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 Marcel Kint. Memorable people who died in Belgium include Laurent Grimmonprez, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, and Pierre Braine. Belgium has been the birth place of many athletes, and cyclists 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. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it 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. Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km2 (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.8 million; its population density of 383/km2 (990/sq mi) ranks 22nd in the world and sixth in Europe. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Read more on Wikipedia