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This is a list of cities in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. ... City name Arrondissement Province Inhabitants (1/1/2017) Aalst: Aalst: East Flanders: 84,859
Flanders (/ ˈflɑːndərz / FLAHN-dərz[ a ] or / ˈflændərz / FLAN-dərz; [ b ] Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə (n)] ⓘ) [ c ] 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 ...
At the time of the independence of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1830, Belgium's territory simply consisted of the existing nine southern provinces. The first article of the Belgian Constitution said: "Belgium is divided into provinces. These provinces are Antwerp, Brabant, West Flanders, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg ...
The Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest, pronounced [ˌvlaːms xəˈʋɛst] ⓘ), [ a ][ b ] usually simply referred to as Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə (n)] ⓘ), [ c ] is one of the three regions of Belgium —alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. [ 5 ] Covering the northern portion of the country, the ...
List of municipalities of the Flemish Region. At the creation of Belgium in 1831, there were 2,739 municipalities in the country, which had fallen to 2,663 municipalities by 1961. Following a series of decisions and actions, carried out in 1975, 1983 and 2019, the fusion of the Belgian municipalities reduced the national total to 581 ...
Media in category "Flanders" This category contains only the following file. Bauernstube in Flandern.WWI postcard art.Wittig collection.item 34.scan.obverse.jpg 7,313 × 4,936; 6.4 MB
This is a list of names of Belgian places in other languages. Flanders. Flemish Region: Dutch West Flemish Limburgish German French Picard Walloon; Aalst: Oalst: Aalst:
List of Flemish painters This is an incomplete list of Flemish painters , with place and date of birth and death, sorted by patronymic , and grouped according to century of birth. It includes painters such as Rubens from (or mostly active in) the Southern Netherlands , which is approximately the area of modern Flanders and modern Wallonia.