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Flanders is the Dutch-speaking, northern part of wedged between the North Sea and the in the north and and in the south.
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is the capital of the in the region of Flanders in . At a population of just over half a million people, it is the second largest city in Belgium, and it has a major European port.

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is a city in in . is a city with a population of 265,000 in 2020, with rich history. During the Middle Ages, was one of the richest and most powerful cities in Europe.

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is a picturesque city in Flanders, the northern part of . Once Europe's richest city, it is now both cosmopolitan and bourgeois in its compact size.

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is one of the five provinces of Flanders. Its capital is . Four major rivers - Scheldt, Leie, Dender and Durme - run through the province area and lend their name, fame and strength to the region.

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is one of the five provinces of Flanders in and the country's westernmost. It encompasses Belgium's entire coastline and thus is a favourite travel destination for Belgians in the summer months.

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is one of the five provinces of Flanders. The province completely surrounds , the national capital. Brussels however is not a part of the province.

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is one of the five provinces of Flanders. There is also a province called in The Netherlands. It is the easternmost province of Flanders.

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is one of the five provinces of Flanders. Most information that you might expect to find here can be found either on the page for Flanders, on the page for or on one of the city pages.

Flanders

Latitude of center
51.0378° or 51° 2′ 16″ north
Longitude of center
4.2406° or 4° 14′ 26″ east
Population
6,820,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2703796567
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
3337388
Wiki­data ID
Q234
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Flanders” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vlaandere”
  • Albanian: “Flandra”
  • Albanian: “Flandria”
  • Arabic: “الإقليم الفلامندي”
  • Arabic: “فلاندر”
  • Aragonese: “Flandres”
  • Armenian: “Ֆլանդրիա”
  • Asturian: “Flandes”
  • Asturian: “Rexón de Flandes”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Flamenca”
  • Azerbaijani: “Flamand regionu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Flandriya”
  • Balinese: “Flandria”
  • Basque: “Flandria”
  • Belarusian: “Фламандскі рэгіён”
  • Belarusian: “Фландрыя”
  • Belarusian: “Фляндрыя (гістарычная вобласьць)”
  • Belarusian: “Фляндрыя”
  • Bosnian: “Flandrija”
  • Breton: “Flandrez”
  • Bulgarian: “Фламандски регион”
  • Bulgarian: “Фландрия”
  • Catalan: “Flandes”
  • Cebuano: “Flanders”
  • Central Kurdish: “فلاندێرس”
  • Chinese: “Vlaanderen”
  • Chinese: “佛兰德”
  • Chinese: “佛兰德斯”
  • Chinese: “弗拉芒大區”
  • Chinese: “法兰德斯”
  • Chinese: “法蘭德斯”
  • Chuvash: “Фландри”
  • Croatian: “Flamanska”
  • Croatian: “Flandrija”
  • Czech: “Vlámsko”
  • Czech: “Vlámský region”
  • Danish: “Flandern”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Warey Flamani”
  • Dutch: “Vlaams Gewest”
  • Dutch: “Vlaanderen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فلاندر”
  • Esperanto: “Flandra Regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Flandrio”
  • Esperanto: “Flandrujo”
  • Estonian: “Flandria”
  • Finnish: “Flanderi”
  • French: “Flandre”
  • French: “Région Flamande”
  • Galician: “Flandres”
  • Galician: “Rexión Flamenga”
  • Galician: “Vlaanderen”
  • Georgian: “ფლანდრია”
  • German: “Flämische Region”
  • German: “Flandern”
  • Gothic: “𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌴𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳”
  • Greek: “Φλαμανδική Περιοχή”
  • Greek: “Φλάνδρα”
  • Hebrew: “פלנדריה”
  • Hindi: “फ्लेमिश क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Flamand Régió”
  • Hungarian: “Flandria”
  • Icelandic: “Flæmingjaland”
  • Icelandic: “Flandur”
  • Ido: “Flandria”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Flandria”
  • Indonesian: “Flandria”
  • Interlingua: “Flandra”
  • Interlingue: “Flandria”
  • Irish: “Flóndras”
  • Italian: “Fiandra”
  • Italian: “Fiandre”
  • Italian: “Regione fiamminga”
  • Japanese: “フランデレン地域”
  • Japanese: “フランドル”
  • Kazakh: “Фландрия”
  • Kirghiz: “Фламанд аймагы”
  • Korean: “플라망 지역”
  • Korean: “플란데런”
  • Korean: “플랑드르”
  • Latin: “Flandria”
  • Latvian: “Flandrija”
  • Limburgan: “Vlaondere”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Flandre”
  • Lithuanian: “Flamandija”
  • Lithuanian: “Flandrija”
  • Lombard: “Fiander”
  • Low German: “Flannern”
  • Low German: “Vlaanderen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Flämesch Regioun”
  • Luxembourgish: “Flandern”
  • Macedonian: “Фламанска Област”
  • Macedonian: “Фландрија”
  • Malay: “Flanders”
  • Maltese: “Fjandri”
  • Manx: “Yn Flandyryn”
  • Maori: “Paranihi”
  • Marathi: “फ्लांडर्स”
  • Mazanderani: “فلاندر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vlaanderen”
  • Mingrelian: “ფლანდრია”
  • Nepali: “फ्लेमिस क्षेत्र”
  • Northern Frisian: “Flandern”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Flandern”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flandern”
  • Norwegian: “Flandern”
  • Novial: “Flandra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Flandes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Flandra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Flandras”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Region flamenca”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Flandras”
  • Ossetian: “Фландри”
  • Papiamento: “Vlaanderen”
  • Persian: “فلاندر”
  • Persian: “منطقه فلمیش”
  • Picard: “Région flaminke”
  • Piemontese: “Fiandre”
  • Polish: “Flandria”
  • Polish: “Region Flamandzki”
  • Portuguese: “Flandres”
  • Romanian: “Flandra”
  • Russian: “Фламандский регион”
  • Russian: “Фландрия”
  • Scots: “Flanders”
  • Scots: “Flemish Region”
  • Serbian: “Фландрија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Flandrija”
  • Sicilian: “Fiandri”
  • Slovak: “Flámsky región”
  • Slovenian: “Flamska regija”
  • Slovenian: “Flandrija”
  • Spanish: “Flandes”
  • Spanish: “Flandres”
  • Spanish: “Region Flamenca”
  • Swahili: “Flandria”
  • Swedish: “Flandern”
  • Tagalog: “Flandes”
  • Tamil: “பிலான்டர்ஸ்”
  • Tamil: “பிளாண்டர்சு”
  • Tatar: “Фламанд төбәге”
  • Thai: “แคว้นเฟลมิช”
  • Thai: “แฟลนเดอส์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Flandern”
  • Turkish: “Flaman Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Flandre”
  • Ukrainian: “Фламандський регіон”
  • Ukrainian: “Фландрія”
  • Urdu: “فلیمش علاقہ”
  • Urdu: “فلینڈرس”
  • Uzbek: “Flamand regioni”
  • Vietnamese: “Flanders”
  • Vietnamese: “Vlaanderen”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Flemish”
  • Vlaams: “Vloandern”
  • Volapük: “Flanän”
  • Walloon: “Flande”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vlaams Gewest”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vlaanderen”
  • Welsh: “Fflandrys”
  • Western Frisian: “Flaanderen”
  • Western Panjabi: “فلیمش”
  • Wu Chinese: “弗拉芒大区”
  • Wu Chinese: “法兰德斯”
  • Yiddish: “פלאנדערן”
  • Yue Chinese: “法蘭德斯”
  • Zeeuws: “Vlaonderen”
  • “Flandes”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Flanders”. Photo: ArneVcrs-FnP, CC BY-SA 4.0.