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Walloon may refer to:

Contents 1 Belgium 2 Australia 3 United States 4 France 5 People 6 Nature 7 See also

[edit] Belgium

• The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, an area which closely coincides with the Walloon Region of the federal state of Belgium.
• The Walloon Movement a linguistic and political movement to strengthen Walloon culture and language within Belgium
• Walloon is also the adjective referring
  – either to Wallonia or its people, for instance the Walloon language, the Walloon Parliament and the province named Walloon Brabant, the Walloon Rally
  – 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.

[edit] Australia

• Walloon, a place in Queensland named after the Belgians from Wallonia.

[edit] United States

• Short for Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.

[edit] France

• Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France.

[edit] People

• Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.
• Henri Wallon (1879-1962), French Philosopher, Psychologist, and Politician. (Grandson of Henri-Alexandre Wallon.)

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

• Belgian French

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