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Covering the northern portion of the country, the Flemish Region is primarily Dutch -speaking. With an area of 13,626 km 2 (5,261 sq mi), it accounts for only 45% of Belgium's territory, but 58% of its population. It is one of the most densely populated regions of Europe with around 500/km 2 (1,300/sq mi).
Flemish people also emigrated at the end of the fifteenth century, when Flemish traders conducted intensive trade with Spain and Portugal, and from there moved to colonies in America and Africa. [28] The newly discovered Azores were populated by 2,000 Flemish people from 1460 onwards, making these volcanic islands known as the "Flemish Islands".
FC Groningen, founded in 1971, is the local football club, and as of 2000 they play in the Eredivisie, the highest football league of the Netherlands. [83] Winners of the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season, [84] their best Eredivisie result was in the 1990–91 season when they finished third. [85]
Bruges (/ bruːʒ / ⓘ BROOZH, French: [bʁyʒ] ⓘ; Dutch: Brugge [ˈbrʏɣə] ⓘ; West Flemish: Brugge [ˈbrœɦə]; German: Brügge [ˈbʁʏɡə] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the sixth most populous city in the country.
Kortrijk (/ ˈkɔːrtraɪk / KORT-ryke, [ 2 ]Dutch: [ˈkɔrtrɛik] ⓘ; West Flemish: Kortryk or Kortrik; French: Courtrai [kuʁtʁɛ]), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray[ 3 ][ 4 ] (/ kʊərˈtreɪ / koor-TRAY), [ 2 ] is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. With its 80,000 inhabitants (2024 ...
It is a latitudinally oriented strip of land along the Western Scheldt, a North Sea estuary, and has no land access to the rest of the Netherlands. The area of Zeelandic Flanders is 876 km 2 (338 sq mi) of which 733 km 2 (283 sq mi) is land and 143 km 2 (55 sq mi) is water. The region is bordered by the Zwin nature reserve in the West and the ...
Flanders (/ ˈflɑːndərz /, / ˈflæn -/ [ a ]; Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə (n)] ⓘ) [ b ] is the Dutch -speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics, and history, and ...
The County of Flanders was created in the year 862 as a feudal fief in West Francia, the predecessor of the Kingdom of France.After a period of growing power within France, it was divided when its western districts fell under French rule in the late 12th century, with the remaining parts of Flanders came under the rule of the counts of neighbouring Hainaut in 1191.