Walloon Flanders

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Walloon Flanders

The Walloon Flanders (in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
Flandre wallonne, in Latin Comitia Flandriae Wallonensis) is a part of the County of Flanders.

The Walloon Flanders means usually the same territory, the bailiwick of Douai

Douai

Douai is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France.It is a Subprefectures in France of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some 40 km from Lille and 25 km from Arras, Douai is home to one of the region's most impressive belfry ....
and the castelleny of Lille

Lille

Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Urban Community of Lille M?tropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille....
, but in two different periods : In the Spanish Low Countries, it is that signed the Union of Arras on January 6, 1579. And after the Treaties of Nijmegen

Treaties of Nijmegen

The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen were a series of treaties, signed in the Netherlands city of Nijmegen, August 1678 - December 1679, ending war between various countries, including France, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, the Bishopric of M?nster, and the Holy Roman Empire, during the Franco-Dutch War ....
, Walloon Flanders is an intendancy of the French province of Flanders and Hainaut.