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The Flemish Region is distinct from the Flemish Community: the latter encompasses both the inhabitants of the Flemish Region and the Dutch-speaking minority living in the Brussels-Capital Region. It borders the Netherlands and France.
The Flemish Region, usually simply referred to as Flanders, is one of the three regions of Belgium —alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. Overview Map
The area of the Flemish Region is represented on the maps above. It has a population of more than 6 million (excluding the Dutch-speaking community in the Brussels Region, grey on the map for it is not a part of the Flemish Region).
Flanders, region that constitutes the northern half of Belgium. Along with the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region, the self-governing Flemish Region was created during the federalization of Belgium, largely along ethnolinguistic lines, in the 1980s and ’90s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
West Flanders is one of the five provinces of Flanders in Belgium and the country's westernmost. It encompasses Belgium's entire coastline and thus is a favourite travel destination for Belgians in the summer months. Overview.
In Flanders, the powers of the Community and the Region are exercised by a single Parliament and a single Government: the Flemish Parliament and the Flemish Government. For information about the Flemish Region, you can consult the text about the Flemish Community.
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