BELGIUM

Sunday 1 March 2009

BANK NOTE FROM BELGIUM

09.11.1944

16.05.1966

15.06.1966
COLLECTION FROM ENGLAND

Tuesday 9 December 2008

BANK NOTE FROM BELGIUM

1956

1950
COLLECTION FROM ENGLAND

COUNTRY INFORMATION

Local name: Belgique/Belgie
Capital: Brussels
Government: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Currency: euro (EUR)
Official language: Dutch 60%, French 40% German 1%
Famous people: King Leopold II; Django Reinhardt

Brief History. This region was inhabited in ancient times by the Belgae, the region was part of the Roman and Carolingian empires before breaking up into a number of feudal states during the Middle Ages. Modern Belgium acquired its independence from the Netherlands in 1830. It was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II, but stayed neutral in both. The country prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU.