighbors (extends about 68 km
                                        from coast)
                               Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool
                                        summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
                               Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest,
                                        central rolling hills, rugged
                                        mountains of Ardennes Forest in
                                        southeast
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: North Sea 0 m
                                        highest point: Signal de Botrange
                                        694 m
                     Natural resources: coal, natural gas
                              Land use: arable land: 25%
                                        permanent crops: 0%
                                        note: includes Luxembourg (1998
                                        est.)
                                        other: 75%
                        Irrigated land: 40 sq km (includes Luxembourg) (1998
                                        est.)
                       Natural hazards: flooding is a threat in areas of
                                        reclaimed coastal land, protected
                                        from the sea by concrete dikes
          Environment - current issues: the environment is exposed to
                                        intense pressures from human
                                        activities: urbanization, dense
                                        transportation network, industry,
                                        intense animal breeding and crop
                                        cultivation; air and water pollution
                                        also have repercussions for
                                        neighboring countries; uncertainties
                                        regarding federal and regional
                                        responsibilities (now resolved) have
                                        slowed progress in tackling
                                        environmental challenges
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
                                        Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-
                                        Volatile Organic Compounds, Air
                                        Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic-
                                        Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-
                                        Marine Living Resources, Antarctic
                                        Seals, Antarctic Treaty,
                                        Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Environmental Modification,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Marine Dumping, Marine Life
                                        Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol
                      Geography - note: crossroads of Western Europe;
                                        majority of West European capitals
                                        within 1,000 km of Brussels, the
                                        seat of both the European Union and
                                        NATO
  
   People Belgium
   --------------
                            Population: 10,274,595 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.3% (male 911,729;
                                        female 871,470)
                                        15-64 years: 65.6% (male 3,395,885;
                                        female 3,341,536)
                                        65 years and over: 17.1% (male
                                        716,673; female 1,037,302) (2002
                                        est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.15% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 10.58 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 10.08 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.96 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.13 years
                                        female: 81.62 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 74.8 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.61 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.15% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 7,700 (1999 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Belgian(s)
                                        adjective: Belgian
                         Ethnic groups: Fleming 58%, Walloon 31%, mixed or
                                        other 11%
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or
                                        other 25%
                             Languages: Dutch 60%, French 40%, German less
                                        than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch
                                        and French)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 98%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Belgium
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Kingdom of
                                        Belgium
                                        conventional short form: Belgium
                                        local short form: Belgique/Belgie
                                        local long form: Royaume de
                                        Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie
                       Government type: federal parliamentary democracy
                                        under a constitutional monarch
                               Capital: Brussels
              Administrative divisions: 10 provinces (French: provinces,
                                        singular - province; Dutch:
                                        provincien, singular - provincie)
                                        and 1 region* (French: region;
                                        Dutch: gewest); Antwerpen, Brabant
                                        Wallon, Brussels* (Bruxelles),
                                        Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg,
                                        Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams-
                                        Brabant, West-Vlaanderen
                          Independence: 4 October 1830 a provisional
                                        government declared independence
                                        from the Netherlands; 21 July 1831
                                        the ascension of King Leopold I to
                                        the throne
                      National holiday: Independence Day, 21 July (1831)
                          Constitution: 7 February 1831, last revised 14
                                        July 1993; parliament approved a
                                        constitutional package creating a
                                        federal state
                          Legal system: civil law system influenced by
                                        English constitutional theory;
                                        judicial review of legislative acts;
                                        accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
                                        with reservations
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and
                                        compulsory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: King ALBERT II
                                        (since 9 August 1993); Heir Apparent
                                        Prince PHILIPPE, son of the monarch
                                        head of government: Prime Minister
                                        Guy VERHOFSTADT (since 13 July 1999)
  
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers
                                        appointed by the monarch and
                                        approved by Parliament
                                        elections: none; the monarchy is
                                        hereditary; prime minister appointed
                                        by the monarch and then approved by
                                        Parliament
                                        note: government coalition - VLD,
                                        PRL, PS, SP, AGALEV, and ECOLO
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of a
                                        Senate or Senaat in Dutch, Senat in
                                        French (71 seats; 40 members are
                                        directly elected by popular vote, 31
                                        are indirectly elected; members
                                        serve four-year terms) and a Chamber
                                        of Deputies or Kamer van
                                        Volksvertegenwoordigers in Dutch,
                                        Chambre des Representants in French
                                        (150 seats; members are directly
                                        elected by popular vote on the basis
                                        of proportional representation to
                                        serve four-year terms)
                                        elections: Senate and Chamber of
                                        Deputies - last held 13 June 1999
                                        (next to be held in NA 2003)
                                        note: as a result of the 1993
                                        constitutional revision that
                                        furthered devolution into a federal
                                        state, there are now three levels of
                                        government (federal, regional, and
                                        linguistic community) with a complex
                                        division of responsibilities; this
                                        reality leaves six governments each
                                        with its own legislative assembly;
                                        for other acronyms of the listed
                                        parties see the Political parties
                                        and leaders entry
                                        election results: Senate - percent
                                        of vote by party - VLD 15.4%, CVP
                                        14.7%, PRL 10.6%, PS 9.7%, VB 9.4%,
                                        SP 8.9%, ECOLO 7.4%, AGALEV 7.1%,
                                        PSC 6.0%, VU 5.1%; seats by party -
                                        VLD 11, CVP 10, PS 10, PRL 9, VB 6,
                                        SP 6, ECOLO 6, AGALEV 5, PSC 5, VU
                                        3; Chamber of Deputies - percent of
                                        vote by party - VLD 14.3%, CVP
                                        14.1%, PS 10.2%, PRL 10.1%, VB 9.9%,
                                        SP 9.5%, ECOLO 7.4%, AGALEV 7.0%,
                                        PSC 5.9%, VU 5.6%; seats by party -
                                        VLD 23, CVP 22, PS 19, PRL 18, VB
                                        15, SP 14, ECOLO 11, PSC 10, AGALEV
                                        9, VU 8, FN 1
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van
                                        Cassatie (in Dutch) or Cour de
                                        Cassation (in French) (judges are
                                        appointed for life by the monarch,
                                        although selected by the Government)
         Political parties and leaders: AGALEV (Flemish Greens) [Jos
                                        GEYSELS]; Christian Democrats and
                                        Flemish or CD & V [Stefaan DE
                                        CLERCK, president]; note - used to
                                        be the Flemish Christian Democrats
                                        or CVP; ECOLO (Francophone Greens)
                                        [no president; led by three person
                                        federal secretariat]; Flemish
                                        Liberal Democrats or VLD [Karel DE
                                        GUCHT, president]; Francophone
                                        Christian Democrats or PSC (Social
                                        Christian Party) [Joelle MILQUET,
                                        president]; Francophone Liberal
                                        Reformation Party or PRL [Daniel
                                        DUCARME, president]; Francophone
                                        Socialist Party or PS [Elio DI RUPO,
                                        president]; National Front or FN
                                        [Daniel FERET]; New Flemish Alliance
                                        or NVA [Geert BOURGEOIS]; note -
                                        split from Volksunie or VB; Social
                                        Progressive Alternative Party or
                                        SP.A [Patrick JANSSENS, president];
                                        note - was Flemish Socialist Party
                                        or SP; Spirit [Annemie VAN DE
                                        CASTEELE]; note - split from
                                        Volksunie or VU; Vlaams Blok or VB
                                        [Frank VANHECKE]; other minor
                                        parties
          Political pressure groups and Christian and Socialist Trade
                               leaders: Unions; Federation of Belgian
                                        Industries; numerous other
                                        associations representing bankers,
                                        manufacturers, middle-class
                                        artisans, and the legal and medical
                                        professions; various organizations
                                        represent the cultural interests of
                                        Flanders and Wallonia; various peace
                                        groups such as Pax Christi and
                                        groups representing immigrants
             International organization ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group,
                         participation: Benelux, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EAPC,
                                        EBRD, ECE, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO,
                                        G- 9, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
                                        Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU,
                                        MINURSO, MONUC, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS
                                        (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA,
                                        UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
                                        UNMIK, UNMOGIP, UNMOP, UNRWA, UNTSO,
                                        UPU, WADB (nonregional), WCL, WEU,
                                        WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Alexis
                                        REYN
                                        chancery: 3330 Garfield Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20008
                                        consulate(s) general: Atlanta,
                                        Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 333-3079
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 333-6900
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador Stephen
                                    US: Franklin BRAUER
                                        embassy: 27 Boulevard du Regent, B-
                                        1000 Brussels
                                        mailing address: PSC 82, Box 002,
                                        APO AE 09710
                                        telephone: [32] (2) 508-2111
                                        FAX: [32] (2) 511-2725
                      Flag description: three equal vertical bands of black
                                        (hoist side), yellow, and red; the
                                        design was based on the flag of
                                        France
  
   Economy Belgium
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: This modern private enterprise
                                        economy has capitalized on its
                                        central geographic location, highly
                                        developed transport network, and
                                        diversified industrial and
                                        commercial base. Industry is
                                        concentrated mainly in the populous
                                        Flemish area in the north. With few
                                        natural resources, Belgium must
                                        import substantial quantities of raw
                                        materials and export a large volume
                                        of manufactures, making its economy
                                        unusually dependent on the state of
                                        world markets. About three-quarters
                                        of its trade is with other EU
                                        countries. Belgium's public debt is
                                        expected to fall to about 100% of
                                        GDP in 2002, and the government has
                                        succeeded in balancing its budget.
                                        Belgium, together with 11 of its EU
                                        partners, began circulating euro
                                        currency in January 2002. Economic
                                        growth in 2001 dropped sharply due
                                        to the global economic slowdown.
                                        Prospects for 2002 depend largely on
                                        recovery in the EU and the US.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $267.7
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 1.1% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $26,100
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.4%
                                        industry: 24%
                                        services: 74.6% (2000)
         Population below poverty line: 4%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 3.7%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 20.2% (1992)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 25 (1992)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.4% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 4.44 million (2001)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 73%, industry 25%,
                                        agriculture 2% (1999 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 6.8% (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $113.44 billion
                                        expenditures: $106 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $7.17 billion (2000)
                            Industries: engineering and metal products,
                                        motor vehicle assembly, processed
                                        food and beverages, chemicals, basic
                                        metals, textiles, glass, petroleum,
                                        coal
     Industrial production growth rate: 4.5% (2000 est.)
              Electricity - production: 79.348 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 40.31%
                                        hydro: 0.57%
                                        other: 1.46% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 57.66%
             Electricity - consumption: 78.13 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 7.309 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 11.645 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: sugar beets, fresh vegetables,
                                        fruits, grain, tobacco; beef, veal,
                                        pork, milk
                               Exports: $160.3 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals,
                                        diamonds, metals and metal products
                    Exports - partners: EU 74% (France 18%, Germany 17%,
                                        Netherlands 13%, UK 10%), US 6%
                                        (2000)
                               Imports: $154 billion (f.o.b., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals,
                                        metals and metal products
                    Imports - partners: EU 68% (Germany 17%, Netherlands
                                        17%, France 13%, UK 9%) (2000)
                       Debt - external: $28.3 billion (1999 est.)
                  Economic aid - donor: ODA, $764 million (1997)
                              Currency: euro (EUR); Belgian franc (BEF)
                                        note: on 1 January 1999, the
                                        European Monetary Union introduced
                                        the euro as a common currency to be
                                        used by financial institutions of
                                        member countries; on 1 January 2002,
                                        the euro became the sole currency
                                        for everyday transactions within the
                                        member countries
                         Currency code: EUR; BEF
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999);
                                        Belgian francs per US dollar - 34.77
                                        (January 1999), 36.229 (1998),
                                        35.774 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Belgium
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 4.769 million (1997)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 974,494 (1997)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: highly
                                        developed, technologically advanced,
                                        and completely automated domestic
                                        and international telephone and
                                        telegraph facilities
                                        domestic: nationwide cellular
                                        telephone system; extensive cable
                                        network; limited microwave radio
                                        relay network
                                        international: 5 submarine cables;
                                        satellite earth stations - 2
                                        Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1
                                        Eutelsat
              Radio broadcast stations: FM 79, AM 7, shortwave 1 (1998)
                                Radios: 8.075 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)
                           Televisions: 4.72 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .be
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 61 (2000)
                        Internet users: 2.807 million (2001)
  
   Transportation Belgium
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 3,422 km
                                        standard gauge: 3,422 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge (2,517 km electrified; 2,563
                                        km double-tracked) (2001)
                              Highways: total: 145,774 km
                                        paved: 116,182 km (including 1,674
                                        km of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 29,592 km (1999)
                             Waterways: 1,570 km (route length in regular
                                        commercial use) (2001)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 161 km; petroleum products
                                        1,167 km; natural gas 3,300 km
                     Ports and harbors: Antwerp (one of the world's busiest
                                        ports), Brugge, Gent, Hasselt,
                                        Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende,
                                        Zeebrugge
                       Merchant marine: total: 20 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 31,362 GRT/54,058 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 6, chemical
                                        tanker 9, petroleum tanker 5,
                                        includes some foreign-owned ships
                                        registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Finland 1, Netherlands
                                        3 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 42 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 24
                                        over 3,047 m: 6
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 1
                                        under 914 m: 6 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 18
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 2
                                        under 914 m: 16 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Belgium
   ----------------
                     Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Components, National
                                        Gendarmerie
      Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,508,557 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 2,070,016 (2002
                               service: est.)
           Military manpower - reaching males: 63,247 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $3,076.5 million (FY01/02)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 1.4% (FY01/02)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Belgium
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: none
                         Illicit drugs: growing producer of synthetic drugs;
                                        transit point for US-bound ecstasy;
                                        source of precursor chemicals for
                                        South American cocaine processors;
                                        transshipment point for cocaine,
                                        heroin, hashish, and marijuana
                                        entering Western Europe
  
                                       



3. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Belgium, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    466
   Housing Units (2000): 202
   Land area (2000):     0.423193 sq. miles (1.096066 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.423193 sq. miles (1.096066 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            04689
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             40.062286 N, 87.638895 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Belgium, IL
    Belgium


4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Belgium, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
   Population (2000):    1678
   Housing Units (2000): 592
   Land area (2000):     1.442838 sq. miles (3.736934 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.442838 sq. miles (3.736934 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            06150
   Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
   Location:             43.500735 N, 87.846897 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     53004
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Belgium, WI
    Belgium


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