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Bruxelles-Capitale
Bruxelles-Capitale, also called the Brussels-Capital Region, is one of Belgium's three federal regions, covering the capital and its 19 municipalities since 1989, with about 1.26 million inhabitants.
Limburg
Limburg is a region on the Meuse river divided since 1839 into Dutch Limburg, capital Maastricht, and Belgian Limburg, capital Hasselt, both named after the medieval Duchy of Limburg.
Province de Namur
Province de Namur: one of Belgium's ten provinces, in the Walloon Region, chief city Namur. Covers 38 communes; 495,832 inhabitants in 2019; governed by a council of 43, governor Denis Mathen since 2007.
Province du Hainaut
Province du Hainaut (Dutch Henegouwen), Belgium's most populous Walloon province, capital Mons, 69 communes, 1,368,562 inhabitants on 1 January 2026, largest commune Charleroi, major agricultural and former industrial economy.
Provincie Drenthe
Drenthe, northeastern Dutch province with capital Assen, population about 508,000, density 192/km², province since 1814, known for 52 prehistoric hunebeds, care-dominated economy of ~244,000 jobs, and high broad well-being.
Provincie Friesland
Provincie Friesland (officially Fryslân) is a northern Dutch province with capital Leeuwarden, 18 municipalities, about 665,000 inhabitants, four Wadden Islands, official Frisian language status, and a water-dominated landscape including UNESCO Wadden Sea.
Provincie Groningen
Provincie Groningen, northeastern Dutch province with capital Groningen city; home of the Slochteren gas field (discovered 1959, extraction ended October 2023), 363 billion euros in state revenue, induced earthquakes, and Nij Begun recovery funding.
Provincie Limburg
Provincie Limburg: two provinces, Dutch Limburg (capital Maastricht) and Belgian Limburg (capital Hasselt, 38 municipalities), split from one 1815 province by the 1839 Treaty of London; coal and Ford Genk shaped their economy.
Provincie Overijssel
Provincie Overijssel, Dutch province in the east (Oversticht), seat Zwolle, 1,202,375 inhabitants end-2025, GDP €53,172 million (2022), 25 municipalities, governed under the 2023 'Schouder aan schouder' coalition agreement.
Provincie Utrecht
Provincie Utrecht (Province of Utrecht) is one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands, its oldest and smallest, with 1.36 million inhabitants across 26 municipalities.