
Wallonie
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About this region
Wallonia (; French: Wallonie [walɔni]; German: Wallonien [vaˈloːni̯ən] (listen) or Wallonie [valoˈniː]; Dutch: Wallonië [ʋɑˈloːnijə] (listen); Walloon: Walonreye [walɔnʀɛj]; Luxembourgish: Wallounien [vɑˈləʊ̯niə̯n]) is a region of Belgium. As the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking, and accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its population. The Walloon Region was not merged with the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the majority French-Speaking Brussels-Capital Region.
The German-speaking minority in eastern Wallonia results from World War I and the subsequent annexation of three cantons that were initially part of the former German empire. This community represents less than 1% of the Belgian population. It forms the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which has its own government and parliament for culture-related issues.
During the industrial revolution, Wallonia was second only to the United Kingdom in industrialization, capitalizing on its extensive deposits of coal and iron. This brought the region wealth, and from the beginning of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century, Wallonia was the more prosperous half of Belgium. Since World War II, the importance of heavy industry has greatly diminished, and the Flemish Region surpassed Wallonia in wealth, as Wallonia declined economically. Wallonia now suffers from high unemployment and has a significantly lower GDP per capita than Flanders. The economic inequalities and linguistic divide between the two are major sources of political conflicts in Belgium and a major factor in Flemish separatism.
The capital of Wallonia is Namur, and the most populous city is Charleroi. Most of Wallonia's major cities and two-thirds of its population lie along the Sambre and Meuse valley, the former industrial backbone of Belgium. To the north lies the Central Belgian Plateau, which, like Flanders, is relatively flat and agriculturally fertile. In the southeast lie the Ardennes, hilly and sparsely populated. Wallonia borders Flanders and the Netherlands (Limburg) in the north, France (Grand Est and Hauts-de-France) to the south and west, and Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate) and Luxembourg (Capellen, Clervaux, Esch-sur-Alzette, Redange and Wiltz) to the east. Wallonia has been a member of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie since 1980.

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Route collections
The route collections by MyRoute-app are collections of multiple routes that belong to each other and checked by MRA RouteXperts. All routes are identical for TomTom, Garmin and MyRoute-app Navigation.

9
Routes

1623
Kilometers

36.63
Hours
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The ANWB ProMotor Tank Bag Tours of 2012
About this route collection
Ever since the early 90s of the last century, Promotor has been setting out the so-called Tank Bag Tours. You understand that the name still comes from the GPS-free era, when motorcyclists still searched their way on inland roads with a roadbook in the tank bag or router roll.
You have also seen the Tank Bag Tours of 2012 one by one, from now on also as a collection of 2012.
All routes in this collection have been checked and made the same for TomTom, Garmin and MyRoute-app Navigation by a RouteRpert MyRoute-app. The routes follow as much as possible the original route as it was made at the time.
In this collection you will immediately see a 3-day TTT in the Eifel where you stay in the town of Prum.
In this collection you visit the following countries and provinces:
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, North Rhine Westphalia
Belgium, Belgian Limburg, Liège, Wallonie
Luxembourg
Gelderland
Overijssel
North Brabant
Limburg
North Holland
Drenthe
Groningen
Friesland
Have fun with this collection and while driving one of these routes. Enjoy all the beauty that the Netherlands has to offer. Click on “View route” to read the review of the chosen route.
I would like to hear your findings about the route (s).
You have also seen the Tank Bag Tours of 2012 one by one, from now on also as a collection of 2012.
All routes in this collection have been checked and made the same for TomTom, Garmin and MyRoute-app Navigation by a RouteRpert MyRoute-app. The routes follow as much as possible the original route as it was made at the time.
In this collection you will immediately see a 3-day TTT in the Eifel where you stay in the town of Prum.
In this collection you visit the following countries and provinces:
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, North Rhine Westphalia
Belgium, Belgian Limburg, Liège, Wallonie
Luxembourg
Gelderland
Overijssel
North Brabant
Limburg
North Holland
Drenthe
Groningen
Friesland
Have fun with this collection and while driving one of these routes. Enjoy all the beauty that the Netherlands has to offer. Click on “View route” to read the review of the chosen route.
I would like to hear your findings about the route (s).