{"id":6225,"date":"2020-06-14T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T16:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/?page_id=6225"},"modified":"2021-01-10T19:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T19:25:26","slug":"geographical-demographic-information-belen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/geographical-demographic-information-belen\/","title":{"rendered":"GEOGRAPHICAL \u2013 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION &#8211; BelEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6225\" class=\"elementor elementor-6225\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-494061e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"494061e\" 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class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7de968e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7de968e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12d7790\" data-id=\"12d7790\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd2622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dd2622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\">  GEOGRAPHICAL \u2013 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION <span style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa3ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fa3ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: right;\">*The full text of this article is available as PDF below<span lang=\"BG\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57fa607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57fa607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><h3><strong>Situation<\/strong><\/h3><p>Belgium is situated in the west of Europe, bordered to the north by the Netherlands, to the east by Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and to the south and the west by France. Although its surface area of 30,528 km2 makes it a small country, its location has made it the economic and urban nerve centre of Europe.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6228\" src=\"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/anglais_carte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/anglais_carte.jpg 383w, https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/anglais_carte-152x300.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/p><p>Belgium spans 2 degrees in latitude, from 51 degrees 30 minutes N at Meerle (northernmost point) to 49 degrees 30 minutes N at Torgny (southernmost point). In longitude, it spans less than 4 degrees, from 2 degrees 33 minutes E to 6 degrees 24 minutes E.<\/p><p>The geography of Belgium shows it to have three major areas: lower Belgium (up to 100m above sea level), central Belgium (between 100 and 200m above sea level) and upper Belgium (from 200 to over 500m above sea level).<\/p><h3><strong>Geographic divisions of the country (prefectures, cities\u2026)<\/strong><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6229\" src=\"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Belgium-poltical-map-of-belgiumbelgium-regions-map-User-rights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Belgium-poltical-map-of-belgiumbelgium-regions-map-User-rights.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Belgium-poltical-map-of-belgiumbelgium-regions-map-User-rights-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Belgium-poltical-map-of-belgiumbelgium-regions-map-User-rights-768x671.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>The country is divided into 10 provinces<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Anvers<\/li><li>Limbourg<\/li><li>East Flanders<\/li><li>Flemish Brabant<\/li><li>West Flanders<\/li><li>Walloon Brabant<\/li><li>Hainaut<\/li><li>Li\u00e8ge<\/li><li>Luxembourg<\/li><li>Namur<\/li><\/ol><p>Brussels-Capital<\/p><h3><strong>Climate<\/strong><\/h3><p>Belgium has a temperate maritime climate influenced by the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean, with cool summers and moderate winters. Since the country is small there is little variation in climate from region to region, although the marine influences are less inland. Rainfall is distributed throughout the year with a dryer period from April to September. Especially in fall and winter strong Atlantic low-pressure systems can bring gales and uncomfortable weather. Sometimes easterly winds can cause a more continental type of weather, warm and dry in the summer, but cold and clear in the winter with temperatures sometimes far below zero.<\/p><p>Belgium is a flat country and has often breezy conditions, although more in the winter than in the summer, and more among the coastal areas than inland. In the eastern regions hills cause a cooler and wetter climate with more rainfall and sometimes heavy snowfall in the winter.<\/p><h3>Required clothing:<\/h3><p>Lightweights with rainwear for summer, waterproof Medium- to Heavyweights for winter. A sweater is necessary almost any time of year.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Demographic info <\/strong><\/h3><p>On 1 January 2019, the flat country had 11 431 406 inhabitants, 57.6% of whom lived in Flanders, 31.8% in Wallonia and 10.6% in the Brussels Capital Region.<\/p><p>It is mainly due to immigration that the country&#8217;s population continues to increase (the excess of births over deaths was only 7155 people last year, out of 55,336 new residents).<\/p><p>Despite these migratory movements, the Belgian population is constantly ageing, and this is particularly the case in Flanders. Unlike the other Regions, there are fewer young people (19.4% under 18 years of age) than elderly people (20.2% over 65 years of age).<\/p><p>In 2018, the foreign population represented 12.2% of the country&#8217;s total population, with 1,391,425 people.<\/p><p>Two-thirds of them had a European nationality.<\/p><p>Links:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belgium.be\/en\/about_belgium\/country\/geography\">https:\/\/www.belgium.be\/en\/about_belgium\/country\/geography<\/a><\/p><p>National Geography institute <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngi.be\/\">http:\/\/www.ngi.be\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbb669a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbb669a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a11cc69\" data-id=\"a11cc69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817f433 elementor-button-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"817f433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ivet-design.com\/educate-platform\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IO2_4_eng_BELGIUM.pdf\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-document\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">MORE INFO<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country at a glance Language Governance System Geographical \u2013 Demographic Information Education \u2013 Health \u2013 Labour Culture \u2013 Tradition \u2013 Dietary Habits Employment Entrepreneurship Immigration Policy Services \u2013 Institutions X BELGIUM GEOGRAPHICAL \u2013 DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION *The full text of this article is available as PDF below. 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