Question

Belgium has borders with ______

• A. Germany, Spain, and Netherlands.
• B. Netherlands, Spain, and France
• C. Spain, Germany, and France
• D. Germany, France, and Netherlands.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Germany, France, and Netherlands.

The correct answer is option (d) – Germany, France, and Netherlands.

• Belgium is located in Western Europe.
• Belgium also shares borders with another small country named Luxembourg.
• The area of Belgium is smaller than the Indian state of Haryana.
• Belgium, India, and Spain are examples of holding-together federations.
• The population of Belgium is about half the population of Haryana.
• Belgium has a very complex ethnic composition.
• 40% of the Belgian population live in the Wallonia region and speak the French language.
• 59% of the Belgian population speaks Dutch language and lives in the Flemish region.
• Brussels is the capital of Belgium.
• In Brussels, 20% of the population speaks Dutch language and 80% of the population speaks French.
• In the 1960s and 1950s there were tensions between the Dutch speaking and French speaking communities of Belgium.
• The Dutch speaking people were a majority in the country but they were a minority in the capital region, Brussels.
• The minority rich community was relatively rich and powerful in Belgium, which was resented by the Dutch community as they got education and economic development at a much later stage.