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Flanders is known for its music festivals, like the annual Rock Werchter, Tomorrowland and Pukkelpop. The Gentse Feesten is another very large yearly event. The best-selling Flemish group or artist is the (Flemish-Dutch) group 2 Unlimited , followed by (Italian-born) Rocco Granata , Technotronic , Helmut Lotti and Vaya Con Dios .
Flanders played a role in the Rickenbacker Motor Company, founded in 1921. [12] Flanders also produced more than 2,000 motorcycles [13] from 1911 to 1912 of which about two dozen still exist today. An example was on display at the AMA Motorcycle Museum in Columbus, Ohio. [14] Another is at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.
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.
Joan of Flanders [a] (c. 1295 – September 1374) was duchess of Brittany by her marriage to John of Montfort. Much of her life was taken up in defense of the rights of her husband to the duchy, and, later, her son's rights to the duchy, which was challenged by the House of Blois during the War of the Breton Succession .
The Flemish Diamond (Dutch: Vlaamse Ruit) is the name of the central, populous area in Flanders and consists of several of these cities, such as Antwerp, Ghent, Leuven and Mechelen. Approximately 5.5 million people live in the area.
Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,223. [2] Its county seat is Millersburg. [3] The county was formed in 1824 from portions of Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne counties and organized the following year. [4]
Athens is a city and the county seat of Athens County, Ohio, United States.The population was 23,849 at the 2020 census. [5] Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Columbus, Athens is best known as the home of Ohio University, a large public research university with an undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 21,000 students. [6]
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