WALLOON

'Walloon' may refer to:

Contents

Belgium

United States

France

People

Nature

See also

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.

See also

★ Belgian French