WALLONIA

French Wallonne, formally Walloon Region, French Rgion Wallonne region that comprises the southern half of Belgium. Wallonia was created in 1995 in the reorganization of Belgium's provincial administration along ethnolinguistic lines. It consists of the French-speaking provinces of Hainaut, Lige, Luxembourg, Namur, and Walloon Brabant (qq.v.). Wallonia's elected assembly forms a regional government that has broad authority over social and economic policy and administration. Namur city is the capital of the region. Area 6,504 square miles (16,844 square km). Pop. (1993 est.) 3,293,352.