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( Germanic Europe)
Germanic Europe In its widest sense, this region consists of Iceland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Swedish-speaking municipalities of Finland, French Flanders and Alsace-Moselle in France, Flanders and the smaller German-speaking Community in Belgium, the German-speaking part of Luxembourg, Germany, the formerly German parts of Poland as well as in East Prussia and the Baltic States Estonia and Latvia, Liechtenstein, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, Austria, and the province of Bolzano-Bozen in Italy. The Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, whilst actually belonging to Celtic Europe, are considered (here) to be partially Germanic because of the dominance of the English language in these areas. Similarly Finland is included because of the existence of a minority of Swedish-speakers in certain areas. However, the vast majority inhabitants of these countries do not consider themselves Germanic. The predominant religion in the majority of the region is Protestantism; the United Kingdom, the Nordic countries, the Northern Netherlands, northern Germany, and most of German-speaking Switzerland are Protestant. At the same time, some parts of the region are predominantly Catholic Republic of Ireland, Austria, and southern Germany (particularly Bavaria).
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