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Community and region in Belgium Flanders Vlaanderen (Dutch) Flandre (French) Flandern (German) Community and region Flag Coat of arms Anthem: De Vlaamse Leeuw ("The Flemish Lion") Present-day Flanders (dark red) shown within Belgium. Brussels is only part of the Flemish Community, and not of the Flemish Region. Coordinates: 51°00′N 4°30′E / 51.000°N 4.500°E / 51.000; 4.500 ...
County of Flanders, 1350, in relation to the Low Countries and the Holy Roman Empire. The county was located where the border between France and the Holy Roman Empire met the North Sea. The county of Flanders [1] was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.
Flag. Coat of arms. County of Flanders, 1350, in relation to the Low Countries and the Holy Roman Empire. The county was located where the border between France and the Holy Roman Empire met the North Sea. Status.
Flanders was the most urbanized region of northern Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Between c. 1000 and 1300, its town and ports grew in size and number as it became the major center for trade in northern Europe, acting as a nodal point for merchants from England, the Baltic, Italy, and France.
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.
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Flanders is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics, and history, and sometimes involving neighbouring countries. The demonym associated with Flanders is Fleming, while the corresponding adjective is Flemish, which ...
Ruled by Baldwin I in 862, Flanders began to grow as a commercial centre, fostered by its strategic location between the Mediterranean Sea and the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. It passed to Burgundy in 1384 and then to the Austrian Habsburg s in 1477. It remained part of the Netherlands under Spanish rule in the 17th century.
