Walloon

Walloon may refer to:

Belgium

The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, a geographic term of a part of Belgium based on an identity concept; see for instance the Walloons' Song.
The Walloons, inhabitants (often called Wallonians when seen as citizens) of the Walloon Region (often called Wallonia), a region of the federal state of Belgium.
Walloon is also the adjective referring
– either to Wallonia or its people, for instance the Walloon language;
– or to the Walloon Region, for instance the Walloon Parliament and the province named Walloon Brabant;
(The distinction is not always clearly made, see for instance the Walloon Rally, a "Walloon" political party active from 1968 to 1985.)
– or, now most rarely and only within that context, to Wallonia, a former administrative region created on 21 March 1917 by a decree of Moritz von Bissing, General Governor of the occupation authorities of Belgium, within the framework of Flamenpolitik.

United States

Short for Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.

France

Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France.

People

Henri Wallon (1812-1904), historian, statesman
Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.

Nature

The Walloon forge, used for the production of oregrounds iron
The Walloon Coal Measures, coal deposits laid down during the Jurassic age. They are up to 15m thick of sub-bituminous to bituminous coal suited for coking, steam-raising and oil cracking.

The term Walloons (French: Wallons, Walloon: Walons) refers, in daily speech, to Belgians from Wallonia, roughly the southern half of the country. Walloons are one of the three ethnological groups in Belgium, the others being the Dutch-speaking Flemish and the
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Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië
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Le Chant des Wallons (The Song of the Walloons) is the anthem of the Walloon Region of Belgium.

The original words, written in Walloon as Li Tchant des Walons by Théophile Bovy in 1900, were in 1901 set to music composed by Louis Hillier.
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Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, is one of the three Regions of Belgium.

The region represents 33% of the population and 55% of the territory of Belgium. It is predominantly French-speaking but there are also German-speaking communes in the east.
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Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië
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Walloon (Walon) is a Romance language spoken as a second language by some in Wallonia (Belgium). It belongs to the langue d'oïl language family, whose most prominent member is the French language, and is sometimes considered a French dialect.
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The Walloon Parliament, or Walloon Regional Parliament (French: Parlement wallon or Parlement régional wallon; formerly Walloon Regional Council or Conseil régional wallon), is the Parliament of the Walloon Region, the southern region of Belgium.
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Walloon Brabant (French: Brabant-Wallon, Dutch: Waals-Brabant; Walloon: Roman Payis) is a province of the Walloon Region in Belgium.
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The Walloon Rally (French: Rassemblement wallon) (RW) was a Belgian political party, active in Wallonia from 1968 to 1985. The party favoured federalism.
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Moritz Ferdinand Freiherr von Bissing (January 30, 1844-April 18, 1917) was a Prussian General and Baron. After the fall of Belgium during the First World War, Bissing was appointed governor-general of occupied Belgium, serving from December 1914 until his death.
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Flamenpolitik (German: "Flemish policy") is the name for certain policies pursued by German authorities occupying Belgium during the First and Second World Wars. The ultimate goal of these policies was the dissolution of Belgium into separate Walloon and Flemish components.
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Location Northern Michigan

Primary sources groundwater

Basin countries United States

Surface area 4,270 acres

Walloon Lake
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Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France. It is currently the home of rugby union team Stade Toulousain. The stadium was built in the late 1980s and was recently renovated. It has a capacity of 19,000. The stadium however is not always suitable for big games.
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stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.
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Ville de Toulouse

New city flag
(Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms

Motto: Per Tolosa totjorn mai.
(Occitan: "For Toulouse, always more")

Location
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"

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Henri Wallon may refer to:

Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman, grandfather of the following
Henri Wallon (psychologist) (1879-1962), French psychologist and politician, grandson of the preceding

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Henri-Alexandre Wallon (December 23, 1812 - November 13, 1904) was a French historian and statesman.

Biography

He was born at Valenciennes.

Devoting himself to a literary career, he became in 1840 professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure under the patronage of
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The English term Oregrounds iron takes its name from the small Swedish city of Öregrund. In the 18th century oregrounds iron was regarded as the best grade available in England.
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The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 199.6 ± 0.6 Ma (million years ago) to 145.4 ± 4.0 Ma, the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous.
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Bituminous coal is a relatively hard coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen. It is of higher quality than lignite coal but of poorer quality than anthracite coal.
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Coke is a solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal.

The volatile constituents of the coal—including water, coal-gas, and coal-tar—are driven off by baking in an airless oven at temperatures as high
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Belgian French (French: français de Belgique) is the variety of French spoken by the French speakers of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages such as Walloon, Picard, Champenois and Gaumais.
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