Many Walloon words and expressions have crept into Belgian French, especially in eastern regions of Wallonia.
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, most residents of what is now Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the south of the country, spoke Walloon.
Simon Hardimé (1672–1737) was a Walloon painter of flowers and fruit.
The name comes from the Dutch "Waal bocht", which means "Walloons' bay", named for Belgian immigrants.
Henri Pirenne wrote nevertheless the strike quickly spread to the Walloon basins of Liège, Charleroi Centre, Borinage Verviers and also in Flanders in
Spanish history remembers this battle for the vain gallantry of the Guard and Walloon regiments under Vicente Genaro de Quesada.
The resistance included both men and women, from both Walloon and Flemish parts of the country.
A finery forge for the Walloon process would typically have one chafery to work two fineries (but sometimes one or three fineries).
He was also a Walloon movement activist and at the end of the Walloon National Congress there was a standing ovation after his speech, the assembly then singing La Marseillaise.
In 1758 the 'Seigneurie de Seneffe' was bought by Joseph Depestre, a Walloon merchant who earned a fortune by selling goods to the Imperial Austrian troops stationed in the Austrian Netherlands.
Dendermondse won the Belgian double in 2011/12 breaking the domination of the Walloon and Brussels based teams.
Indeed, Flemish and Walloon economies differ in many respects (consider for instance Eurostats and OECD statistics), and cities like Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, Bruges, Charleroi or Ghent also exhibit significant differences.
As a Dutch speaking enclave in a Walloon province during the 19th century, Everbeek was uniquely destined to provide emigrants to the newly formed Canadian bilingual (English/French) province of Manitoba.
Falisolle (Farjole in Walloon ) is a village in the Belgian municipality of Sambreville, located in Wallonia in the province of Namur.
In Swedish Uppland north of Stockholm and certain adjacent provinces, another kind known as the Walloon forge was used, mainly for the production of a particularly pure kind of iron known as oregrounds iron, which was exported to England to make blister steel.
The Walloon families had originally arrived at Noten Island (Governors Island) across from Fort Amsterdam in the Upper New York Bay, They had been sent south in order to begin the population of the province of New Netherland.
Frasnes-lez-Anvaing a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut
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Frasnes-lez-Gosselies, a village in Les Bons Villers, a Walloon municipality in the Belgian province of Hainaut
Saint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry (also known as Gorik, Gau; in Walloon, Djèri) (ca. 550—August 11, ca. 626) was a bishop of Cambrai.
Instead of Guimard it was the slightly older Walloon architect Laurent-Benoît Dewez who succeeded Faulte as official architect of the court.
During the late Middle Ages, "within the context of the demand for iron for artillery, important technological developments in iron working occurred in Wallonia (...) of particular importance in the County of Namur, County of Hainaut (... and) Principality of Liège", called Walloon method.
Incourt, Belgium, a municipality in the province of Walloon Brabant
The impoverished family was not able to provide better, and Isabella married a Walloon knight, Walter III of Enghien, whose lordships in and around the Hainaut were not unsubstantial (Condé, Enghien).
The Walloon Minister President started a debate about the Walloon identity on 1 March 2010 in the newspaper La Meuse.
Meix-le-Tige (Walloon MS-li-Tîxhe) is a section of the Belgian town of Saint-Léger, located in Wallonia municipality in the province of Luxembourg of Belgium.
Mercurey is twinned with Genappe, and Melen, Walloon municipalities located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant.
Montignies-sur-Sambre, a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut, along the river Sambre
After a spell in France with USF Le Puy, Charles returned to Belgium, ending his career with two Walloon teams: UR Namur and Wallonia Walhain.
Built in 1971, the circuit hosted two rounds of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix in 1972 and 1974 during the time when the race was supposed to alternate between Walloon and Flemish circuits.
Noville, Belgium : Noville or Noville-lez-Bastogne (en wallon Noveye-dilé-Bastogne) is a section of the Belgian town of Bastogne in the Walloon Region in the province of Luxembourg.
On the suppression of the academy of Sedan in 1681, Jurieu received an invitation to a church at Rouen, but, afraid to remain in France on account of his forthcoming work, La Politique du clergé de France, he went to Holland and was pastor of the Walloon church of Rotterdam till his death.
Louis Remacle (1910–1999), linguistics professor, scholar of the Walloon language
Until the Austrian Netherlands were overrun and annexed by the First French Republic in 1794, the region continued to supply 400 to 500 recruits per year to the Walloon Guards through a recruitment office in Liège.
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Four battalions of Walloon Guards garrisoned in Barcelona and Aragon continued in Spanish service, seeing much action against the French.