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in brief
Wallonia
Wallonia/Wallonie
General information
Population: 3.413.978 inhabitants (2006)
Area: 16.844 km2
Institutions: Parliament and Government of Wallonia
State administration: Belgium
Major cities: Namur, Charleroi, Liège
Territorial languages: French and German
Official languages: French and German
National Day: 3rd Sunday of September
Major religion: Christianity (Catholicism)
Politics
Capital: Namur
Political system: Region within the federal Belgian State
Minister President: Rudy Demotte, PS (2007)
Distribution of seats in Parliament (2004). 75 members:
Parti Socialiste (PS) – 34
Mouvement Reformateur (MR) – 20
Centre Démocrate Humaniste (CDH) – 14
Front National (FN) – 4
Ecolo – 3
Electoral system: Proportional
Government: Coalition PS-CDH
Degree of autonomy
Wallonia is one of the three regions that make up the federal Belgian state, which was set up on in 1993. Wallonia enjoys its own Parliament and Government.