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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]
The Flemish Region or Flanders (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest or Vlaanderen) occupies the northern part of Belgium. It has a surface area of 13,626 km 2 (5,261 sq mi), or 44.4% of Belgium, and is divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 300 municipalities.
Aalst (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Alost, pronounced; Brabantian: Oilsjt) is a city and municipality in the province of East Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.It is located on the Dender River, about 31 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Brussels.
Kortrijk (/ ˈ k ɔːr t r aɪ k / KORT-ryke, [2] Dutch: [ˈkɔrtrɛik] ⓘ; West Flemish: Kortryk or Kortrik; French: Courtrai), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray [3] [4] (/ k ʊər ˈ t r eɪ / koor-TRAY), [2] is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
Most Flemings live within the Flemish Region, which is a federal state within Belgium with its own elected government. However, like Belgium itself, the official capital of Flanders is the City of Brussels, [4] which lies within the Brussels-Capital Region, not the Flemish Region, and the majority of residents there are French speaking. The ...
Halle (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Hal, pronounced) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district (arrondissement) of the province of Flemish Brabant. It is located on the Brussels–Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia. Halle lies on the border between ...
The Regions have the power to amend or replace the existing legislation on the provincial institutions, most notably the Provincial Law of 30 April 1836. In the Flemish Region, the Provincial Decree of 9 December 2005 applies. In the Walloon Region, the Code of Local Democracy and Decentralisation applies.
Flemish Brabant (Dutch: Vlaams-Brabant [ˌvlaːmz ˈbraːbɑnt] ⓘ; [a] French: Brabant flamand [bʁabɑ̃ flamɑ̃] ⓘ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Liège , Walloon Brabant , Hainaut and East Flanders .