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Flanders shares its borders with Wallonia in the south, Brussels being an enclave within the Flemish Region. The rest of the border is shared with the Netherlands (Zeelandic Flanders in Zeeland, North Brabant and Limburg) in the north and east, and with France (French Flanders in Hauts-de-France) and the North Sea in the west.
Flanders, medieval principality in the southwest of the Low Countries, now included in the French département of Nord (q.v.), the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders (qq.v.), and the Dutch province of Zeeland (q.v.). The name appeared as early as the 8th century and is believed to.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Related Places: France. Netherlands. Belgium. Flanders, region that constitutes the northern half of Belgium. Along with the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region, the self-governing Flemish Region was created during the federalization of Belgium, largely along ethnolinguistic lines, in the 1980s and ’90s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The original medieval county of Flanders spread from the area of Bruges, and later had its capital in nearby Ghent. Its core territories came to include French Flanders, now in France, the Belgian provinces of West and East Flanders, and part of the modern province of Hainaut.
Dec 6, 2019 · Flanders is the northern part of Belgium. It shares its southern border with Wallonia while the rest of the border is shared with France in the west, the Netherlands in the north and east, and the North Sea. Brussels is an enclave in the Flemish Region.
- John Misachi
French Flanders ( French: La Flandre française, pronounced [flɑ̃dʁə fʁɑ̃sɛz]) [1] is a part of the historical County of Flanders, where Flemish —a Low Franconian dialect cluster of Dutch —was (and to some extent, still is) traditionally spoken.
Walled and moated cities and towns; imposing memorials; preserved sections of trench and a host of museums are all part of the mix. Visit the area known as French Flanders and you'll discover a historic land with towns pickled in the past, unique local cuisine & loads to see and do...
