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The ''High Life de Belgique'' ( French for High Life of Belgium) is a
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that was founded in 1880.


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It publishes annually a directory containing the contact details of more than twelve thousand families of the high society (
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and upper
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), Belgian or foreign, established in Belgium. This directory coexists with the '' Carnet Mondain''; they are the Belgian equivalents of the American ''
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'' or the French '' Bottin Mondain'' and '' French High Life''.


See also

* Carnet Mondain *
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