Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Anvers, German: Flandern, Limburgish: Vlaondere, West Flemish: Vloandern) or Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest), is the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium.^[3]

Flanders Vlaanderen  (Dutch)
Community and region of Belgium
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: De Vlaamse Leeuw ("The Flemish Lion")
Present-day Belgian Flanders (dark green) shown within Belgium and Europe. Brussels is in some contexts considered part of Flanders and in other contexts separate.
Country	Belgium
County of Flanders	862–1795
Community in Belgium	1970
Region in Belgium	1980
Seat	Brussels
Government
• Executive	Flemish Government
• Governing parties (2019–2024)	N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
• Minister-President	Jan Jambon (N-VA)
• Legislature	Flemish Parliament
• Speaker	Liesbeth Homans (N-VA)
Area
• Land	13,626 km2 (5,261 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2022)
• Total	6,698,876[1][2]
• Density	492/km2 (1,270/sq mi)
• Official language	Dutch
Demonym(s)	Flemish (adjective), Fleming (person) Vlaams (adjective), Vlaming (person)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	BE-VLG
Website	www.vlaanderen.be
The area and population figures are given for the Flemish Region, not the Community.

Their version of the Dutch language is usually called Flemish (Dutch: Vlaams).^[4] Its vocabulary and pronunciation is not identical with Dutch as spoken in Holland.

Flanders has five provinces and 300 municipalities. About seven million people live there. Its capital is Brussels, which is also the capital of Belgium..

There are some other differences from the rest of Belgium. related to culture, politics and history.

Provinces

Flanders has five provinces:

Province	Capital	Population 2022	Area km²	Density km²
Antwerp	Antwerp	1,886,609	2,876	656
Flemish Brabant	Leuven	1,173,440	2,118	554
Limburg	Hasselt	885,951	2,427	365
East Flanders	Ghent	1,543,865	3,007	513
West Flanders	Bruges	1,209,011	3,197	378

Related pages

Flanders (or Flemish Region) is one of three regions in Belgium. The other two regions are:

• Wallonia (or Walloon Region) for the French-speaking part of Belgium
• Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual (French and Dutch)