Flanders

**Flanders** (, , , , ) 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..

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

## Provinces

Flanders has five provinces:

|Province|Capital|Population 2022|Area km²|Density km²|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Antwerp|Antwerp|1,886,609|2,876|656|
|Flemish Brabant|Leuven|1,173,440|2,118|554|
|Limburg|Hasselt|885,951|2,427|365|
|East Flanders|Ghent|1,543,865|3,007|513|
|West Flanders|Bruges|1,209,011|3,197|378|

## Related pages

Flanders (or Flemish Region) is one of three regions in Belgium. The other two regions are:
- Wallonia (or Walloon Region) for the French-speaking part of Belgium
- Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual (French and Dutch)

## Other websites

- The Flemish Region, belgium.be

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Flanders
- **settlement type**: Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, Community and region of Belgium
- **image flag**: Flag of Flanders.svg
- **flag size**: 140px
- **flag alt**: Flag of Flanders
- **image shield**: Vlaanderen wapen.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of arms of Flanders
- **anthem**: _De Vlaamse Leeuw_
("The Flemish Lion")

- **image map**: Flemish Community in Belgium and Europe.svg
- **map alt**: Flanders shown within Belgium and Europe
- **map caption**: 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.
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Belgium
- **established title**: County of Flanders
- **established date**: 862–1795
- **established title1**: Flemish Community, Community in Belgium
- **established date1**: 1970
- **established title2**: Flemish Region, Region in Belgium
- **established date2**: 1980
- **seat**: City of Brussels, Brussels
- **leader title**: Executive
- **leader name**: Flemish Government
- **leader title1**: Jambon Government, Governing parties <small>(2019–2024)</small>
- **leader name1**: N-VA, CD&V, Open Vld
- **area land km2**: 13626
- **population total**: 6698876
- **population as of**: 1 January 2022
- **population density km2**: 492
- **population blank1 title**: Official language
- **population blank1**: Dutch language, Dutch
- **population demonym**: Flemish people, Flemish (adjective), Fleming (person)
_Vlaams_ (adjective), _Vlaming_ (person)
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:BE, BE-VLG
- **footnotes**: The area and population figures are given for the Flemish Region, not the Community.
- **leader title2**: Minister-President of Flanders, Minister-President
- **leader name2**: Jan Jambon (N-VA)
- **leader title3**: Legislature
- **leader name3**: Flemish Parliament
- **leader title4**: Speaker of the Flemish Parliament, Speaker
- **leader name4**: Liesbeth Homans (N-VA)