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Those of the Dutch Reformed religion have remained predominant in all provinces except for Limburg and Noord-Brabant. | Those of the Dutch Reformed religion have remained predominant in all provinces except for Limburg and Noord-Brabant. | ||
== Huguenots (French Protestants or Walloons) | == Huguenots (French Protestants or Walloons) == | ||
[[Image:Bookstore of the Huguenots in Amsterdam.jpg|thumb|left|Engraving of a Huguenot bookstore in Amsterdam, 1715.]] | |||
Natives of northern France and southern Belgium (known at that time as the Southern Netherlands) who accepted Calvinism were persecuted by Catholics, many of them fleeing to the Northern Netherlands. The oldest Walloon congregation, dating from 1571, is in Middelburg. | Natives of northern France and southern Belgium (known at that time as the Southern Netherlands) who accepted Calvinism were persecuted by Catholics, many of them fleeing to the Northern Netherlands. The oldest Walloon congregation, dating from 1571, is in Middelburg. | ||