Walloon people

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The Walloon people are a French-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting southern Belgium, known for their distinct Romance language (Walloon), rich industrial heritage, and vibrant regional culture.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Walloon people canonical 3
Walloons 2
French-speaking Belgians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
capitalRegion Namur ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
culturalRegion Hainaut ⓘ
Liège ⓘ
Luxembourg (Belgian province) ⓘ
linked to: Luxembourg Province

Namur ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
Walloon Brabant ⓘ
demographicsNote constitute a large share of the French-speaking population of Belgium ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United States ⓘ
ethnonym Walloon ⓘ
linked to: Walloon language
historicalLanguageFamily Oïl languages ⓘ
knownFor beer brewing ⓘ
carnival traditions ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
folklore festivals ⓘ
gastronomy ⓘ
glassmaking ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
socialist labor movement ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Walloon language ⓘ
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
minorityStatus linguistic minority in Belgium ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
Walloon language ⓘ
partOf Belgian people ⓘ
politicalStatus French-speaking community of Belgium ⓘ
constituent community of Belgium ⓘ
primaryRegion Wallonia ⓘ
southern Belgium ⓘ
linked to: Wallonia
relatedEthnicity Champenois people ⓘ
linked to: Champenois

Flemish people ⓘ
French people ⓘ
Luxembourgish people ⓘ
linked to: Luxembourgers

Picard people ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Chant des Wallons → subject → Walloon people ⓘ
Walloon theatre → associatedWith → Walloon community ⓘ
linked to: Walloon people
Peter Minuit → ethnicGroup → Walloon ⓘ
linked to: Walloon people
Flemish people → relatedEthnicGroup → Walloon people ⓘ
French people → relatedEthnicGroup → Walloon people ⓘ
Jan de Lannoy → associatedWith → Walloons ⓘ
linked to: Walloon people
Coat of arms of Wallonia → associatedWith → Walloon culture ⓘ
linked to: Walloon people
Walloon Rally → primaryElectoralBase → French-speaking Belgians ⓘ
linked to: Walloon people
Belgian society → hasEthnicGroup → Walloons ⓘ
linked to: Walloon people