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The Flemish Region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 alongside the Walloon Region
Walloon Region

The Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, is one of the three Regions of Belgium of Belgium. It represents 33% of the population and 55% of the territory of Belgium....
 and the Brussels-Capital Region. It occupies the northern part of Belgium and has a surface area of 13,522 kmē (44.29% of Belgium).

Politics
Immediately after its establishment, the region transferred all its constitutional competencies to the Flemish Community
Flemish Community

The term Flemish Community has two distinct, though related, meanings:# Culturally and sociologically, it refers to Flemish organizations, media, social and cultural life; alternative expressions for this concept might be the "Flemings" or the "Flemish nation" ....
. The current Flemish authorities (Flemish parliament
Flemish Parliament

The Flemish Parliament constitutes the legislature in Flanders, for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and a cultural and linguistic community of Belgium....
, Flemish government
Flemish government

The Flemish Government is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region. It consists of up to maximum eleven ministers, chosen by the Flemish Parliament....
) therefore represent all the Flemish people
Flemish people

The terms the Flemish people , and the Flemings or the Flemish denote the more than six million people of Flanders, the northern half of the country Belgium — and, as well, the majority of all Belgium; the terms Fleming and Flemings denote respectively a person and the people of that community....
, including those living in the Brussels-Capital Region.






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The Flemish Region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 alongside the Walloon Region
Walloon Region

The Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, is one of the three Regions of Belgium of Belgium. It represents 33% of the population and 55% of the territory of Belgium....
 and the Brussels-Capital Region. It occupies the northern part of Belgium and has a surface area of 13,522 kmē (44.29% of Belgium).

Politics


Immediately after its establishment, the region transferred all its constitutional competencies to the Flemish Community
Flemish Community

The term Flemish Community has two distinct, though related, meanings:# Culturally and sociologically, it refers to Flemish organizations, media, social and cultural life; alternative expressions for this concept might be the "Flemings" or the "Flemish nation" ....
. The current Flemish authorities (Flemish parliament
Flemish Parliament

The Flemish Parliament constitutes the legislature in Flanders, for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and a cultural and linguistic community of Belgium....
, Flemish government
Flemish government

The Flemish Government is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region. It consists of up to maximum eleven ministers, chosen by the Flemish Parliament....
) therefore represent all the Flemish people
Flemish people

The terms the Flemish people , and the Flemings or the Flemish denote the more than six million people of Flanders, the northern half of the country Belgium — and, as well, the majority of all Belgium; the terms Fleming and Flemings denote respectively a person and the people of that community....
, including those living in the Brussels-Capital Region. Hence, the Flemish Region is governed by the Flemish Community institutions. However, members of the Flemish Community parliament who were elected in Brussels-Capital Region, have no right to vote on Flemish regional affairs.

Administrative divisions


The Flemish region comprises 5 provinces (the provinces contain a total of 308 municipalities):
  1. Antwerp
    Antwerp (province)

    Antwerp is the northernmost provinces of regions in Belgium both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg , Flemish Brabant and East Flanders....
      (Dutch: Antwerpen)
  2. Limburg
    Limburg (Belgium)

    Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders , and is located west of the Maas River river. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Li?ge , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
      (Limburg)
  3. East Flanders
    East Flanders

    East Flanders is a Provinces of regions in Belgium of Flemish Region, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp , Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders ....
      (Oost-Vlaanderen)
  4. Flemish Brabant
    Flemish Brabant

    Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp , Limburg , Li?ge , Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders....
      (Vlaams-Brabant)
  5. West Flanders
    West Flanders

    West Flanders is the westernmost Provinces of regions in Belgium of Flemish Region, in Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands, the Flemish Region province of East Flanders and the Wallonia province of Hainaut in Belgium, on France, and the North Sea....
      (West-Vlaanderen)


Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
 is sometimes considered a part of Flanders, but only for its Flemish inhabitants and local institutions, who are in both the region of Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region. Brussels is also the official capital of Flanders.

Cities


Largest cities in the region include (with population figures in 2007):
  • Antwerp
    Antwerp

    ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....
     (466,484)
  • Gent
    Ghent

    Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys River and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe....
     (234,602)
  • Brugge (116,500)
  • Leuven
    Leuven

    Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre....
     (95,232)
  • Mechelen
    Mechelen

    Mechelen is a Dutch-speaking city and municipality in the province of Antwerp , Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Mechelen proper, some quarters at its outskirts, the hamlets of Nekkerspoel and Battel , as well as the villages of Walem, Heffen, Leest, Hombeek, and Muizen....
     (78,480)
  • Aalst
    Aalst, Belgium

    Aalst is a city and Municipalities in Belgium on the Dender River, 19 miles northwest from Brussels. It is located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of East Flanders....
     (78,184)
  • Kortrijk
    Kortrijk

    Kortrijk is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium West Flanders. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the towns of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke , and Rollegem....
     (73,376)
  • Oostende (69,845)
  • Hasselt
    Hasselt

    ||-||-||}Hasselt is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium, and capital of the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of Limburg . The Hasselt municipality includes the city of Hasselt and the old communes of Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Wimmertingen, Kermt, Spalbeek, Kuringen, Stokrooie, Stevoort and Runkst....
     (69,455)
  • Sint-Niklaas
    Sint-Niklaas

    Sint-Niklaas is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sint-Niklaas proper and the towns of Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, and Sinaai....
     (69,277)
  • Genk
    Genk

    Genk is a city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Belgium Provinces of Belgium of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself....
     (64,071)
  • Roeselare
    Roeselare

    Roeselare is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren , Oekene and Rumbeke....
     (56,797)


Language


The official language is Dutch, often referred to by its inhabitants as Flemish
Flemish

Flemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, a number of varieties of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....
. French may be used for certain administrative purposes in a limited number of the so-called "municipalities with language facilities" around the Brussels Capital Region and on the border with Wallonia
Wallonia

Wallonia is the Francophone southern part of Belgium. This region makes up about 31% of the Belgian population.Since 1970, Wallonia has approximately coincided with the territory of the Walloon Region, which is a federated component of the Belgian state and provides a government and a parliament to both Wallonia and the smaller German-s...
.

Education

  • List of schools in Antwerp
    List of schools in Antwerp

    An incomplete list of schools in the province of Antwerp , Belgium....
  • List of schools in East Flanders
    List of schools in East Flanders

    An incomplete list of schools in the province of East Flanders, Belgium....
  • List of schools in Flemish Brabant
  • List of schools in Limburg
  • List of schools in West Flanders
    List of schools in West Flanders

    An incomplete list of schools in the province of West Flanders, Belgium....


See also

  • Communities and regions of Belgium
  • Provinces of regions in Belgium
  • De Vlaamse Leeuw
    De Vlaamse Leeuw

    De Vlaamse Leeuw is the national anthem of Flanders, a region in the federal kingdom of Belgium....
  • Count of Flanders
    Count of Flanders

    The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French Revolution in 1790....
  • St. Gummarus
    Gummarus

    Saint Gummarus was the son of the Lord of Emblem. He received no formal education, but served in the court of Pippin the Younger until he left to serve in Pepin's army, serving eight years in the field in Lombardy, Saxony, and the Aquitaine....
  • Flanders
    Flanders

    Flanders is a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Over the course of history, the geographical territory that was called "Flanders" has varied....
  • French Flemish


External links

  • (Dutch: Vlaamse overheid).
  • (also in French, German and Dutch).