'Walloon' may refer to:
Belgium
★ The
Walloons, inhabitants of
Wallonia, a geographic term of a part of Belgium based on an identity concept ; see for instance
the Walloons' Song.
★ The
Walloons, inhabitants (often called ''Wallonians'' when seen as citizens) of the
Walloon Region (often called ''Wallonia''), a region of the federal state of Belgium.
★ ''Walloon'' is also the adjective referring
– either to
Wallonia or its people, for instance the
Walloon language;
– or to the
Walloon Region, for instance the
Walloon Parliament and the province named
Walloon Brabant;
(The distinction is not always clearly made, see for instance the Walloon Rally, a "Walloon" political party active from 1968 to 1985.)– or, now most rarely and only within that context, to ''Wallonia'', a former administrative region created on 21 March 1917 by a decree of
Moritz von Bissing, General Governor of the occupation authorities of Belgium, within the framework of
Flamenpolitik.
United States
★ Short for
Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.
France
★
Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use
stadium in
Toulouse,
France.
People
★
Henri Wallon (1812-1904), historian, statesman
★
Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.
Nature
★ The Walloon forge, used for the production of
oregrounds iron
★ The Walloon Coal Measures, coal deposits laid down during the
Jurassic age. They are up to 15m thick of sub-bituminous to
bituminous coal suited for
coking, steam-raising and oil cracking.
See also
★
Belgian French