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Groenplaats, Antwerp Centre, Antwerp

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BELGIUM


Capital
Brussels

Currency


Area
30,528 square km

Location
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands

Land boundaries
1,385 km

Elevation extremes
lowest point: North Sea 0 m
highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m

Language
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)

Nationality
Belgian

Religions
Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant and Muslims) 25%

Time
UTC + 1
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

National holiday

2010

01 Jan New Year's Day
05 Apr Easter Monday
01 May Labour Day
13 May Ascension Day
24 May Whit Monday
11 Jul Flemish Community Holiday
21 Jul Independence Day
15 Aug Assumption
27 Sep French Community Holiday
01 Nov All Saints' Day
11 Nov Armistice Day
15 Nov German Community Holiday
25 Dec Christmas Day



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