City of Brussels (which is not part of the Flemish Region)
Government
• Executive
Flemish Government
• Governing parties (2019)
N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
• Minister-President
Jan Jambon (N–VA)
• Legislature
Flemish Parliament
• Speaker
Liesbeth Homans (N–VA)
Area
[1]
• Total
13,522 km2 (5,221 sq mi)
Population
(1 January 2023)[2]
• Total
6,774,807
• Density
500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic group
Flemings
• Languages
Dutch Dutch and French (in municipalities with language facilities)
GDP
[3]
• Total
€330.495 billion (2022)
ISO 3166 code
BE-VLG
Celebration Day
11 July
Website
flanders.be
The Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest, pronounced[ˌvlaːmsxəˈʋɛst]ⓘ),[4][a] usually simply referred to as Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen[ˈvlaːndərə(n)]ⓘ),[b] is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.[5] Covering the northern portion of the country, the Flemish Region is primarily Dutch-speaking. With an area of 13,522 km2 (5,221 sq mi), it accounts for only 45% of Belgium's territory, but 57% of its population. It is one of the most densely populated regions of Europe with around 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi).
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 Netherlands.
^"Occupation du sol sur base du Registre cadastral, Belgique. Revenus en euro. Superficies en hectare. Superficie totale en pour mille" [Land use based on the cadastral register, Belgium. Income in euros. Areas in hectare. Total area in per thousand]. Statistics Belgium (in French). 11 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^"On 1 January 2020, Belgium had 11,492,641 inhabitants". Statistics Belgium. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^"EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^In isolation, gewest is pronounced [ɣəˈʋɛst].
^The Belgian Constitution(PDF). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian House of Representatives. May 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015. Article 3: Belgium comprises three Regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels Region. Article 4: Belgium comprises four linguistic regions: the Dutch-speaking region, the French-speaking region, the bilingual region of Brussels-Capital and the German-speaking region.
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The FlemishRegion (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest, pronounced [ˌvlaːms xəˈʋɛst] ), usually simply referred to as Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen [ˈvlaːndərə(n)] ),...
competences of the Flemish Community have been unified with those of the FlemishRegion and are exercised by one directly elected Flemish Parliament based...
(Zuid-Nederlands). Flemish is native to the region known as Flanders in northern Belgium; it is spoken by Flemings, the dominant ethnic group of the region. Outside...
Flemish people or Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen [ˈvlaːmɪŋə(n)] ) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Flemish...
others, of economic affairs in the FlemishRegion and the community aspects of Flanders life in Brussels, such as Flemish culture and education. Geographically...
Of these, the following is a list of the 300 municipalities in the FlemishRegion of Belgium. The numbers refer to the location of the municipalities...
Wallonia). The Flemish Parliament approves decrees, which are Flemish laws, applicable to all persons in the FlemishRegion, and to Flemish institutions...
Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but...
autonomous regions: the FlemishRegion (Flanders) in the north, the Walloon Region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels-Capital Region. Brussels is the...
The Flemish Diamond (Dutch: Vlaamse Ruit) is the Flemish reference to a network of four metropolitan areas in Belgium, three of which are in the central...
The New Flemish Alliance (Dutch: Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist and conservative political party in Belgium. The party was established...
lit. 'Flemish Interest', VB) is a Flemish nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the FlemishRegion and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium...
II, the importance of heavy industry has greatly diminished, and the FlemishRegion has exceeded Wallonia in wealth as Wallonia has declined economically...
called the Vlaamse Leeuw ("Flemish Lion") or leeuwenvlag ("Lion flag"), is the flag of the Flemish Community and FlemishRegion in Belgium. The flag was...
French Flemish (French Flemish: Fransch vlaemsch, Standard Dutch: Frans-Vlaams, French: flamand français) is a West Flemish dialect spoken in the north...
Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven. It has an area of 2,118 km2...
provincial governments and the FlemishRegion take the initiative for the construction of bicycle highways. At the Flemish regional level there are no guidelines...
The Flemish Government (Dutch: Vlaamse regering [ˌvlaːmsə rəˈɣeːrɪŋ] ) is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the FlemishRegion of Belgium...
Francophone parties or Germanophone parties. The Flemish parties operate in Flanders and in the Brussels-Capital Region. The Francophone parties operate in Wallonia...
into three areas: Flemish Brabant, which became a part of the region of Flanders; Walloon Brabant, which became part of the region of Wallonia; and the...
The Flemish Movement (Dutch: Vlaamse Beweging) is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less...
called "Flemish". Dutch is the most spoken primary language of Belgium and the official language of the Flemish Community and the FlemishRegion (merged...
West Flemish (West-Vlams or West-Vloams or Vlaemsch (in French Flanders), Dutch: West-Vlaams, French: flamand occidental) is a collection of Dutch dialects...
French-speaking northern France. Today, "Flanders" is a term referring to the FlemishRegion, which is defined as the Dutch-speaking part of the Kingdom of Belgium...
Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (FlemishRegion) and the provinces of...
the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the FlemishRegion of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. It is the sixth most populous...
German: Mittel-Brabant), is the northernmost province both of the FlemishRegion, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the North Brabant...
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