Céline Creppe SWOT ANALYSIS OF LIEGE –BELGIUM Liège is located in the East part of Belgium‚ in Wallonia where the language is French. It is not far from borders with Germany and with Netherlands. The area is over 69.39 km2 and the population is about 195‚576‚ which means a density of 2‚800 inhabitants/km2. Swot analysis: Strengths Weaknesses Old historical city‚ Palais des Congrès (for business meeting)‚ squares like “jardin botannique”‚ “parc de la boverie”‚
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Ancient Relationship Nowadays‚ the diglossic situation in Wallonia is characterized by a clear hegemony of French over Walloon‚ with no monolingual Walloon speakers and a rapidly decreasing population of speakers‚ Nevertheless‚ it is pertinent to specify that Walloon successfully managed to survive French pressures over a long period of time. Distributive Linguistic Functionality in Evolution The first testimonies of a French presence in Wallonia date from the beginning of the 13th century‚ and they
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reasons why I love there that I don’t know how to start telling you. For the first reason‚ Belgium has three official languages. One of them is French‚ the most beautiful language in my opinion‚ which is spoken in Wallonia region. It may be strange that I love French but I prefer living in Wallonia Belgium to living in France. That’s because it seems to me that Belgium is more peaceful and less chaotic. Furthermore‚ I love Belgian people. Belgians in general are friendly and helpful people‚ even to strangers
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1 A language in question – Walloon 1.1 A piece in the Belgian Puzzle – Wallonia Within the federal state of Belgium‚ Wallonia is both a Region and a Community‚ two terms which reflect different political realities‚ the former is based on the principle of territoriality with Brussels‚ Flanders and Wallonia‚ while the latter was created on the premise of cultural and linguistic solidarity with the Flemish‚ Walloon and German-speaking Communities (Francard 2013: 29-30). The concept of Community
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LIEGE Transport and logistics ©MET Liege is located at the centre of the European motorway network which grants rapid access to the cities and capitals of Europe. Liege‚ Logically Logistical ... O 15 Km ©Lamalle At the junction of four major European railway axes‚ the marshalling yard of Liège is a hub for the goods traffic in Belgium. platforms combining 2 or 3 means of transport (rail‚ road‚ air or waterway) are present near the airport and along the waterways.
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1. Contexts: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode‚ Saint-Gilles and Watermael-Boitsfort This first chapter is dedicated to characterising the research fields in terms of demographics and local diversity management measures. As long as it provides the context in which the institutional discourse is produced‚ the description of these environments is an important prerequisite to accurately analyse the institutional discourse on multiculturality. 1.1. Demographics Multiculturality‚ defined as the cohabitation of
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What would you say to a foreigner moving to your home country? Belgium: Belgium is separated into three very different regions: Flanders‚ Wallonia and Brussels. There is a very big disparity in terms of wealth and demographics between those regions as well as some significant regional tensions. Major political conflicts often appear and I would definitely avoid speaking about it with Belgians‚ unless one is very acquainted with his interlocutor. For the same reason‚ I would additionally
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Jesse Miller Mr. Nadeau Period 2 April 15‚ 2012 DBQ: Flemings and Walloons In the 19th and 20th centuries‚ Flemings and Walloons were divided by political and economic tensions‚ but the most outstanding source of division was social differences. The Flemings and Walloons went head-to-head because of the divergence in their culture and ultimately‚ the way they lived their day-to-day lives. Both of these groups wanted the country of
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acknowledged as the German-speaking Community. Nowadays‚ the German-speaking Community consists of the nine municipalities Kelmis‚ Lontzen‚ Raeren‚ Eupen‚ Bütgenbach‚ Büllingen‚ Amel‚ Sankt Vith and Burg-Reuland. Being situated in the French-speaking Wallonia‚ German-speakers of the Community learn French already in the Kindergarten. At the end of school‚ pupils should at least have an intermediate level in French. Furthermore‚ they learn English as a second foreign language and they can choose Dutch
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Ardennenoffensive or Rundstedt-Offensive‚ English‚ Battle of the Bulge) was a major German offensive‚ launched at the end of World War II (December 16‚ 1944 - January 25 1945); through dense forests and mountains of the Ardennes region of Belgium Wallonia-and more specifically‚ hence its name in French‚ Bataille des ardennes-‚ France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. The Wehrmacht gave the offensive codenamed Operation Wacht am Rhein‚ the German patriotic hymn Die Wacht am Rhein. There are several
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