been uttered when the children start going round from house to house in order to celebrate the three kings. The individual groups sing a song at the doors and demand a “lôtire” for their efforts, in other words a small sweetmeat. They sing in Walloon and say that the kings have sent them." The East Cantons as a whole should therefore not be confused with the German language region created in 1963 or with the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which does not include the (smaller) Malmedy and Waimes areas. Current administration After becoming part of Belgium in the 1920s, the municipalities composing these territories were grouped into the three cantons of Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith. The administration was overhauled during the local government reforms of 1976–77, and are now administered as follows: Canton of Eupen Eupen: Eupen and Kettenis Kelmis (in French La Calamine): Kelmis, Neu-Moresnet and Hergenrath Moresnet: Lontzen and Walhorn Raeren: Raeren, Eynatten and Hauset Canton of Sankt Vith Sankt Vith (in French Saint-Vith): Sankt Vith, Crombach, Lommersweiler, Schönberg and Recht Bütgenbach (in French Butgenbach): Bütgenbach and Elsenborn Büllingen (in French Bullange): Büllingen, Manderfeld and Rocherath Amel (in French Amblève): Amel, Herresbach, Heppenbach and Meyerode Burg-Reuland: and Thommen Canton of Malmedy Malmedy: Malmedy, Bévercé and Bellevaux-Ligneuville Waimes (in German Weismes): Waimes, Faymonville and Robertville Linguistically, the Canton of Malmedy is mostly Francophone while the Cantons of Eupen and Sankt Vith are mostly Germanophone. When the three language-based communities of Belgium were created as part of the Belgian state reforms, Malmedy was placed in the French-speaking Community and Eupen and Sankt Vith were placed in the German-speaking Community. All the 11 municipalities of the East Cantons are "municipalities with language facilities", with the nine Germanophone municipalities also offering services in French and the two Francophone municipalities also offering services in German. See also Areas annexed by Nazi Germany Belgian annexation plans after the Second World War German-speaking Community of Belgium Low Dietsch Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy References Bibliography Further reading External links Brüll, Christoph: Eupen-Malmedy, In: 1914-1918-Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Geographic history of Belgium German-speaking Community of Belgium History of Wallonia Regions of Wallonia Eupen Malmedy Treaty of Versailles Regions of Europe with multiple official languages