. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. e. the present kingdom ofthe Netherlands), the North Sea and RhenishPrussia. Its greatest length from north-west tosouth-east is 173 miles ; and its greatest breadthfrom north to south, 105 miles. Area and Population. —The whole area of Belgiumis 11,373 sq. m., or slightlv over a third of that ofIreland. The population at the census of 1880 was5,520,009, and at that of 1890, 6,147,041. Beneathare given the provinces, their areas, their ])opula-tion at December 31, 1S92, and their chief towns : Provinces. Sq. Miles. Pop. Chief Cit
. Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge. e. the present kingdom ofthe Netherlands), the North Sea and RhenishPrussia. Its greatest length from north-west tosouth-east is 173 miles ; and its greatest breadthfrom north to south, 105 miles. Area and Population. —The whole area of Belgiumis 11,373 sq. m., or slightlv over a third of that ofIreland. The population at the census of 1880 was5,520,009, and at that of 1890, 6,147,041. Beneathare given the provinces, their areas, their ])opula-tion at December 31, 1S92, and their chief towns : Provinces. Sq. Miles. Pop. Chief Cities. Antweri) 1,003 726,233 Antwerp. WestFlamlers 1,249 749,291 Bruges. East Flanders 1,1 oS 9U1,007 Ghent. Hainault 1, l,,8Sl Mons,. Li^se bllT 778,724 J-iege. Brabant I,2(i8 1,136,827 Brussels. Linibur- 931 ,000 Luxemburg 1,706 212,171 Avion. Namur 1,41-1 339,321 ^anlu^. 11,373 6,195,305 At the same date the kingdom contained seventeentowns with over 20,000 inhabitants. Of thesethe largest were Brussels, the capital, 488,188. BELGIUM 49 (incliuling suburbs); Antwerp, 240,343; Life^e155,S98; Client, 151,811. ° Tilt piiiiiiiation of l>el;,iuin is of mixed Germanand Celtic ori^iiii. Tiic Flemings (of Teutonicstwk) and Walloons <lied by their ])eeuliar dialects (see ,Vol. V. i>. 745; ), are still consj)icHousaiUKUg the jmre (Jermans, Dutch, and ;t and \\ est Flandei-s, Antwero, and Limbur^are almost wlmlly Flemish : and iJraliaiit mainlvso. The line between the Flemish and is sharoly ortion of nine to eight. Belgium is the most densely jieopled country inEurope, the population beiiig548 to the sq. m., ascomuared with 4!)7 in England and Wales (in 1891Fngland without Wales having 540, Lancii
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