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176  BEL Gium AND L ux E m B ouRG REGio N B y REGio N

Wallonia at a Glance

The southern, French-speaking part of Belgium, Wallonia gets its
name from a Romanized Celtic tribe known as the Wala, whose BELGIUM
people spoke a French-related language, Walloon. There are five WALLONIA
provinces in this region: Hainaut forms Western Wallonia; the
provinces of Namur and Brabant Wallon lie in Central Wallonia; LUX.
and the provinces of Liège and Luxembourg (not to be confused
with the independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) make Locator Map
up Eastern Wallonia. The largest cities lie in the old industrial
heartland that stretches across the north from Charleroi to
Liège. Further south, the landscape rises into the Ardennes,
with its forested hills and riverside towns and hamlets.

Leuze-en-Hainaut is home
to the fascinating Lessines
Mahymobiles motor Waterloo Waremme Blégny
museum (see p189).
Ath Liège
Ronquières Eupen
Tournai Leuze-en- Nivelles
Hainaut Verviers
Seneffe Huy
Sprimont
Mons WESTERN Namur Spa
WALLONIA Malmedy
(See pp180–95) Charleroi
CENTRAL
WALLONIA EASTERN
Thuin WALLONIA
(See pp196–215)
(See pp216–37)
Dinant St-Vith
Beaumont Marche-en-
Famenne
Philippeville
Rochefort
Lavaux-
Couvin Ste-Anne
Chimay St-Hubert Bastogne
Libramont-
Chevigny
Mons (see p193) is the capital of
Hainaut. Once a year, during the Bouillon
Ducasse festival, crowds gather
in the Grand Place to watch the
celebrated Lumeçon battle between Florenville Arlon
St George and the dragon.
Virton

Namur (see pp206–7), capital
of the Province of Namur, lies
on the confluence of the
rivers Sambre and Meuse.
Dominating this busy city is
the massive Citadelle, a
stronghold reinforced over
2,000 years of military use,
which finally ended in 1977.
Ruins of the Cistercian Abbeye de Villers in Villers-la-Ville, Central Wallonia

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