East Flanders
East Flanders is one of the five provinces of Flanders. Its capital is Ghent. Four major rivers - Scheldt, Leie, Dender and Durme - run through the province area and lend their name, fame and strength to the region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Ghent and Aalst.
Ghent
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Ghent is a city in East Flanders in Belgium. Ghent is a city with a population of 265,000 in 2020, with rich history. During the Middle Ages, Ghent was one of the richest and most powerful cities in Europe.
Aalst
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Aalst is in East Flanders, Belgium. A medium-sized town by Belgian standards, with a population of around 77,000 people. Aalst is between the larger city of Ghent and the capital, Brussels.
Sint-Niklaas
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Sint-Niklaas is a medium-sized city of around 82,000 people, in East Flanders, between the bigger cities of Antwerp and Ghent. It is the capital city of the Waas region, which is surrounded by the river Schelde on three sides.
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Dendermonde
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Dendermonde is a city in East Flanders. The small-sized city has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is sits between the bigger cities of Ghent, Mechelen and Brussels.
Oudenaarde
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Oudenaarde is a city in East Flanders. Oudenaarde is about 30 km south of Ghent, the capital of the province. The town has a little over 30,000 inhabitants and is a convenient hub for cycling tourists because of its geographical location in the center of the Flemish Ardennes.
Beveren
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Beveren is municipality of 48,000 people between Ghent and Antwerp in East Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Beveren proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene.
Lokeren
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Lokeren is a city of 43,000 residents in East Flanders. The city is home to several nature reserves and one of the most famous annual musical events of Belgium.
Deinze
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Deinze is a town in East Flanders, Belgium. A small-sized town by Belgian standards, with a population of around 30,000 people. Deinze is located between the larger cities of Ghent and Kortrijk.
Eeklo
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Eeklo is a town in the northwestern part of East Flanders. Eeklo is about 20 km north of Ghent, the capital of the province. The town has almost 21,000 inhabitants.
Geraardsbergen
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Geraardsbergen is a beautiful city in the southeastern corner of East Flanders. The city was founded in 1068 by Duke of Flanders Boudewijn IV. The reason of its foundation was because of the strategic position right on the borders of Hainaut and Brabant.
Zottegem
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Zottegem is a vibrant small town in the southeastern corner of East Flanders. It is considered one of the gateways to the hills of the Flemish Ardennes.
Waasmunster
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Waasmunster is a municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders, in Belgium. The municipality only comprises the town of Waasmunster proper.
Sint-Martens-Latem
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Sint-Martens-Latem is a village just southwest of the regional capital Ghent in East Flanders, Belgium.
Lochristi
Lochristi is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality is composed of the towns of Beervelde, Lochristi proper, Zaffelare, Zeveneken and Wachtebeke.
Berlare
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Berlare is a small town of 14,000 inhabitants in East Flanders, consisting of Overmere, Uitbergen, Donk and Berlare proper. It is a very peaceful and calm municipality located on the banks of the Schelde river and has a lot of beautiful natural settings to offer its visitors.
East Flanders
- Type: province of Belgium with 1,570,000 residents
- Description: province in Flanders, Belgium
- Also known as: “BE-VOV”, “East Flanders Province”, “East Flemish Province”, “Oost-Vlaanderen”, and “Province of East Flanders”
- Neighbors: Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut, West Flanders, and Zeeland
- Location: Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“East Flanders” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Vlaandere”
- Albanian: “Flandra Lindore”
- Albanian: “Flandria Lindore”
- Arabic: “فلاندر الشرقية”
- Aragonese: “Flandres Oriental”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Ֆլանդրիա”
- Asturian: “Flandes Oriental”
- Asturian: “provincia de Flandes Oriental”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Flandriya”
- Balinese: “Flandria Kangin”
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Flandria”
- Bavarian: “Ostflandern”
- Bavarian: “Provinz Ostflandern”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Фландрыя”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Фляндрыя”
- Bengali: “ইস্ট ফ্লান্ডার্স”
- Breton: “Reter-Flandrez”
- Bulgarian: “Източна Фландрия”
- Catalan: “Flandes Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Chinese: “Oost-Vlaanderen Séng”
- Chinese: “东佛兰德”
- Chinese: “东佛兰德斯省”
- Chinese: “东佛兰德省”
- Chinese: “東法蘭德斯”
- Chinese: “東法蘭德斯省”
- Croatian: “Istočna Flandrija”
- Czech: “Východní Flandry”
- Danish: “Østflandern”
- Dutch: “Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Dutch: “OV”
- Dutch: “Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فلاندر الشرقيه”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Flandrio”
- Estonian: “Ida-Flandria provints”
- Estonian: “Ida-Flandria”
- Finnish: “Itä-Flanderi”
- French: “Flandre Orientale”
- French: “Flandre-Orientale”
- French: “Province de Flandre Orientale”
- French: “province de Flandre-Orientale”
- French: “Province de Flandre-Orientale”
- Galician: “Flandres Oriental”
- Galician: “Provincia de Flandres oriental”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ფლანდრია”
- German: “Ost-Flandern”
- German: “Ostflandern”
- German: “Provinz Ostflandern”
- Greek: “Ανατολική Φλάνδρα”
- Gujarati: “ઇસ્ટ ફ્લેન્ડર્સ”
- Hebrew: “פלנדריה המזרחית”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी फ्लैंडर्स”
- Hungarian: “Kelet-Flandria”
- Icelandic: “Austur-Flæmingjaland”
- Indonesian: “Flanders Timur”
- Indonesian: “Flandria Timur”
- Irish: “Flóndras Thoir”
- Italian: “Fiandre orientali”
- Italian: “Fiandre Orientali”
- Italian: “provincia delle Fiandre Orientali”
- Italian: “Provincia delle Fiandre Orientali”
- Japanese: “オースト＝フランデレン州”
- Kannada: “ಈಸ್ಟ್ ಫ್ಲಾಂಡರ್ಸ್”
- Kölsch: “Oßßflaandere”
- Korean: “오스트플란데런주”
- Latin: “Flandria Orientalis”
- Latvian: “Austrumflandrija”
- Limburgan: “Oos-Vlaandere”
- Limburgan: “Oos-Vlaondere”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Flandrijos provincija”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Flandrijos”
- Low German: “Oostfloandern”
- Luxembourgish: “Ostflandern”
- Luxembourgish: “Provënz Ostflandern”
- Macedonian: “Источна Фландрија”
- Malay: “Flanders Timur”
- Maltese: “Fjandri tal-Lvant”
- Marathi: “पूर्व फ्लांडर्स”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oost-Vlaanderen Séng”
- Northern Frisian: “Uastflandern”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Flandern”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Flandern”
- Norwegian: “Øst-Flandern”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Flandra Orientala”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн Фландри”
- Persian: “استان فلاندری شرقی”
- Persian: “فلاندر شرقی”
- Picard: “Flande-Oryintale”
- Polish: “Flandria Wschodnia”
- Polish: “Prowincja Flandria Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Flandres Oriental”
- Romanian: “Flandra de Est”
- Russian: “Восточная Фландрия”
- Scots: “East Flanders”
- Scots: “Province o East Flanders”
- Serbian: “Источна Фландрија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Istočna Flandrija”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර ෆ්ලන්ඩර්ස් පළාත, බෙල්ජියම”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර ෆ්ලන්ඩර්ස්”
- Slovak: “Východné Flámsko”
- Slovenian: “Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Slovenian: “provinca Vzhodna Flandrija”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Flandrija”
- Spanish: “Flandes Oriental”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Flandes Oriental”
- Swedish: “Östflandern”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு பிலான்டெர்ஸ்”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு பிளாண்டர்சு”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு பிளான்டெர்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “ఈస్ట్ ఫ్లాండర్స్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดอีสต์ฟลานเดอส์”
- Thai: “จังหวัดโอสต์-ฟลานเดอเริน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Provinz Ostflandern”
- Turkish: “Doğu Flandre”
- Ukrainian: “Східна Фландрія”
- Urdu: “مشرقی فلانڈرز”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Flandre”
- Vietnamese: “Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Vlaams: “Ôost-Vloandern”
- Vlaams: “Provinsje Ôost-Vloandern”
- Volapük: “Lofüda⸗Flanän”
- Volapük: “Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Walloon: “Flande levantrece”
- Walloon: “Province di Flande levantrece”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oost-Vlaanderen”
- Welsh: “Dwyrain Fflandrys”
- Western Frisian: “East-Flaanderen”
- Western Panjabi: “چڑھدا فلینڈرز”
- Wu Chinese: “东佛兰德省”
- Yue Chinese: “東法蘭德斯”
- Zeeuws: “Oôst-Vlaonderen”
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