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Brugge

(Encyclopedia) Brugge: see Bruges, Belgium.

Tirlemont

(Encyclopedia) Tirlemont: see Tienen, Belgium.

Tongres

(Encyclopedia) Tongres: see Tongeren, Belgium.

Tournay

(Encyclopedia) Tournay, Belgium: see Tournai.

Scheldt

(Encyclopedia) ScheldtScheldtskĕlt [key], Du. Schelde, Fr. Escaut, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in N France and flowing generally NE across W Belgium and into the North Sea through the…

Malmédy

(Encyclopedia) MalmédyMalmédymälmādēˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 10,291), Liège prov., E Belgium, near the German border. Economic mainstays are tourism and the manufacture of beer, paper, and tanning…

Saint-Nicolas

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Nicolas: see Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.

Saint-Trond

(Encyclopedia) Saint-Trond: see Sint-Truiden, Belgium.

Baerle-Duc

(Encyclopedia) Baerle-Duc: see Baarle-Hertog, Belgium.

Leopold III, king of the Belgians

(Encyclopedia) Leopold III, 1901–83, king of the Belgians (1934–51), son and successor of Albert I. In 1936, Leopold announced a fundamental change in foreign policy; Belgium abandoned its military…