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Western European Union

former international organization and military alliance
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Summary

Western European Union is an international organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of international organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,966 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Belgium[3]
  • Instance of: military alliance[4], multinational military coalition[5]
  • Capital: Brussels-Capital Region[6]
  • Follows: Western Union[7]
  • Followed by: European Union[8], Council of Europe[9]
  • Headquarters location: Brussels metropolitan area[10]
  • Commons category: Western European Union[11]
  • Inception: October 23, 1954[12]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: June 30, 2011[13]
  • Official website: http://www.weu.int/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Western European Union[15]
  • Replaced by: European Union[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

Western European Union has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Belgium Germany Italy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Aligned ISNI and Ringgold identifiers for institutions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Europalexikon id → 177366
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Europalexikon id: 177366, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112025998|Westeuropäische Union (WEU) (#112025998)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4371|Europ"
  2. 15w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → Brussels metropolitan area
    Capital → Brussels-Capital Region
    Francearchives agent id → 19057912
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Francearchives agent id: 19057912, ajout id FranceArchives Agent d'après données en open data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/9d83b95faed|details]])"
  3. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Capital → —
    Follows → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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