Flemish Region - Definition and Overview

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The Flemish region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium (alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region).

Immediately after its establishment, the Flemings transferred all its constitutional competencies were to the Flemish Community. The current Flemish authorities (Flemish parliament, Flemish governement, ...) therefore represent all Flemings, including those living in the Brussels region. Since, the Flemish region has no government of its own, no parliament and no other institutions.

The Flemish region is divided into 5 provinces that form the Flemish region:

1. Antwerp (Dutch: Antwerpen)
2. Limburg (Limburg)
3. East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen)
4. Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant)
5. West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen)

See also

• Flanders
• Flemish Community
• De Vlaamse Leeuw
• In Flanders Fields, a famous poem about WWI.
• Count of Flanders

External links

• Flemish authorities (http://www.flanders.be) (Dutch: Vlaamse overheid), in English
• Flanders on line (http://www.flandersonline.org/en/flanders.php) (information in English, French, German and Dutch)
• Dag Vlaanderen (http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/dagvlaanderen/index.html)
• Toerisme Vlaanderen (http://www.toerismevlaanderen.be)
• French Flanders (http://www.nordmag.com/nord_pas_de_calais/flandre/flandre.htm) (only available in French)
• Frans-Vlaanderen (Dutch) (http://roepstem.tripod.com/vlaanderen.html)
• http://noosphere.cc/flanders.html
• The Flemish region reaches 6 million inhabitants (Dutch) (http://aps.vlaanderen.be/statistiek/nieuws/demografie/2003-11_aantal.htm)