Chris Browet wrote: > 2009/8/3 Ben Laenen <benlae...@gmail.com> > >> wannes wrote: >> > 2009/8/3 Ben Laenen <benlae...@gmail.com> >> > > btw, while checking the history of the place node >> > > (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/17401554/history) I've seen >> the >> > > name >> > > has apparently been changed some days ago to include German as well >> (and >> > > Dutch >> > > and French switched place as well), so it's now "Bruxelles - Brussel - >> > > Brüssel". Now I don't exactly see a reason here why German should be >> > > included... >> > >> > Because it's an official language in Belgium? (and we do /not/ want to >> > discriminate anyone :-) ) >> > http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talen_in_Belgi%C3%AB >> >> Yeah, of course I know Belgium has German as official language (hence it's >> name tag is "België - Belgique - Belgien"), but German isn't an official >> language in Brussels. >> > Interesting one... I would have indeed intuitively thought the language > usage would be defined by region. > But as there is no "german" region (only community), where is german an > official language (and how is it geographically defined)?
The municipalities in the "East kantons": Eupen, Malmedy and Sankt Vith. Officially they are municipalities with language facilities: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_with_language_facilities> See also <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-speaking_Community_of_Belgium> Regards, Maarten _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
