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Belgium borders on France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands as well as on the North Sea. Its capital, Brussels, is also the capital of the European Union. The country has an area of 30,528 km2 and a population of just over 11 million people (2013). Its population density of 328 people per km2 is the second largest in Europe. However, the population density does vary – from 429 people/km2 in the north of the country to 194 people /km2 in the south. There are three official languages: Dutch, French, and German.
As agreed, Christiane Brusselmans-Dehairs left the team of authors upon completion of her work on the English edition of The Education Systems of Europe. A Belgian colleague of hers had intended to replace her but has not delivered. The editors have therefore decided to retain most of Ms. Brusselmans-Dehairs’s contribution to the 2nd edition published in 2004 with some updates.
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Brusselmans-Dehairs, C. (2015). Belgium. In: Hörner, W., Döbert, H., Reuter, L., von Kopp, B. (eds) The Education Systems of Europe. Global Education Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07473-3_7
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