Flanders

Flanders or Flemish Region, is the Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgium.

Flanders Vlaanderen
Community and region of Belgium
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: De Vlaamse Leeuw ("The Flemish Lion")
Present-day Belgian Flanders (dark green) shown within Belgium and Europe. Brussels is in some contexts considered part of Flanders and in other contexts separate.
Country	Belgium
County of Flanders	862–1795
Community in Belgium	1970
Region in Belgium	1980
Seat	Brussels
Government
• Executive	Flemish Government
• Governing parties (2014–2019)	N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
• Minister-President	Geert Bourgeois (N-VA)
• Legislature	Flemish Parliament
• Speaker	Jan Peumans (N-VA)
Area
• Land	13,522 km2 (5,221 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2015)
• Total	6,444,127
• Density	477/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
• Official language	Dutch
Demonym(s)	Flemish (adjective), Fleming (person) Vlaams (adjective), Vlaming (person)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	BE-VLG
Website	www.vlaanderen.be
The area and population figures are given for the Flemish Region, not the Community.

Their version of the Dutch language is usually called Flemish. Its vocabulary and pronunciation is not identical with Dutch as spoken in Holland.

Flanders has five provinces. About seven million people live there. Its capital is Brussels, which is also the capital of Belgium..

Flanders is one of three regions in Belgium. The other two regions are Wallonia (or Walloon Region) and the Brussels-Capital Region.

There are some other differences from the rest of Belgium. related to culture, politics and history.

References

• See also Wallonia for the French-speaking part of Belgium.