which country is located directly east of belgium?
Europe
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 While in control of Belgium , France and the Netherlands each tried to force assimilation of their national languages , but in neither case did their rule last long enough for the language to become fully entrenched across the region or for local dialects to be displaced . 

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 = = = = Paris , Eastern Europe and Norway = = = = 

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 As the course of the Napoleonic Wars turned , the territory was invaded by Russian and Prussian forces . After Napoleon 's defeat and exile in 1814 , the Southern Netherlands were occupied jointly by the Austrians , Prussians and Dutch . In an attempt to strengthen their position in Belgium , the Austrians began to recruit a Belgian Legion of infantry , cavalry and artillery , which was merged with the Dutch army . The Hundred Days ' Campaign , launched by Napoleon after his escape from exile , was largely fought in Belgium in early 1815 , and Napoleon 's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo occurred just miles from Brussels . 

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 Throughout the long nineteenth century , as a common destination for political refugees , Belgium was home to important émigré communities , particularly in Brussels . From 1871 , many of the Paris Communards fled to Brussels , where they received political asylum . The far @-@ right politician General Georges Boulanger arrived in 1889 . Other notable exiles living in Belgium included the writer Victor Hugo and the theorist Karl Marx . 

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 In the years leading up to 1789 , the territory today known as Belgium was divided into two states , called the Austrian Netherlands and Prince @-@ Bishopric of Liège , both of which were part of the Holy Roman Empire . In the aftermath of the French Revolution , both states experienced revolutions in 1789 in which the old order was overthrown and new states created . These revolutions were condemned by the Holy Roman Empire and were crushed by 1792 . The territory was only briefly regained , however , as the area was captured by the French during the French Revolutionary Wars and incorporated into the French First Republic . This French period lasted roughly from 1794 to 1815 . In the aftermath of Napoleon 's final defeat in 1815 , the Congress of Vienna added the territory of Belgium to the Netherlands , and until 1830 , Belgium was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . 
