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French Community
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Communauté française, Franse Gemeenschap, Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, Federation Wallonia-Brussels, FWB
one of the three official communities in Belgium
Key facts
- Country
- Belgium
- Regions
- Wallonia , Brussels
- Capital
- City of Brussels
- Executive
- Government of the French Community
- Governing parties 2024 2029
- MR and Les Engagés
- Minister president
- Élisabeth Degryse (Les Engagés)
- Legislature
- Parliament of the French Community
- Speaker
- Benoît Dispa (Les Engagés)
- Total
- ~4,500,000
- Celebration day
- 27 September
- Language
- French
- Website
- www .cfwb .be
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Funder, Government
- Founded
- 1980
- Location
- Brussels, Belgium
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.468013.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 0576 6080
Official website
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles - Portail officiel
Découvrez le site officiel de la Fédération Wallonie‑Bruxelles : informations, compétences, services, thématiques et actualités.
cfwb.be →Link to the official site · 16,620 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 16151
- Official website
- enseignement.be
- Image
- Communauté française in Belgium.svg
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- Commons category
- French Community of Belgium
- inception
- 1980-00-00
- Commons Institution page
- Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
- native label
- Communauté française de Belgique
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
In Belgium, the French Community (French: Communauté française (de Belgique), pronounced [kɔmynote fʁɑ̃sɛːz də bɛlʒik], CFB) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French minority has used the name Wallonia-Brussels Federation (French: Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, pronounced [fedeʁɑsjɔ̃ walɔni bʁysɛl], FWB), which is controversial because its name in the Belgian Constitution has not changed and because it is seen as a political statement. The name "French Community" refers to the French language and not to France. As such, the French minority of Belgium is sometimes rendered in English as "the French-speaking Community of Belgium" for clarity, in analogy to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
The Community has its own parliament, government, and administration. It and its predecessor entity have used the flag of Wallonia since 1975.