Flanders

Flanders is the Dutch-speaking northern majority of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to... Wikipedia

• Country:  Belgium
• County of Flanders:  862–1795
• Community in Belgium:  1970
• Region in Belgium:  1980
• Largest cities:  Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Leuven, Aalst, Hasselt
• Seat:  City of Brussels (partly outside the territory)
• Executive:  Flemish Government
• Governing parties (2024–2029):  N-VA, Vooruit, CD&V
• Minister-President:  Matthias Diependaele (N-VA)
• Legislature:  Flemish Parliament
• Speaker:  Freya Van den Bossche (Vooruit)
• Population (1 January 2024):  6,821,770
• Official language:  Dutch
• Time zone:  CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST):  CEST (UTC+02:00)
• ISO 3166 code:  BE-VLG
• Website:  www.vlaanderen.be
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo