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East Flanders ( Dutch: Oost-Vlaanderen [ˌoːst ˈflaːndərə (n)] ⓘ, [5] French: Flandre-Orientale [flɑ̃dʁ ɔʁjɑ̃tal], German: Ostflandern [ˈɔstˌflandɐn], West Flemish: Ôost-Vloandern) is a province of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) the Dutch province of Zeeland and the Flemish province of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant ...
Flemish people or Flemings ( Dutch: Vlamingen [ˈvlaːmɪŋə (n)] ⓘ) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Flemish people make up the majority of Belgians, at about 60%. " Flemish " was historically a geographical term, as all inhabitants of the medieval County of Flanders in modern-day Belgium ...
East Flanders borders (clockwise from the North) on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant (both in Flanders), of Hainaut and of West Flanders . The province has an area of 3,007 square kilometres (1,161 square miles) with a population of about 1,544,000 in 2022.
Zeelandic Flanders is the north-eastern part of the large historical region of Flanders which today lies mostly in Belgium. It shares a land border with the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders. 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 ...
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The German advance was halted with the Battle of the Marne.
Diksmuide. Diksmuide ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˌdɪksˈmœydə] ⓘ; French: Dixmude, French pronunciation: [diksmyd]; West Flemish: Diksmude) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Diksmuide proper and the former communes of Beerst, Esen, Kaaskerke, Keiem, Lampernisse ...
