Belgium (bel)

Belgium

Belgium ranks 1,338th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Malden, Massachusetts, Tyre, Lebanon, and Kansas City, Kansas. Memorable people born in Belgium include Étienne Lenoir, Gaston Roelants, and Erwin Vandenbergh. Memorable people who died in Belgium include Guido Gezelle, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, and Victor Mees. Belgium has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and writers. Belgium is located in Belgium.

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. It covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.7 million. With 383/km2 (990/sq mi), Belgium's population density ranks 22nd in the world and 6th in Europe. Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Read more on Wikipedia