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Vlaanderen (Dutch) | |
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Anthem: De Vlaamse Leeuw ("The Flemish Lion") | |
Country | Belgium |
County of Flanders | 862–1795 |
Community in Belgium | 1970 |
Region in Belgium | 1980 |
Seat | Brussels |
Government | |
• Executive | Flemish Government |
• Governing parties (2019–2024) | N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld |
• Minister-President | Jan Jambon (N-VA) |
• Legislature | Flemish Parliament |
• Speaker | Liesbeth Homans (N-VA) |
Area | |
• Land | 13,626 km2 (5,261 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2022) | |
• Total | 6,698,876 |
• Density | 492/km2 (1,270/sq mi) |
• Official language | Dutch |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | BE-VLG |
Website | www |
The area and population figures are given for the Flemish Region, not the Community. |
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen, French: Anvers, German: Flandern, Limburgish: Vlaonderecode: li is deprecated , West Flemish: Vloanderncode: vls is deprecated ) or Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest), is the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium.
Their version of the Dutch language is usually called Flemish (Dutch: Vlaams). Its vocabulary and pronunciation is not identical with Dutch as spoken in Holland.
Flanders has five provinces and 300 municipalities. About seven million people live there. Its capital is Brussels, which is also the capital of Belgium..